english.eastday.com
26/2/2008
The Cambodian athletes have won 93 medals in all from various international sports events since 1993 and new achievements can be expected as the government is to award cash prize to winners in the future, local media said today.
The government lately approved a sub-decree to respectively award golden, silver or bronze medal winners at Olympic Games with US$20,000, US$16,000, and US$10,000 , Bun Sok, secretary of state at the Ministry of Education, told English-Khmer language daily newspaper the Mekong Times.
Golden, silver or bronze medal winners at Asian games can respectively get US$10,000, US$6,000 and US$4,000, he said, adding that golden, silver or bronze medal winners at Southeast Asian games can respectively get US$6,000, US$4,000, or US$2,000.
Meanwhile, deputy director of Cambodia's National Olympic Committee (NOC) Em Heang said that the athletes' ability will become greater with the rewards.
The rewards are appropriate as they can help improve players' performance and bring back more medals from world sports tournaments, he added.
According to the sub-decree, coaches with medal-winning athletes as well as disabled competitors with medals can also get cash prize.
Xinhua
26/2/2008
The Cambodian athletes have won 93 medals in all from various international sports events since 1993 and new achievements can be expected as the government is to award cash prize to winners in the future, local media said today.
The government lately approved a sub-decree to respectively award golden, silver or bronze medal winners at Olympic Games with US$20,000, US$16,000, and US$10,000 , Bun Sok, secretary of state at the Ministry of Education, told English-Khmer language daily newspaper the Mekong Times.
Golden, silver or bronze medal winners at Asian games can respectively get US$10,000, US$6,000 and US$4,000, he said, adding that golden, silver or bronze medal winners at Southeast Asian games can respectively get US$6,000, US$4,000, or US$2,000.
Meanwhile, deputy director of Cambodia's National Olympic Committee (NOC) Em Heang said that the athletes' ability will become greater with the rewards.
The rewards are appropriate as they can help improve players' performance and bring back more medals from world sports tournaments, he added.
According to the sub-decree, coaches with medal-winning athletes as well as disabled competitors with medals can also get cash prize.
Xinhua
No comments:
Post a Comment