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AKP, Phnom Penh, January 12, 2011


A meeting for launching the law on Anticorruption, Asset and Debt Declaration is held today at the Ministry of Information under the presidency of H.E. Khieu Kanharith, Minister of Information Ministry and H.E. Seang Borat, Vice Chairman of Anticorruption Unit and Representative of H.E. Om Yin Tieng, Chairman of Anticorruption Unit with the participation of 131 Information Ministry’s officials who are required to declare their assets.

Photo: Hun Yuth Kun

AKP, Phnom Penh, January 12, 2011

Oknha Thai Seng Long, President of Huot Tra Ko Company together with Phnom Penh Municipality officials on Jan. 11, cut threads of groundbreaking to build a gathering hall with dimension of 34m×36m worth USD 320,000 as charity fund at Phnom Penh’s Taing Krasaing Pagoda.

Photo: Suos Samreith.

AKP, Phnom Penh, January 12, 2011


H.E. Aun Poanmoniroth, Delegate Minister Attached to the Prime Minister, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Economy and Finance meets here on Jan. 10 with a delegation of Rota Mission Team led by Mrs. Muna Elkhawad, Program Specialist.

Photo: Hun Yuth Kun

PM Receives Newly-appointed Australian and Swedish Ambassadors

Phnom Penh, January 12, 2011 AKP –

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen met separately here yesterday with newly-appointed Ambassador of Australia to Cambodia, Mrs. Penelope Ann Richards, and the first Ambassador of Sweden to Cambodia, Mrs. Anne Hoglund.

Samdech Techo Hun Sen warmly welcomed the diplomatic mission of both ambassadors to Cambodia and asked them to continue to promote Cambodia-Australia and Cambodia-Sweden cooperation as well to encourage more investors and tourists to the Kingdom, according to Ieng Sophalet, assistant to the Cambodian premier.

He also expressed deep thanks to Australia and Sweden for their assistance to Cambodia since the 1980s.

In reply, the two newly-appointed ambassadors are determined to further strengthen and expand Cambodia-Australia and Cambodia-Sweden relationship and cooperation. –AKP

Article in Khmer by CHEY Phum Pul

Article in English by KHAN Sophirom

Cambodia Demands Bangkok Post to Publish Correction to Misquoted Article

Phnom Penh, January 12, 2011 AKP –

The Press and Quick Reaction Unit of the Office of the Council of Ministers of Cambodia has sent a letter to the editor of the Bangkok Post Newspaper, demanding for a correction to its misquoted article published on Jan. 11, 2011.

The full letter reads as follows:

Letter to the Editor

BANGKOK POST NEWSPAPER

136 NA RANONG ROAD,

KLONG TOEY, BANGKOK 10110

Fax: +02 2403666,

Email: postbag@bangkokpost.co.th

Dear Editor,

The Press and Quick Reaction Unit (PRU) of the Office of the Council of Ministers (OCM) of the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) demands vigorously that the Bangkok Post, which is a professional newspaper, to publish immediately a correction to the misquoted article under the title: “Court slaps 2 Thais with spying charge,” published on 11 January 2011 at 12:00AM in the Newspaper section: News, stating that “…… Hun Sen said that on the night of December 29, Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya called him about 10 times, but he did not answer the phone.” This was in fact wrong, misleading, and speculative, which led to create confusion and misunderstanding between the Royal Government of Cambodia and the Thai Royal Government.

The truth is that Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, in his address during the degree conferment at the National Institute of Education on the 10th January, 2011, had clearly stated that “… He had found about 10 missed international incoming calls in his mobile phone on the night of December 29, 2010. He failed to answer those calls given the fact that he had earlier set his cell phone on silent mode”. Prime Minister Hun Sen did not reveal who were trying to call him, especially he did not say even a single word referring to the name of Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya.

To put the record straight, the Press and Quick Reaction Unit (PRU) insists that a correction must be published immediately the clarified article on the same page so that the Thai and international public could obtain the factual situation on the ground in order to help them to make their proper opinions concerning the arrests and charges of the 7 Thai trespassers who had illegally intruded into Cambodian territory on December 29, 2010.

Sincerely,

Phnom Penh January 11, 2011

The Press and Quick Reaction Unit

–AKP

Risks Faced by Cambodian Youths

Phnom Penh, January 12, 2011 AKP –

Newly released Cambodia 2010 survey result emphasized that alcohol, illegal drug and reproductive health issues are primary risks faced by the young people.

Conducted by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, the survey shows that 90 percent of male and 70 percent of female young people interviewed reported they drank either wine or beer, which they perceived as a way of socialization.

Youths of both sexes who consumed alcohol also viewed that it constitutes to reducing their stress and making them feel stylist and well-off. With all these said, awareness of bad affects of alcoholism cannot stop them from desiring the drink.

Around 3.5 percent of female and 15.2 percent of male youths surveyed confessed that they used to take illicit drug, like yama, yaba and methamphetamine. Friend’s persuasion, stress, happiness and family problems are motives behind this consumption.

The survey also indicates that condom use increases to 83 percent among youths seeking outdoor sex service. The concern of unprotected sexual intercourse emerges among girl friend and boy friend relationship because 31 percent of girls and 58 percent of boys did not use condom.

1,253 male and 1,236 female young people, ages from 10 to 24, have been sampled by the survey entitled “Most at Risk Young People”. The survey means to inform decision and policy makers about potential behavior and condition of Cambodian youths these days. –AKP

By MOM Chan Dara Soleil