Sunday, 6 June 2010

DAP News ; Breaking News by Soy Sopheap

via CAAI News Media

Cambodia, US Join in Hands for Military Training Exercise in Kompong Speu Province

Saturday, 05 June 2010 12:39 DAP-NEWS/ Tep Piseth

CAMBODIA, PHNOM PENH, June 5, 2010-Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) in cooperation with the US forces will conduct a military training exercise in Kompong Speu province, a western part of Phnom Penh city in early July, a senior official said on Saturday.

Facilities for conducting the military exercise training have competed and the process of the event is going smoothly,” said Sem Sovanny, director general of the center of training the military peacekeepers at Udong district.

The exercise will join hundreds of soldiers from US and regional countries to strengthen the bilateral cooperation of the armed forces. This exercise was called “Angkor Guard in 2010,”

In July, Cambodia and U.S. also marked the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relation between the two countries.

Cambodia Mine Action Center Gets 10 million US dollar Aid from Donor in 2010

Saturday, 05 June 2010 12:37 DAP-NEWS/ Tep Piseth

CAMBODIA, PHNOM PENH, June 5, 2010-Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) has promised from the development partners with 10 million US dollars for implementing its work in 2010,” a senior official from the CMAC said on Saturday.

“We need more money to implement our work in order to eliminate the mines and UXO in the country and the government policy plans to reduce the victims from the mines and uxo to zero in 2015,” Heng Ratana, director general of CMAC said.

“The fund from the development partners in 2010 did not include other materials that they promised to provide,” he said, without elaborating in details about the cost of the materials. The fund is from the Japan and other countries. Thanks for their humanitarians affairs, he added.

Japan is one of the countries providing money for cleaning mines and uxos in Cambodia, which used to have the difficulties in civil war and the mine, is still one of the obstacles for government in reducing the poverty for local people. Japan this year also pledged to provide over 130 million US dollars assistance aid for Cambodia.

Cambodia is on the way to clean mines and uxos from the country and now, mine center is striving to clean mines to take for local people to transfer those lands into productive areas in agriculture. Cambodia remains million of meter square of land covering with mines and uxos.

According to the Cambodia Red Cross’s statistical report on landmines and UXo victims, in 2004-2005 the number of victims was as high as 800 people per year. By 2008-2009, this number dropped significantly to just over 200 victims per year. Despite the fact that number of casualties has dropped remarkably, this figure is still high in the context of peaceful Cambodia, compared to other landmines and uxo affected countries.

PM Orders Phnom Penh Municipal Hall to tell Roth Sensopheap Company to Stop Taking Taxes on the City's Public Orders and Hygiene

Friday, 04 June 2010 16:40 DAP-NEWS/

CAMBODIA, PHNOM PENH, June 4, 2010– Prime Minister Hun Sen, who presides at a meeting of the Council of Ministers on Friday morning of June 4th, 2010, ordered Phnom Penh Municipal Hall to tell Roth Sen Sopheap Company to stop taking taxes on the city's public orders and hygiene from all kinds of businesspeople both in the markets and in the public areas, except in the parking lot and at the public toilets.

A top official from Phnom Penh Municipal Hall who wishes to remain anonymous told DAP-News Center on Friday morning after a meeting of the Council of Ministers that Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered Phonm Penh Municipal Hall to tell Roth Sensopheap Company to stop taking taxes on the city's public orders and hygiene both in the markets and in the public places.

" Prime Minister Hun Sen allowed Roth Sensopheap Company to temporarily take taxes on the public toilets and on the public parking lot; but, if this company still continues to violate and the businesspeople still react angrily to the Company, the government will eliminate (take away) the license," The Phnom Penh Municipal Hall Official added.

Hundreds of the businesspeople at Oreusey Market on Monday of May 31, 2010 went together to stand in front of Prime Minister's Villa in order to demonstrate against Roth Sensopheap Company.

"The businesspeople at Oreusey Market already paid their taxes on the city's public orders and hygiene, and Roth Sensopheap Company should not come and take any more taxes from us," the official confirmed.

After the demonstration, Deputy Cabinet of Prime Minster's Office came out to get the petition from the businesspeople and promised to solve the problems.

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