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Published by the Cabinet of Samdech Hun Sen MP of Kandal Prime Minister Building Banteay Mean Chey's Mean Chey University Published by the Cabinet of Samdech Hun Sen —————— MP of Kandal Prime Minister Issue 109 http://www.cnv.org.kh February, 2007 25 February 2007 (Unofficial Translation of Selected Comments) 26 February 2007 (Unofficial Translation of Selected Comments) Building Banteay Mean Chey’s Mean Chey University Building a Bridge Connecting Phnom Penh to NR 2 ... I am very happy to join all grating Kandal Stoeung and of you once again to lay the Angsnuol districts to Phnom cornerstones for the construc- Penh has yet to realize and the tion of the Bridge of Prek reason is because Phnom Penh Chrey crossing the Prek will shortly be expanded Thnaot canal as well as the through to Kandal province. connection of road between As far as this place is con- Phnom Penh and the province cerned, it is no longer a quiet of Kandal at the NR 2. We are place because our population now at the border between in general has gone from four Phnom Penh and Kandal to 14 million. Day after day the province. Before Phnom Penh number of population in- has an ambition to expand its creases while the capital suf- boundary to this area and fers from the pressure of influx 25 February 07— Samdech Hun Sen and General HE Ke Kim Yan, Chief of some of the ideas for expan- of population from all prov- General Staff at the Cornerstone Laying Ceremony at Banteay Meancheay sion have come from me as inces. Economic and trade well. activities are on the increase as ... I am very happy to return pose the construction of a well. Phnom Penh faces more today to the province of University in Banteay Mean As of now the idea of inte- (Continued on page 7) Banteay Mean Chey to join Chey. I have urged him to go with all of you in this cere- with the plan. As we all see 21 February 2007 (Unofficial Translation of Selected Comments) mony to lay the cornerstones today that his idea has indeed NCW’s 2006 Stocktaking and 2007 Directive Setting Meeting for the construction of the realized. Mean Chey University at the Presiding over the 2006 Why there was no effort to initiative of HE General Ke HE General Ke Kim Yan told stocktaking and 2007 direc- lodge an appeal? It was our Kim Yan, Chief of General me last Friday that he already tive setting meeting of the lack of pursuing the matter. Staff and Madame together had raised 1.3 million US National Council for Women The Ministry of Women Af- with the CPP working team dollars and as of last night he (NCW), Samdech Hun Sen fairs - the principal Ministry - for the province. told me the contribution has delivered a prepared address has the responsibility in seeing indeed secured a sum of with the following selected this matter of human traffick- Last year I came to Banteay nearly two million US dollars. comments: ing case through. Mean Chey twice - once in The project is going to cost February to the Tropeang indeed 3.5 million US dollars. On Judicial Irregularity vis It is indeed a repetitive issue in Thmor Reservoir and again to à vis Human Traffickers the action against trafficking of inaugurate the Japanese- Maybe it is worth sharing human and in this case women Cambodian Friendship Hospi- with all of us here today why I wish to illustrate the concern as proven to be conducted by tal in the district of Mongkul HE General Ke Kim Yan of the Royal Government and the Hotel Chhay Huor are Borei. requested me to reserve my related institutions on issue of getting the same verdict under schedule for the ceremony on repeated irregularities in the arrest. I advise that this matter Having gone through the February 25. He told me just trials relating to human traf- be brought to the attention of background of the idea to put now that February 25 for one fickers in Chhay Huor Hotel the Council of Magistracy as the Mean Cheay University reason is his birthday, the that the Municipal Court of (Continued on page 3) into construction, I wish to 52nd birthday. Phnom Penh decided to be share with you what I learned guilty. It is absurd that when In This Issue from the inauguration of the For another reason, when he the issue is being brought to Mean Chey University — p. 1 Svay Rieng University where became a soldier in 1979, on the Appeal Court, the case has NR 2 Connecting Bridge — p. 1 HE General Ke Kim Yan who this date (February 25, 1979) been marked to have no suffi- NCW’s Directives — p. 1 attended the ceremony said he was assigned to protect the cient proof. Traffickers in- Interior’s Directives — p. 4 Building NR 78 — p.6 out that he would like to pro- (Continued on page 2) volved have been set free. Building NR 76 — p.8 Mailing Box: Cambodia New Vision (CNV), P.O. Box 158, Phnom Penh, Cambodia; e-mail: [email protected]; Tel: 855-23 219898; Fax: 855-23 360666/219869 Cambodia New Vision—Issue 109 February 2007 (Continued from page 1) has brought the country from that destroyed his rice in the We have many now but we war to peace and from de- field. will have to do more. We do bridge which is not far from struction to development and not speak empty words but the our sight. From a soldier, HE it is indeed a long lasting one. When the opportunity arises, I truth and the real change. We General Ke Kim Yan has As I speak about peace here and my colleagues in the should follow the wisdom of risen to his rank of general some countries in the world Royal Government as well as Father Dong and Mother Chey staff since 1987 and various have gone into troubles take the Cambodian People's Party as they set a condition that a positions - the Governor of for instance in Sudan where - which has led the country 28 road had to be built first before Battambang province, etc. we also have our de-mining years already implement this they offer their daughter for What is more important here team there. A few months ago policy of development. Fun- marriage. We have conducted today is the fact that bordering shelling landed near the place cinpec has been invited to join changes from battle into devel- with Thailand, the province of where our troops stayed but it in the coalition Government opment at what I call the Banteay Mean Chey is to have did not cause any casualties. in the belief that we will bring "toad's pace." A toad's jump a new University in addition Problems continue to be about changes for the better brings us one new thing, and if to facilities as branches of messy in the Middle East, in for our people. the toad continues to make a some Universities in the coun- the Kosovo's elections, etc. jump, new things will keep on try. The Mean Chey Univer- But we have in place now the Parties with too wide a gap in taking place too. sity is to stand on an area of 13 benefit of win-win policy our political platform could hectares with another 27 hec- which now we compete in not work with CPP. For in- As far as crop production is tares in reserve. building infrastructures such stance, CPP is talking about concerned I am grateful to the as roads, water canals and building roads, bridges, efforts made whereby the cul- I wish to express my sincere reservoirs, hospitals, schools, schools, hospitals, water ca- tivation has reached 106.4% of thanks and appreciation to HE etc. nals and reservoirs, etc, while the planned 200,000 hectares General Ke Kim Yan and others would want to spend because we have a figure here Madame, HE Yim Chhai Ly According to the Governor money on luxurious cars, etc. of 201,200 hectares under and Madame and others gen- An Sum, the construction has cultivation. This year is ex- erous fellows for bringing the indeed started since 2006. As We soon will have pecting a food surplus of University closer to the peo- the foundation began at that (communal) elections and in 20,000 tons. I wish to also ple. We have done already our time and my presence here is the campaign different parties send my best greetings to the efforts to bring primary and indeed the official approval of will bring to our people their people in Malay district and secondary schools closer to the construction. The con- promises. I do not start a cam- also wish them a quick recov- the people and it is indeed struction could be finished in paign today but to warn our ery from water poisoning. The splendid that we now bring 2008 while in early 2009 the people of promise-making. water has been sent to the the University to them. University would be ready to CPP never makes a promise laboratory in Japan for study. enroll between 1000 and 2000 but it does only when it can We have a University in the students. Now that our stu- do. Take for instance I never A proposal from the district of eastern province of Svay dents here are going to get say anything about this Uni- Serei Sophoan for a bridge is Rieng and now we have a their exams soon, we have versity until I am sure of its welcome and after I discussed University in the western started the construction of the development as the founda- with Senior Minister for Fi- province of Banteay Mean University for them so that tion is now in place.
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