Thursday - 9 September 2010
Archive for February 23rd, 2009
Monday, February 23rd, 2009
(SEAPA/IFEX) - Australian author Harry Nicolaides, who imprisoned in Thailand on lese majeste charges, was granted a royal pardon on 19 February 2009, media reports said. "The Nation" online quote...
Source | Discuss this article
Posted in Cambodia News | No Comments »
Monday, February 23rd, 2009
Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Bangkok, Thailand, last week, officials discussed how the global economic crisis could affect migrant workers and the spread of HIV in the region, Thailand's
Source | Discuss this article
Posted in Cambodia News | No Comments »
Monday, February 23rd, 2009
An autopsy will be performed Monday in Bangkok on the body of a Canadian real estate developer who was killed on the resort island of Phuket in Thailand last Thursday. Francis Alex Degioanni, 34, was...
Source | Discuss this article
Posted in Cambodia News | No Comments »
Monday, February 23rd, 2009
23 Feb 2009Cambodge Soir Hebdo
Translated from French by Tola Ek
Click here to read the article in FrenchA school in Phnom Penh advertised a teaching position job offer, but only “white-skinned” people need apply.
“Native English and White-Skinned Speaker (Female is preferable)”. Some readers of the 21-22 Feb weekend edition of The Cambodia Daily must be surprised to read the job offer posted by a school in Phnom Penh. The requirements cannot be made clearer than this.
During a recruitment campaign, the Cambodia-Australia School is recruiting about a dozen teachers. The job offer involves two teaching positions for kindergarten and English classes.
When reached over the phone, a school official first hesitated to reply. Finally, he said: “This is not about racism. In the school, we have five or six black teachers, and after a survey we undertook, they (school) need white-skinned people.”
On the other end, Kevin Doyle, editor of The Cambodia Daily, explained that “this issue does not involve the newspaper editorial.” Officials at the newspaper involved in advertisement could not be reached.
Bernard Krisher, publisher of The Cambodia Daily, discovered the ad after the fact. He said that he was very affected by it. “This is a scandalous ad, and I wouldn’t have allowed it to be published if I saw such discrimination and such a violation of decency rules that we believe in.”
Bernard Krisher plans to present his apologies in the newspaper this week, and he calls on his readers not to apply for this job.
Source | Discuss this article
Posted in Cambodia News, KI Media | No Comments »
Monday, February 23rd, 2009
Cambodia has started drafting a sub-decree on addressing social-economic impacts caused by the development projects on implementation of involuntary resettlement, a government official said here on Mo...
Source | Discuss this article
Posted in Cambodia News | No Comments »
Monday, February 23rd, 2009
Cambodia on Monday launched a five-day regional workshop on involuntary resettlement implementation and management, which was attended by officials from Indonesia, Laos, Vietnam and the kingdom itself...
Source | Discuss this article
Posted in Cambodia News | No Comments »
Monday, February 23rd, 2009
February 24, 2009The Mainichi Daily News (Japan)
MISHIMA, Shizuoka -- Environmental NPO Groundwork Mishima, which has installed "biotoilets" on Mount Fuji, is set to provide another "eco" toilet for the Angkor Wat temple complex in Cambodia, members said.
Developed by Toyokogyo Co. in Osaka Prefecture, the toilets use bacteria that attaches itself to cedar chips which breaks down the waste into nitrogen and water. While needing a small amount of electricity, they are self-contained and don't need emptying. They are currently in use at a fifth-station hut on Mount Fuji.
"We're contributing toward the protection of the ruins, and by using cedar from thinned trees we can regenerate woodland areas," says executive director Toyohiro Watanabe.
The donation was first agreed on in Feb. 2007. Toyokogyo will provide the multi-million yen toilet for free, with the million yen shipping fee to be covered by fund-raising.
Around a million people visit the ruins at Angkor Wat every year. According to Groundwork Mishima, there are 11 toilets at the site, which are emptied by vacuum trucks. However, without proper treatment, the water quality of the Tonle Sap Lake to the south of the complex has been deteriorating.
Source | Discuss this article
Posted in Cambodia News, KI Media | No Comments »
Monday, February 23rd, 2009
Thailand's economy shrank at a record pace in the last three months of 2008 amid plummeting exports and tourism. The economy shrank 6.1% in the October to December period from the previous quarter, t...
Source | Discuss this article
Posted in Cambodia News | No Comments »
Monday, February 23rd, 2009
PHNOM PENH, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- An Israeli delegation is set to visit Cambodia on March 16, hoping to forge agreements in agriculture and telecommunications, national media reported Monday. The move ...
Source | Discuss this article
Posted in Cambodia News | No Comments »
Monday, February 23rd, 2009
Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie met visiting Thai Army Commander-in-Chief Anupong Paochinda, and vowed to further promote bilateral military ties Monday. Liang, also a state councilor, spoke h...
Source | Discuss this article
Posted in Cambodia News | No Comments »
