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This is No. 8 of the nine examples of incompetence and corruption that appeared in the headlines of The Cambodia Daily in just two days. In this article the Cambodian government continues to abuse indigenous peoples and separate them from their ancestral lands.
Wednesday, 9 August 2017
Thursday, 10 August 2017
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On Day 2 of the visit of the funders from the Siloam Center for the Blind, their team went with DDP staff to visit three deaf youth in Kampot Province who were raising pigs and chickens and ducks. Click here to see pictures from the day.
One of the funders of DDP is the Siloam Center for the Blind in Korea. This week they came to Phnom Penh to visit the Deaf Development Programme and to meet the beneficiaries of their funding. Click here to see Day 1 of their visit.
This is No. 7 of the nine examples of incompetence and corruption that appeared in the headlines of The Cambodia Daily in just two days. In this article the Cambodian government once again prevents any ASEAN criticism of China in ASEAN statements.
Wednesday, 9 August 2017
Thursday, 10 August 2017
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Today we drove to Kampot Province with our donors from Korea and when we stopped at a gas station on the way down, this elaborate offering to the spirits of the deceased was placed in front of the station. Today is the Spirit Festival in Chinese culture and the gas station owners–and many, many other people in Cambodia—took it very seriously.
This woman has everything covered: she’s arranging lotus pods which can be given at the wat on the Buddhist holiday that day (and the seeds can then be eaten); in the middle she’s selling gasoline from the blue handcrank pump; and if you want to fill yourself rather than your motorcycle tank, you can buy a pomelo fruit stacked on the right.
The alien invaders have now established a new front on the east side of town. Soon we’ll be surrounded…. (Click here to see the action on the southern front.)
In a culture where many, many people are selling food on the street, anything that makes your product stand out is an advantage. One of the newest marketing gimmicks to hit the Phnom Penh streets is this chicken carousel. Powered by an electrical cable snaking across the pavement, the machine has a rotating display and warming lamps for pre-roasted chickens and geese.
The rotating displays are an eye-catching novelty now but they must be a real headache to clean.
“I wonder if I forgot anything….”
Dr. Felix Tse is a professor and administrator of a sign language linguistics program at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She came to Phnom Penh to explain the program and invite the linguistics department of the Royal University of Phnom Penh to establish a formal cooperation in sign language research. Felix and Charlie have known each other for about twenty years. Charlie studied Cantonese language at CUHK a long time ago. Click here to see more about Felix’s time in Phnom Penh.