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Posted by: | Posted on: September 8, 2011

Easy idea for Cambodian social entrepreneur to imitate

http://www.superstock.com/stock-photos-images/1848-268821Cambodian poors and their slums should learn from this initiative to avoid high cost of electricity, and the environmentalist entrepreneurs should imitate this initiative. In the Philippine, those poor slums living in shelters roofed by large pieces of zinc easily absorbed hot temperature and darkness including their unaffordable electricity expense, the use of bottle solar is imperative. Hence, this initiative not only helps saving expense for the poors on electricity, it also saves the environment which those dumped bottles have seriously affected this planet.

For for ideal, please watch below video clip:

Posted by: | Posted on: September 5, 2011

In the Search of Hollywood Movie on the “Great Khmer Empire”

By pisethz

There was a short brief about the Hollywood movie production in Cambodia “The Great Khmer Empire” in its 3 years project was on debate around August-September 2010. I am hopping to see this movie at the cinema as soon as they complete.

For there are many famous stars Hollywood stars performing in this movie such as John Cena and Angelina Jolie.

Selecting from different sources such as Video Of Interview With Thomas Magyar On “Great Khmer Empire” Movie by khmerbird,

It was mentioned in the local printed media saying that this movie project will cost US$70 million movie in Cambodia one of the highest breaking record for movie in the kingdom.

We expect to watch the new Cambodian Hollywood movie soon

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I was trying to find the source but haven’t found anything about this cover design yet. I don’t mean to copy the work to put it here just post it and if you happen to know the source of this picture design.

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Posted by: | Posted on: August 31, 2011

Corruption and Cheating a Way of Life for Cambodia Students (2)

“All the student always look documents and all the teachers always take some money from the student because the teachers said that if you don’t pay money for me I will catch your document all so you can not look it and today I am very happy because I passed examination and the first I want to say my parent that support me every time and after graduate from the high school I will go to university of Royal Phnom Penh and the faculty of English literature.”

Saturday, 27 August 2011 14:30 Borin Noun

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In Cambodia the results this year national high school exam have been announced.

More than 80 percent of the more than hundred thousand students who sat for the exam passed.

The government has hailed the result as positive but as Borin Noun reports a culture of corruption mean the rich have an unfair advantage.

Students earning listen to their exam results at the Bang Keng Kang high school in the centre of the capital Phnom Penh.

The results here in this well-funded school are high, 90 percent of the students here passed.

But they are not shy to admit that money played a part in their success.

Heng Moniroth said he paid 40 US dollars to his exam supervisors to get advanced copies of the exam.

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Posted by: | Posted on: August 24, 2011

Cambodia’s bill to limit NGOs

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Cambodia’s bill to limit NGOs

If Cambodia passes a law to regulate NGO activity, what influence will it have on the work of land rights activists?

Cambodia’s Council of Ministers recently released a third draft of the Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organisations (LANGO) that would more tightly control the eligibility of civil society organisations and how they are run. Several NGOs have spoken out against the proposed law, saying that it would give the government too much authority over their work.

“If the law is passed in its current form, everyone will lose out, from civil society to investors with an eye on Cambodia, but, above all, the Cambodian people in whose name NGOs and associations work,” said Virak Ou, president of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights.

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