The Mirror, Vol. 11, No. 515
I should not have been so optimistic about the improvement of my health when I posted the previous material.
“Phnom Penh: Big businesspeople from France, heads of about 15 enterprises, now know clearly about the progress of Cambodia both in investment and in the reform process, after they met with senior officials of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the Council for the Development of Cambodia, and the Minister of Commerce.
“During the meeting with Samdech Hun Sen at the Council of Ministers on 29 June, Mr. Frédéric Sanchez [the President of the Vietnamese relations sub-committee of the Mouvement des Entreprises de France, the French enterprise movement], the head of the delegation, said that after Cambodia entered ASEAN and the World Trade Organization, the general reforms, including bank reform and public administration reform… and law sector reforms are important factors, which attracted the delegation’s strong attention.
“Mr. Eang Sophallet, assistant to Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen, said that Mr. Sanchez said that the delegation is very happy after it got all information and knows that Cambodia has much potential.
“Mr. Sanchez said that this is the first visit, but it is at the right time. He promised, as head of the delegation, that he will make an investment [in Cambodia] before the second visit of French investors to Cambodia.
“Mr. Eang Sophallet said that Samdech Hun Sen expressed his welcome to all French investors by saying that he can affirm political stability, which is the environment for the investment atmosphere in Cambodia.
“During the meeting, Samdech Prime Minister thanked the French government and people for their participation in seeking peace for Cambodia by providing aid and a place for the [Paris Peace Conference of 1991] meetings.” Kampuchea Thmey, Vol.6, #1380, 1-2.7.2007
Newspapers Appearing on the Newsstand:
Monday, 2 July 2007
Bakong, Vol.7, #230, 2-3.7.2007
- The Open Society Justice Initiative Asks the UN to Investigate Alleged Corruption at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia [the Khmer Rouge Trials]
- Hun Sen and Sok An Must Take Responsibility for the Plane Crash [because they allow the use of old planes]
- Soldiers, Military Chiefs, and Military Police from Middle Level to Low Level Do Not Support Hun Sen as Prime Ministerial Candidate
Kampuchea Thmey, Vol.6, #1380, 1-2.7.2007
- Big Businesspeople from France Will Come to Invest in Cambodia
- Thailand Supports the Delay of Listing of Preah Vihear Temple as a World Heritage Site
- Khmer Kampuchea Krom Community Plans to Hold Pilgrimage with 10,000 Pilgrims [from Phnom Penh] to Odongk Mountain for Five Khmer Monks to Be Released from Prison in Vietnam
Khmer Amatak, Vol.8, #491, 2.7.2007
- Chief Monk in Cambodia [Tep Vong] Also Pleases Yuon [Vietnam] by Defrocking Kampuchea Krom Khmer Monks
- Democracy in Cambodia Is Just a Folding Screen [demonstrations are suppressed]
Koh Santepheap, Vol.40, #6080, 2.7.2007
- During Eight Years, Cambodia Is Satisfied with National Economic Growth
- Human Rights Party Raises Signboards in Provinces Before Phnom Penh
Moneaksekar Khmer, Vol.14, #3199, 2.7.2007
- Yuon [Vietnam] Says Cambodia Is Transit Point for Drug Trafficking to Vietnam
- [During National Fish Day in Takeo] Hun Sen Just Pretended to Warn against Filling Pong Peay Lake with Soil [Russey Keo, Phnom Penh]
Rasmei Kampuchea, Vol.15, #4325, 1-2.7.2007
- Grenade Thrown into Traffic Police Official’s House in Anlong Veng [by unknown person]: A Girl Killed and a Woman Wounded [Oddar Meanchey]
- [New Draft] Thai Constitution Rejects to Establish Buddhism as State Religion
Samleng Yuvachun Khmer, Vol.14, #3076, 1-2.7.2007
- Donor Countries Should Pay Attention to Most Serious Land Crisis in Cambodia
Sralanh Khmer, Vol.3, #441, 1-2.7.2007
- Son Chhay Calls Three Officials [Sok An, Minister of the Council of Ministers; Khieu Kanharith, Minister of Information; and Ty Sokun, Director-General of Department of Forestry and Wildlife] to Explain Plane Crash and Global Witness Report
- Director of Global Witness [Simon Taylor] Says His Report Is Based on Wide Research and It Is Real
