Monday, 6.8.2007: World Bank President Arrives in Cambodia
The Mirror, Vol. 11, No. 520
“Phnom Penh: The president of the World Bank arrived in Cambodia on Saturday in order to meet with government officials and to study the problems Cambodia is facing in its development of the country, and to study the possible role of the World Bank in helping Cambodia to solve these problems faced.
Mr. Robert B. Zoellick, 53, a former deputy secretary of state of the US Department of State, was elected president of the World Bank in July 2007, after Mr. Paul Wolfowitz, the former president of the World Bank, had resigned due to a nepotism scandal. Mr. Robert will spend the two days of 4 and 5 August in Cambodia.
“The World Bank office in Cambodia said that during the visit, Mr. Robert plans to meet with Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen, Senior Minister Keat Chhon, the Minister of Economy and Finance, and with other senior officials, including members of the Supreme National Economic Council. In the meantime, he plans to discuss with the private sector, with civil society, and with the people who have benefited though World Bank development projects..
“This is the first visit of Mr. Robert Zoellick since he became the president of the World Bank on 1 July 2007.
“Senior Minister Keat Chhon, the Minister of Economy and Finance and many other leaders of this ministry had arranged a welcoming ceremony for the arrival of the president of the World Bank at Phnom Penh International Airport. Both of them – Robert Zoellick and Keat Chhon – met and talked for a short time in a VIP room and then continued the travel to the city in order for Robert Zoellick’s mission to start.
“It should also be remembered that Mr. Paul Wolfowitz, the former president of the World Bank, had visited Cambodia in February 2005.” Rasmei Kampuchea, Vol.15, #4355, 5-6.8.2007
Newspapers Appearing on the Newsstand:
Monday, 6 August 2007
Kampuchea Thmey, Vol.6, #1410, 5-6.8.2007
- [Drunken and dug addicted] Man Kills His Three-Month-Old Baby Boy [he escapes – Takhmao, Kandal]
- 49-Year-Old Man Accused of Raping 14-Year-Old Girl Seven Times [Battambang]
- Drunken Man Seriously Wounds His Wife by Stabbing Her Seven Times with Knife [he is arrested – Stoung, Kompong Thom]
Khmer Amatak, Vol.8, #502, 6.8.2007
- Sam Rainsy Party Competes with Kem Sokha’s [Human Rights] Party and Wants to Share Power with Cambodian People’s Party in Government in 2008
- Demolishing of Long Chhin Company’s [illegal] Constructions Frightens Other Investors
Koh Santepheap, Vol.40, #6110, 6.8.2007
- World Bank President [Robert Zoellick] Supports Activities of ACLEDA Bank
- Korean Investors Do Not Look at Benefits but Want to Help Cambodia [with development – says Lee Joong Keun, president of Boo Young Company of South Korea]
Moneaksekar Khmer, Vol.14, #3229, 6.8.2007
- World Bank Should Not Bring Money in Exchange for Hun Sen’s Empty Promises Anymore
- Mr. Sam Rainsy Considers Cambodian People’s Party to Be Competitor in 2008; Mr. Yim Sovann [SRP parliamentarian, from Phnom Penh] Elected as President of Sam Rainsy Party Council in Kandal
Rasmei Kampuchea, Vol.15, #4355, 5-6.8.2007
- World Bank President Arrives in Cambodia
- FM 90.5 MHz Radio Station in Pailin [donated by Prime Minister Hun Sen and his wife] Starts Pilot Broadcasting
Sralanh Khmer, Vol.3, #471, 5-6.8.2007
- Simon Taylor [Director of Global Witness] Asks New President of World Bank to Put Pressure on “Cambodia’s Family Trees”
- Long Chhin Company Got Permission from Hun Sen to Develop Kobsrov Area [however, he finally ordered to demolish already constructed items]
- Cambodian People’s Party Hopes that National Election Committee of Im Soursdey Will Help Prevent many Khmers from Voting
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