Day: May 22, 2022

Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, has expressed his delight to see that the first day of the campaign for the 5th mandate Commune/Sangkat Council Election went smoothly without any violence and clashes.
Speaking at a get-together with more than 2,000 Cambodian nationals living in Europe in Zurich, Switzerland on May 21 evening (Zurich time), Samdech Techo Hun Sen said all the registered political parties have joined the campaigning peacefully.
The Premier continued that the matter of who votes for whom is the right of each individual. He called on his compatriots to maintain their dignity and not to do anything that leads to violent or threatening behaviour.
Moreover, Samdech Techo Hun Sen appealed to the political parties to compete with each other with their political agenda, instead of insulting and attacking each other.
The first day of the two-week Commune/Sangkat Council Election Campaign on May 21 was conducted smoothly without violence, confirmed the National Election Committee (NEC) and competent authorities.
NEC attributed the smooth process of the election campaign to the good cooperation between local authorities, NEC at all levels and political parties.
Seventeen (17) political parties, registered for the forthcoming Commune/Sangkat Council Election began their respective election campaigns with different activities such as gathering, procession, concert, leaflet distribution and so on.
For Phnom Penh capital, four political parties conducted their campaigns, of which two were in large-scale: the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) with the participation of 40,000 party members and Candle Light Party with 1,500 participants. The other two parties are Khmer National United Party and Grassroots Democratic Party.
The election campaign will run through till June 3 while the election day will fall on June 5, 2022.
According to NEC, there are in total 86,092 candidacies, 27,813 of them are female, nominated by the 17 registered political parties to race for the 1,652 Communes/Sangkat in Cambodia.
The official voter list shows that Cambodia has in total 9,205,681 eligible voters, of them 4,904,832 are women.
The figure represents 87.94 percent of the total population aged 18 years up, who will go to vote at 23,602 designated polling stations across the country.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press

Cambodian athletes earned 7 more medals the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Vietnam on May 21, bringing the country’s medal tally to 57, according to the update from the National Olympic Committee of Cambodia (NOCC).
The new medals – 1 gold, 1 silver and 5 bronze – were won in gymnastics, vovinam, indoor volleyball, and Khmer boxing.
Cambodia is hunting for more medals as the 31st SEA Games is going to close on May 23.
The total 57 medals include 8 gold, 10 silver and 39 bronze. Cambodia grabbed gold medals in kickboxing (1), petanque (2), vovinam (3), taekwondo (1), and wrestling (1).
At the 30th SEA Games in the Philippines in 2019, Cambodia won 4 gold, 6 silver and 36 bronze medals.
The achievement is building more confidence of Cambodian athletes to perform well at the 32nd SEA Games that the country will host next year.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press

The Royal Government of Cambodia will provide Cambodian identification cards (IDs) for overseas Cambodians to facilitate their stay and their businesses in the Kingdom.
The news was shared by Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen while holding a get-together in Zurich, Switzerland on May 21 evening (Zurich time) with more than 2,000 Cambodian nationals living in Europe.
Samdech Techo Hun Sen underlined that it is not necessary for the overseas Cambodians to apply for the Cambodian nationality.
The move will allow them to buy house, land and even create political parties in Cambodia, the Premier explained.
Samdech Techo Prime Minister is currently in Switzerland to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2022 to be held in Davos-Klosters on May 22-26 under the theme “Preparing for the Post-COVID era”.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press

Cambodia has detected no new case of COVID-19 for 15 days in a row; the tally thus remains at 136,262, according to a press release of the Ministry of Health made public this morning.
Of the tally, 21,219 are imported cases while 14,459 are locally transmitted Omicron cases, the source pointed out.
At the same time, it added, neither new recovered patient nor new death was reported; the total cured cases and death toll in the Kingdom remain at 133,201 and 3,056, respectively.
Despite the success, Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen has repeatedly appealed to his compatriots to continue to stick to the health preventive measures and to get vaccinated.
The first COVID-19 case was found in Cambodia in late January 2020 in Preah Sihanouk province.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press

The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Phnom Penh are introducing batik and wire-wrapped jewelry in Cambodia by organising two important workshops as part of Indonesia’s socio-cultural diplomacy.
The two workshops – Batik Workshop and Wire-Wrapped Jewelry Workshop were officially opened this morning in Siem Reap province.
In his opening remarks, H.E. Sudirman Haseng, Indonesian Ambassador to Cambodia said Batik for the Indonesian people is not only a cultural heritage, but has become a creative industry that supports millions of people, has markets and fans from various economic levels and various ages, and from various corners of Indonesia to foreign nations.
On the other hand, he continued, the art of wire-wrapping jewelry is the art of making jewelry that has existed since ancient times before the discovery of modern welding or adhesive techniques, by interlocking wire wrapped around gemstones into beautiful jewelry.
This wire-wrapped jewelry is famous from Indonesia, especially from Yogyakarta, East Java and South Sumatra, and over time, the development of this wire-wrapped jewelry is growing rapidly along with the increasing number of precious stone artisans and spread throughout Indonesia, he added.
“Socio-cultural diplomacy involves among others comprehensive understanding, appreciation, positive perception and knowledge of other culture and society. To achieve this purpose, education is the tool. For Indonesia, Cambodia is our partner, our friend, and our next of kin in the region. Hence, it is important for us to ensure that the young generation of Cambodia who will become the future leaders of this country have comprehensive understanding and knowledge of Indonesia,” he underlined.
H.E. Ambassador also expressed Indonesia’s readiness to assist Cambodia to develop. “We believe that to build the human resources through education is the essence of assisting Cambodia in developing the country. It will also cement the friendships that will last for a long time,” he said.
The two workshops will also be held in Phnom Penh capital on May 25.
According to the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia, Batik, from the Javanese word amba (wide/large) and titik (dot), which means to make a drawing or writing. The batik technique uses wax which is drawn or stamped on cloth which becomes the resist for colour. On Oct. 2, 2019, batik has been recognised by UNESCO as the Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. Thus, Indonesians celebrate Oct. 2 as Hari Batik National or National Batik Day. Batik is used in every Indonesians daily life, from casual to formal wear, and from clothing to decoration.
Wire-wrapped jewelry is a cold joining metal working (non-solder) technique that uses wire wrapped on the main focal, which is gemstone, to create jewelry. Indonesia is one of the countries which is rich with natural gemstones (including pearls). Using the wire-wrapped techniques, these gemstones are crafted into beautiful jewelry with economical value.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press