Day: May 3, 2024

Some 5,000 Cambodian media practitioners this afternoon celebrated the World Press Freedom Day with Prime Minister Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet and many senior government officials.

Speaking on the occasion, Minister of Information H.E. Neth Pheaktra mentioned about the report conducted by the Ministry of Information, stressing that the new research found out that nearly 80 percent of respondents acknowledge the healthy state of the press freedom in Cambodia.

At the same time, H.E. Neth Pheaktra said that some traditional media, including TV, radio and print media have been closed, while some others have been converted to digital media, but Cambodia still has about 2,000 traditional and modern media outlets, with about 10,000 journalists, excluding many content creators on social media.

‘Such a situation clearly demonstrates the strong power of the Cambodian media and clearly shows that Cambodia is a land of democracy, freedom of the press, and freedom of expression in a mature democratic proces
s,’ he underlined.

In his speech, Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet noticed the healthy progress of press freedom in the country and outlined some recommendations to further advance the sector.

According to his message on World Press Freedom Day, Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet also supported the professional journalism code to further promote journalism ethics, acknowledging its indispensable role in bridging the information gap between the government and the public.

Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet this afternoon mentioned that the Funan Techo Canal project has built a big nationalism in Cambodia.

At a get-together and solidarity dinner with some 5,000 media practitioners on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day 2024, Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet expressed thanks to the media for reporting the citizens’s support to this historical project.

Regarding to this project, Deputy Prime Minister and First Vice President of the Council for the Development of Cambodia H.E. Sun Chanthol said this project had been thoroughly studied by a group of nearly 50 experts.

Speaking at a press conference this morning, after a meeting with foreign diplomatic corps, including Vietnam, H.E. Sun Chanthol said that the Funan Techo Canal has negative impact less than that of the Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway and Phnom Penh-Bavet Expressway.

The Funan Techo Canal project has very little impact, while the economic analysis and evaluation show that it wil
l provide great benefits for the areas of trade, tourism, urban planning and construction and so on, he underlined.

According to the project’s feasibility study, the US$1.7 billion Funan Techo Canal project, which will be broken ground for construction at the end of 2024, is 180 kilometres long and 100 metres wide upstream and 80 metres downstream with two navigation lanes. The construction would take around four years to complete.

The canal will link Prek Takeo of Mekong River to the sea in Kep province crossing four provinces: Kandal, Takeo, Kampot and Kep with a total of 1.6 million people living on either side of the waterway

Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse