by Hanuman on March 10, 2010
Cambodia’s National Assembly began debating the long-awaited anti-corruption law on Wednesday of the 123-member National Assembly, 101 deputies attended the debate.
Parliamentarians from opposition Sam Rainsy Party have proposed to delay the debate, saying the draft has arrived in their hands late, fearing they do not have enough time to study.However, they gave support for anti-corruption law saying it will help reduce corruption.
The law was first proposed 15 years ago, but the final draft was made available last week after it was seriously scrutinized by concerning ministries.
All parliamentarians were given copies of the draft on Thursday last week. The 25-page anti-corruption law consists of 9 chapters with 57 articles, covering many forms of corruptions.
The draft law requires all government officials in particular to declare their assets and debts. The court is empowered to seize assets of those found guilty of corruption, and will face a maximum jail term of 15 years.
Source: Xinhua
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by Hanuman on March 10, 2010
In Cambodia, a child’s right to a childhood can conflict with their immediate needs for survival. Many children are not given special privilege due to size or life stage – they cannot be afforded leisure or luxury because they must work to ensure they eat.
In Cambodia the rights of the child can be overlooked or even violated.
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by Hanuman on March 10, 2010
The Ministry of Vocational Training and Labor has asked all enterprises, institutions, and employers that have over 8 staff to join the social security scheme with the ministry, a directive from the ministry seen by DAP News Cambodia on Tuesday said.
All enterprises in Phnom Penh, Kandal and Kampong Speu provinces must register for the social security fund, and labor employers must list at their provincial Office Vocational Training and Labor, it said.
The ministry said it would implement the law after the 45 days of the declaration.
We will implements our law and take action after that day, said the directive signed by Minister Vong Suth.
The social security system will help guarantee any risk from work, and it contributed helping social wealth fare in the society and help implement the law of labor of Cambodia, the statement claimed.
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by Hanuman on March 9, 2010
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Rape victims seeking justice in Cambodia face serious obstacles such as police who demand bribes before making an arrest, a human rights report released Monday said.
The report by Amnesty International says the incidence of rape appears to be growing in Cambodia, but corruption and discrimination within the police and courts prevent rapists from being prosecuted.
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by Hanuman on March 9, 2010
Cambodia offers a national monthly minimum wage for garment workers of $50. This is still higher than in some countries, but Cambodia’s economic boom means that prices and wages in almost all other sectors have risen rapidly in recent years.
In 2009, the Cambodian Labour Union Federation and the National Institute of Statistics determined that the minimum wage to support the conditions factory workers lived under was $93 per month. Yet, recent talks to grant laborers a living wage stalled immediately.
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by Hanuman on March 5, 2010
I believe there are some addicts in Cambodia in the past, but now this record is seem a lot to me. I watched the video, if it’s true, the government should make action to better treat those young drug addicts. All the best wish to them.
A report by Human Rights Watch denounces the harsh methods used by Cambodian authorities against young drug addicts in rehabilitation centres which resemble prisons.
FRANCE 24 correspondent Cyril Payen went to investigate and sent us this exclusive report.
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by khmerbird on February 18, 2010
Photo: Justin Mott for The New York Times
There’s nothing in this world that we cannot face to it. Take a deep breath and think. Sometime we need to go far and come back to understand thing. But drug will never be a solution. When you wake up, the problem is still here, waiting for you to resolve.
Cambodian Addicts Abused in Detention, Rights Group Says is written by SETH MYDANS for The New York Times.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Nguyen Minh Tam said he got used to the routine during three months in a government drug detention center, although he sometimes lost consciousness: three punches to the chest when he woke up in the morning and three more before he went to bed.
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by Hanuman on February 18, 2010
Factory closures far outstripped openings last year, Ministry of Labour reports
At least 106 garment and shoe factories were closed last year, mostly because of a slump in Cambodia’s key export industry, forcing more than 45,000 workers out of employment, Ministry of Labour figures showed late Monday.
Oum Mean, secretary of state at the ministry, said that 66 additional factories had suspended operations over the same period, temporarily affecting an additional 38,124 workers.
“At the same time, we also saw 48 new established factories that employed 16,886 workers,” he said, adding that the government trained 40,000 unemployed garment workers in agriculture up to October.
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by khmerbird on January 25, 2010
The Phnom Penh Post
THE municipal Social Affairs Department has reported a slight increase in the number of sex workers who were rounded up and detained in Phnom Penh in 2009.
Nut Nang, the department’s deputy director of social health, said that 469 sex workers were detained in Phnom Penh in 2009, up from 415 in 2008.
Although the department blamed the economic crisis for the rise in detentions, NGO officials who work with sex workers said the government had failed in providing alternative income sources for the women it had rounded up.
“The number of sex workers is increasing because of the global economic crisis,” Nut Nang said.
“We saw that many factories were closed and factory workers lost their jobs, and most of them didn’t go back to their hometown but instead turned to work in night clubs, karaoke parlours and other public places in order to earn money for their families.”
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by khmerbird on July 9, 2009
this is something i want to ask quite some time ago,
have you ever hated yourself?
i think we might all experienced with that kind of situation, it might caused from different reason, but the feeling and emotion is all the same: we feel sorrow, we feel we should not do that stupid thing, we feel we should do it better.
In School
when we got a bad result from the exam, we all feel bad. when we did a wrong calculation, we blame ourselves for the mistake. we feel hating ourselves for not being so perfect. it will take at least two or 3 days to make our feeling feel better and concentrate to the next exam.
At Work Place
when we finished school, we are getting older and more be careful. but still, mistake always follow us everywhere. we might forget to do some routine task and sometime it might cause to serious trouble. some work place can allow you to do few mistake but not to repeat again. some work place, a mistake can get you fired.
Daily Life
we hate ourselves when we make someone we love unhappy. we wish we could do it better but we always end up by making him or her upset and disappointed.
some mistakes might cause from the misunderstanding, some might come from the jalousie and some might come from others various reasons.
Do it better
all mistakes make us hating ourselves, make you headache and feeling down. whatever the reasons that cause the mistake, first of all we have to accept it and finding the original of the cause, correct it and do it better.
there’s always another good effect in any situation even from mistake. it’s from mistake that we know how to do the right things.
this is something i want to share, what about you, when it was the last time you hate yourself?
