Cambodia’s anti-corruption unit will work for asset declaration for first priority
Cambodia’s anti-corruption unit on 13 announced that it will work on the governmental officials to claim their asset to implement the anti-corruption law when the law comes into force.
“Asset declaration from the governmental officials will be first priority for the unit that need to do,” H.E Om Yen Tieng, head of anti-corruption unit (ACU) told reporters in a new conference at the office. About 100,000 people will announce about their assets and it will happen before November this year and they need to claim their assets in every two years and usually in January, he said, adding if it delayed about asset for all people, please understand our situation of work.
“ACU also will continue to educate, and investigate more cases to implement the law of anti-corruption,” Tieng announced, adding that definition of corruption cases broadly identifies including sex bribery, and other abstract issues. He noted that after we passed the law, the case of corruption was not open like before, he said, adding that people started to be afraid of law before implementing and this is good step for us.
He continued that now, we have 6 million US dollars from the government to spend for 2011 action plan and it also will be used to renovate the office and implement our strategy to fight against corruption in the country. He stresses that more than 100 officials from the unit have been trained about the investigation on the corruption and ways of arresting the bribery officials and people.
He continued that the Unit will host the Regional ASEAN Conference on Anti-corruption in November. From now, we have places to do to practice the law. We will do four sub-decrees on the process of the unit including structure, appointment of officials at the provinces,.
“The governmental officials who have duties to declare asset starting from the appointment by the prime minister and king, they will claim their asset before and leave from the work,” he added, noting “We will protect the sources that revealed the cases of corruption, and we will seek concrete evidence to charge the corruption officials.
“Soon we will sign MOU with ministry of justice to process of the corruption case. It will help keeping sources in secret areas, he said, adding that Cambodian officials who combat corruption have learned from Singapore, Hong Kong, The U.S.and Malaysia and they must be clean ones in our unit. He also appealed for media to help fighting against corruption, report and cooperate to arrest corruption officials. Media will play a crucial role for fighting against corruption and investigate the corruption cases,” he emphasized.
Anti-corruption expert from Hong Kong, Tony Kwok, who helped training Cambodian officials at the anti-corruption unit, said that when we have the good law like anti-corruption law, we all need good staff, I mean clean staff to implement the law that will bring us to more effective and efficient. The media will pay more important role in investigation of corruption and bribery case. And it will join actively to report about these cases and will help the glue for the ACU to follow up and investigate the case,” Tony noted. The media is crucial and useful for helping the law,” he stresses. He added that all staff and governmental officials have to tell about their debt or properties before the appointment and after they leave position in order to be transparency in field of work. Some countries that I have known, they also failed in practicing the law on anti-corruption because their staffs are not good people, either. Priority, the staffs of ACU need to be good people in crucial stage,” Tony said, adding that we have to set up the 24 hours hotline phone, email, fax to get the complaints from people about the corruption and ACU need to totally support identity. The strategy of ACU needs to strengthen the important system for following the cases,” Tony said. ###
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Cambodia wraps up command post exercise of Angkor sentinel 2010
Cambodia wraps up command post exercise of Angkor Sentinel 2010
Cambodia on July 23 wrapped up the command post exercise which is a part of “Angkor sentinel 201with achieving successfully in training human resources in promotion for the forthcoming peacekeeping missions.
Speaking at the closing ceremony of common post exercise, H.E Prak Sokhonn, minister attached to the prime minister and secretary of state for the council of minister and chairman of the GPOI-10 commission said that we have successfully achieved our exercise with the concepts and objectives of CPX training as scheduled and this one of the great achievement of the GPOI-10 mission training exercise –Angkor sentinel 2010.
“We thanked you all that supported us as hosting country for this military exercise. We need to continuously keep our relationship in spirit of maintaining peaceful world and safety for all,” H.E. Prak Sokhonn told the hundred of participants at a hotel in Phnom Penh.
Lt.Gen Nem Sowath, chief of general department of political affairs and foreign affairs and chairman of the common post exercise (CPX) sub-commission said in ceremony that the CPX has been conducted from July 12 to July 23, 2010 which is part of the GPOI-10 common plan.
The members of participated countries and forces have changed a little bit compared to the organized plan which included sixteen countries, five observing countries and two international organizations due to the two countries were absent. However, the number of participated military increased from 137 to 167 since the number of observers has been increased and some of them became as officials participants. He added the training exercise processes has been successfully conducted with the CPX concepts as scheduled with UN standard training module for the level of staff officer training included the UN system and mission structure and staff, UN integrated mission planning, media in PKO, international humanitarian law, and ICRC, lessons learnt of the RCAF from UN peace support operations, UN standard operation procedure, rule of engagement and UN logistics, public information in PKO, intelligence in UNPKO, affected and vulnerable populations, international humanitarian actors, disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration. “More than that we also conducted experience sharing on the win –win policy in Cambodia and the Somalia peace keeping experience –lecturing as well,” he said, adding that the training was strictly conducted with great consideration of obligation for UNPKO. “We have also manage more than 80 role players ranging from force commander, deputy force commander, chief of staff, personnel, operation, logistic, plan, communication, civil military, legal officer to public information officer for responding to their work roles and hierarchy by abide by the indicated laws and regulations of the U. this means that we have taken the UN jobs to perform in order to get the UN recognition,” he highlighted, noting during the full -12 day, the 167 military officers have closely communicated with each other like a family. That is, obligation in the CPX exercise demonstrated the strong commitment and high responsibility for achieving the common goal aiming at absorbing the know -how knowledge for solving conflicts and building humanitarian concepts in the future UNPKO missions. Even scheduled time was over for listening to the lecture Lt Gen. Montgomery sharing his experience about 1993 operations in Somalia (UNISOM), everyone was still with him in getting such great experience. This really reflected the great obedience and order of all military officers in the exercise. We all thanked Co-partner USPACOM for their support, he added.
“It will never be possible to say the problem of establishing unity in any allied command is even completely solved. This problem involves the human equation and must be day by day. Patience, tolerance, frankness, absolute honest in all dealings, particularly with all persons of the opposite nationality, and firmness, are absolute essential… never permit any problem to be approached in your staff on the basis of national interest..,” Dwight D.Hower, a senior military officer said, adding that The multi –national leader skill set focus on leader competency, courage and character, vision and guidance, interpersonal skills- personal relationships count, and an effective communicator, a team builder –cohesion and consensus, -atmosphere of trust and confidence, adaptive leader style, mission –type orders when possible –a reasonable risk taker. All these based on the UN strategic leadership for peacekeeping mission. “We have some challenges within a combined staff, no common language, and no common doctrine, interoperability. Differing staff techniques, sharing information and intelligence, keeping “secrets” secret and our different military cultures, national political influences exists, building and maintaining consensus,” he added.
Jin Kwan Jung, a senior military official from South Korea, peace keeping center told SEAW that this is the first we came to Cambodia, and the process of command post exercise conducted very well and it has done, he said. Cambodia officials are well -prepared for this event from the before, starting event and after the event. “I do hope this exercise this will help strengthen the cooperation between Cambodia and South Korea and other countries that joined in exercise,” he noted. Military and military, people and people will know each other further from this exercise,” Jung added.
In the countries send their senior officials to join the CPX including Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, hosting Cambodia, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, New Zealand, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, USA, and Vietnam, and other two international organizations. ###
Cambodia on July 23 wrapped up the command post exercise which is a part of “Angkor sentinel 201with achieving successfully in training human resources in promotion for the forthcoming peacekeeping missions.
Speaking at the closing ceremony of common post exercise, H.E Prak Sokhonn, minister attached to the prime minister and secretary of state for the council of minister and chairman of the GPOI-10 commission said that we have successfully achieved our exercise with the concepts and objectives of CPX training as scheduled and this one of the great achievement of the GPOI-10 mission training exercise –Angkor sentinel 2010.
“We thanked you all that supported us as hosting country for this military exercise. We need to continuously keep our relationship in spirit of maintaining peaceful world and safety for all,” H.E. Prak Sokhonn told the hundred of participants at a hotel in Phnom Penh.
Lt.Gen Nem Sowath, chief of general department of political affairs and foreign affairs and chairman of the common post exercise (CPX) sub-commission said in ceremony that the CPX has been conducted from July 12 to July 23, 2010 which is part of the GPOI-10 common plan.
The members of participated countries and forces have changed a little bit compared to the organized plan which included sixteen countries, five observing countries and two international organizations due to the two countries were absent. However, the number of participated military increased from 137 to 167 since the number of observers has been increased and some of them became as officials participants. He added the training exercise processes has been successfully conducted with the CPX concepts as scheduled with UN standard training module for the level of staff officer training included the UN system and mission structure and staff, UN integrated mission planning, media in PKO, international humanitarian law, and ICRC, lessons learnt of the RCAF from UN peace support operations, UN standard operation procedure, rule of engagement and UN logistics, public information in PKO, intelligence in UNPKO, affected and vulnerable populations, international humanitarian actors, disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration. “More than that we also conducted experience sharing on the win –win policy in Cambodia and the Somalia peace keeping experience –lecturing as well,” he said, adding that the training was strictly conducted with great consideration of obligation for UNPKO. “We have also manage more than 80 role players ranging from force commander, deputy force commander, chief of staff, personnel, operation, logistic, plan, communication, civil military, legal officer to public information officer for responding to their work roles and hierarchy by abide by the indicated laws and regulations of the U. this means that we have taken the UN jobs to perform in order to get the UN recognition,” he highlighted, noting during the full -12 day, the 167 military officers have closely communicated with each other like a family. That is, obligation in the CPX exercise demonstrated the strong commitment and high responsibility for achieving the common goal aiming at absorbing the know -how knowledge for solving conflicts and building humanitarian concepts in the future UNPKO missions. Even scheduled time was over for listening to the lecture Lt Gen. Montgomery sharing his experience about 1993 operations in Somalia (UNISOM), everyone was still with him in getting such great experience. This really reflected the great obedience and order of all military officers in the exercise. We all thanked Co-partner USPACOM for their support, he added.
“It will never be possible to say the problem of establishing unity in any allied command is even completely solved. This problem involves the human equation and must be day by day. Patience, tolerance, frankness, absolute honest in all dealings, particularly with all persons of the opposite nationality, and firmness, are absolute essential… never permit any problem to be approached in your staff on the basis of national interest..,” Dwight D.Hower, a senior military officer said, adding that The multi –national leader skill set focus on leader competency, courage and character, vision and guidance, interpersonal skills- personal relationships count, and an effective communicator, a team builder –cohesion and consensus, -atmosphere of trust and confidence, adaptive leader style, mission –type orders when possible –a reasonable risk taker. All these based on the UN strategic leadership for peacekeeping mission. “We have some challenges within a combined staff, no common language, and no common doctrine, interoperability. Differing staff techniques, sharing information and intelligence, keeping “secrets” secret and our different military cultures, national political influences exists, building and maintaining consensus,” he added.
Jin Kwan Jung, a senior military official from South Korea, peace keeping center told SEAW that this is the first we came to Cambodia, and the process of command post exercise conducted very well and it has done, he said. Cambodia officials are well -prepared for this event from the before, starting event and after the event. “I do hope this exercise this will help strengthen the cooperation between Cambodia and South Korea and other countries that joined in exercise,” he noted. Military and military, people and people will know each other further from this exercise,” Jung added.
In the countries send their senior officials to join the CPX including Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, hosting Cambodia, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, New Zealand, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, USA, and Vietnam, and other two international organizations. ###
Cambodia's Garment Workers Get salary increase in 2010
Cambodia’s Garment Workers Get Salary Increase
Cambodia’s ministry of labor and vocational training on July 8 announced that after the broad talks with representatives of employers and workers at the ministry, the committee of advisory labor decided to increase salary for all textile, garment and shoe workers on basic salary of with 5 dollars wage rising, and 6 US dollars for living conditions’ allowances across the country, starting to implement from October 1, 2010 and it will come into force until 2014 that is the next session for reviewing agreement. .
“We have agreed to increase salary for the workers to 56 US dollars per month for fresh workers in probation term, and they get only 45 US dollars as minimum salary. At the same time, we increased salary for full membership workers to 61 US dollars per month as basic salary for all of them,” H.E. Vong Suth, minister of labor and vocational training said. “In case, the workers have worked overtime, they will get extra and bonus money in each month from employers,” he explained. The salary that decided this time is basic salary only, and the employees who get the salary through product quantity, known as counting from product, will receive wage through obvious results that they have done. The employers need to add money to the level of 56 US dollars for a month. Currently, we have about 300,000 workers and most of them are women from rural areas. “Benefits from workers could help the living conditions of their families,” he noted.
Van Sou Ieng, president of Garment Manufacturer’s Association of Cambodia (GMAC) told reporters that our workers need to work hard for productivity chain to get more money and now this industry is so very competitive in current situation of global market.
He continued: We have 230 garment manufacturers as memberships in our association and they are following the rule of international standards. The workers need to strengthen the quality of products and work faster than before to implement purchasing order for buyers. The representatives from workers demanded salary increase too high, we as employers could not afford. “When they could not afford, they will leave Cambodia to invest at other countries,” he said. Their demand is injustice for employers,” he added. He highlighted that now; we reached to agree on the decision from government, majority from representatives of employees and employers on basic salary of 61$ per month for workers.
Meas Sophea, senior official of trade unit for commerce ministry said that we have to consider about the benefits for workers if the employers and investors left here to other countries, our workers will lay off job and they faced with living condition’s difficulties. “We also will lose benefits for workers and the benefits of country. “Some serious reaction from union leaders for increasing salary, it has made employers to go where else that they could earn from the business,” he noted. He stressed that in the sixth month of this year, garment product was exported to foreign market increase to 11 per cent; especially we exported to US markets, and EU. He hinted that purchasing order from buyers for the whole year totally will be increased about 10 per cent if comparing in 2009. The space for growing garment product for our country is only 10 per cent is very narrow; the buyers let us know. “Mostly garment product this year will go the United States , he said, adding that we still decreased if comparing with previous years. In 2009, Cambodia got 2,658 million US dollar and in 2008 for 3,158 million US dollar from garment sector.
The garment sector is in fragile situation after it is in competitiveness from other countries in global market.” he noted. “I want employers to increase more than today because food and price of house also is higher,” Yong Cheng, a garment worker at Stung Mean. Salary is very difficult for living daily,” she said. Union leaders asked for 93 US dollars per month for basic salary of garment workers. ##.
Cambodia’s ministry of labor and vocational training on July 8 announced that after the broad talks with representatives of employers and workers at the ministry, the committee of advisory labor decided to increase salary for all textile, garment and shoe workers on basic salary of with 5 dollars wage rising, and 6 US dollars for living conditions’ allowances across the country, starting to implement from October 1, 2010 and it will come into force until 2014 that is the next session for reviewing agreement. .
“We have agreed to increase salary for the workers to 56 US dollars per month for fresh workers in probation term, and they get only 45 US dollars as minimum salary. At the same time, we increased salary for full membership workers to 61 US dollars per month as basic salary for all of them,” H.E. Vong Suth, minister of labor and vocational training said. “In case, the workers have worked overtime, they will get extra and bonus money in each month from employers,” he explained. The salary that decided this time is basic salary only, and the employees who get the salary through product quantity, known as counting from product, will receive wage through obvious results that they have done. The employers need to add money to the level of 56 US dollars for a month. Currently, we have about 300,000 workers and most of them are women from rural areas. “Benefits from workers could help the living conditions of their families,” he noted.
Van Sou Ieng, president of Garment Manufacturer’s Association of Cambodia (GMAC) told reporters that our workers need to work hard for productivity chain to get more money and now this industry is so very competitive in current situation of global market.
He continued: We have 230 garment manufacturers as memberships in our association and they are following the rule of international standards. The workers need to strengthen the quality of products and work faster than before to implement purchasing order for buyers. The representatives from workers demanded salary increase too high, we as employers could not afford. “When they could not afford, they will leave Cambodia to invest at other countries,” he said. Their demand is injustice for employers,” he added. He highlighted that now; we reached to agree on the decision from government, majority from representatives of employees and employers on basic salary of 61$ per month for workers.
Meas Sophea, senior official of trade unit for commerce ministry said that we have to consider about the benefits for workers if the employers and investors left here to other countries, our workers will lay off job and they faced with living condition’s difficulties. “We also will lose benefits for workers and the benefits of country. “Some serious reaction from union leaders for increasing salary, it has made employers to go where else that they could earn from the business,” he noted. He stressed that in the sixth month of this year, garment product was exported to foreign market increase to 11 per cent; especially we exported to US markets, and EU. He hinted that purchasing order from buyers for the whole year totally will be increased about 10 per cent if comparing in 2009. The space for growing garment product for our country is only 10 per cent is very narrow; the buyers let us know. “Mostly garment product this year will go the United States , he said, adding that we still decreased if comparing with previous years. In 2009, Cambodia got 2,658 million US dollar and in 2008 for 3,158 million US dollar from garment sector.
The garment sector is in fragile situation after it is in competitiveness from other countries in global market.” he noted. “I want employers to increase more than today because food and price of house also is higher,” Yong Cheng, a garment worker at Stung Mean. Salary is very difficult for living daily,” she said. Union leaders asked for 93 US dollars per month for basic salary of garment workers. ##.
Cambodia's Garment Workers Get salary increase
Cambodia’s Garment Workers Get Salary Increase
Cambodia’s ministry of labor and vocational training on July 8 announced that after the broad talks with representatives of employers and workers at the ministry, the committee of advisory labor decided to increase salary for all textile, garment and shoe workers on basic salary of with 5 dollars wage rising, and 6 US dollars for living conditions’ allowances across the country, starting to implement from October 1, 2010 and it will come into force until 2014 that is the next session for reviewing agreement. .
“We have agreed to increase salary for the workers to 56 US dollars per month for fresh workers in probation term, and they get only 45 US dollars as minimum salary. At the same time, we increased salary for full membership workers to 61 US dollars per month as basic salary for all of them,” H.E. Vong Suth, minister of labor and vocational training said.
“In case, the workers have worked overtime, they will get extra and bonus money in each month from employers,” he explained. The salary that decided this time is basic salary only, and the employees who get the salary through product quantity, known as counting from product, will receive wage through obvious results that they have done. The employers need to add money to the level of 56 US dollars for a month. Currently, we have about 300,000 workers and most of them are women from rural areas. “Benefits from workers could help the living conditions of their families,” he noted.
Van Sou Ieng, president of Garment Manufacturer’s Association of Cambodia (GMAC) told reporters that our workers need to work hard for productivity chain to get more money and now this industry is so very competitive in current situation of global market.
He continued: We have 230 garment manufacturers as memberships in our association and they are following the rule of international standards. The workers need to strengthen the quality of products and work faster than before to implement purchasing order for buyers. The representatives from workers demanded salary increase too high, we as employers could not afford. “When they could not afford, they will leave Cambodia to invest at other countries,” he said. Their demand is injustice for employers,” he added. He highlighted that now; we reached to agree on the decision from government, majority from representatives of employees and employers on basic salary of 61$ per month for workers.
Meas Sophea, senior official of trade unit for commerce ministry said that we have to consider about the benefits for workers if the employers and investors left here to other countries, our workers will lay off job and they faced with living condition’s difficulties. “We also will lose benefits for workers and the benefits of country. “Some serious reaction from union leaders for increasing salary, it has made employers to go where else that they could earn from the business,” he noted. He stressed that in the sixth month of this year, garment product was exported to foreign market increase to 11 per cent; especially we exported to US markets, and EU. He hinted that purchasing order from buyers for the whole year totally will be increased about 10 per cent if comparing in 2009. The space for growing garment product for our country is only 10 per cent is very narrow; the buyers let us know. “Mostly garment product this year will go the United States , he said, adding that we still decreased if comparing with previous years. In 2009, Cambodia got 2,658 million US dollar and in 2008 for 3,158 million US dollar from garment sector.
The garment sector is in fragile situation after it is in competitiveness from other countries in global market.” he noted. “I want employers to increase more than today because food and price of house also is higher,” Yong Cheng, a garment worker at Stung Mean. Salary is very difficult for living daily,” she said. Union leaders asked for 93 US dollars per month for basic salary of garment workers. ##.
Cambodia’s ministry of labor and vocational training on July 8 announced that after the broad talks with representatives of employers and workers at the ministry, the committee of advisory labor decided to increase salary for all textile, garment and shoe workers on basic salary of with 5 dollars wage rising, and 6 US dollars for living conditions’ allowances across the country, starting to implement from October 1, 2010 and it will come into force until 2014 that is the next session for reviewing agreement. .
“We have agreed to increase salary for the workers to 56 US dollars per month for fresh workers in probation term, and they get only 45 US dollars as minimum salary. At the same time, we increased salary for full membership workers to 61 US dollars per month as basic salary for all of them,” H.E. Vong Suth, minister of labor and vocational training said.
“In case, the workers have worked overtime, they will get extra and bonus money in each month from employers,” he explained. The salary that decided this time is basic salary only, and the employees who get the salary through product quantity, known as counting from product, will receive wage through obvious results that they have done. The employers need to add money to the level of 56 US dollars for a month. Currently, we have about 300,000 workers and most of them are women from rural areas. “Benefits from workers could help the living conditions of their families,” he noted.
Van Sou Ieng, president of Garment Manufacturer’s Association of Cambodia (GMAC) told reporters that our workers need to work hard for productivity chain to get more money and now this industry is so very competitive in current situation of global market.
He continued: We have 230 garment manufacturers as memberships in our association and they are following the rule of international standards. The workers need to strengthen the quality of products and work faster than before to implement purchasing order for buyers. The representatives from workers demanded salary increase too high, we as employers could not afford. “When they could not afford, they will leave Cambodia to invest at other countries,” he said. Their demand is injustice for employers,” he added. He highlighted that now; we reached to agree on the decision from government, majority from representatives of employees and employers on basic salary of 61$ per month for workers.
Meas Sophea, senior official of trade unit for commerce ministry said that we have to consider about the benefits for workers if the employers and investors left here to other countries, our workers will lay off job and they faced with living condition’s difficulties. “We also will lose benefits for workers and the benefits of country. “Some serious reaction from union leaders for increasing salary, it has made employers to go where else that they could earn from the business,” he noted. He stressed that in the sixth month of this year, garment product was exported to foreign market increase to 11 per cent; especially we exported to US markets, and EU. He hinted that purchasing order from buyers for the whole year totally will be increased about 10 per cent if comparing in 2009. The space for growing garment product for our country is only 10 per cent is very narrow; the buyers let us know. “Mostly garment product this year will go the United States , he said, adding that we still decreased if comparing with previous years. In 2009, Cambodia got 2,658 million US dollar and in 2008 for 3,158 million US dollar from garment sector.
The garment sector is in fragile situation after it is in competitiveness from other countries in global market.” he noted. “I want employers to increase more than today because food and price of house also is higher,” Yong Cheng, a garment worker at Stung Mean. Salary is very difficult for living daily,” she said. Union leaders asked for 93 US dollars per month for basic salary of garment workers. ##.
Cambodia debates draft law on pesticides and agricultural inputs in 2010
Cambodia debates draft law on pesticides and agricultural inputs
Chhorng Long Heng
Cambodia’s ministry of agriculture, forestry and fisheries on July 14 started debating publicly the law on pesticides and agricultural inputs in a move to manage the pesticides in the country after the local farmers have used it widely in growing the agricultural crops, and protecting the people’s health and environmental sustainability“This law aims at regulating the management, the standard requirement, the trade and the use services of pesticide and agricultural inputs in the country,” Dr. H.E Chan Sarun, minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries said in his opening remark at consultative seminar of the law in Phnom Penh .
“This law also is to support the national agricultural sector policy in enhancing the potential of agricultural products and ensure effective control of pesticide and agricultural inputs, and enhance public awareness in the application of standard requirements in the trade, the use services and handling of pesticides and agricultural inputs with safety, to protect interest of farmers in agricultural product and other relevant users with ensuring food security, public health and sustainable agro-ecosystem,” Dr. Chan Sarun added.
“This law will apply to all types of pesticides, fertilizers, animal feeds and additives and veterinary medicines as well as raw material used as composition and active ingredients formulation of these products. All activities by the physical person and legal persons relating to all types of trade in pesticides and agricultural inputs, pesticide use services, commercial advertisement donation, disposal, destruction of pesticides and agricultural inputs in the country,” He highlighted in the seminar.
He said that traditional pesticides of agricultural inputs produced by farmers through formulation of natural substances for using in household agricultural production or for non-commercial or non- use services purpose shall be determine by a particularly sub –decree.
“In Cambodia, pesticide and agricultural inputs are supportive sources that have been using in growing agricultural crops for boosting productivity and enhancing quantity and quality in agricultural sector,” he said, adding that developing countries has been using pesticide and chemical fertilizers to promote quantity of agricultural products but at the same time, when farmer used these risk substances without consideration and it turned to destroy health, and environment. He noted that we have experience to use pesticide and agricultural inputs since 1950s for supporting to grow rice and other agricultural crops, and it was provided by the donor at that time.
In 1998, we set up the rules of controlling the agricultural materials even though it has still some negative factors for agricultural materials flowing from neighboring countries illegally and processed freely at markets without quality, both information labeled in foreign language and local farmers have not understood. In 2009, we conducted the research on using pesticides in country.
The figure showed that chemical fertilizers on markets registered with ministry about 33 per cent and 14 per cent of chemical fertilizers wrote in Khmer, and pesticides of 12 per cent registered with ministry, and 2 of pesticides wrote in Khmer. At that same time, 87 per cent of pesticides did not register and 5 of them banned using by ministry and 6 per cent banned by world health organization. Only 13 per cent of those banned pesticides wrote in Khmer. “We want the pesticides and agricultural inputs to label in Khmer, therefore local farmers could use them properly to avoid destroying their health and using them at standard in growing agricultural crops,” the minister noted. He added the figure also shows that in the country, pesticide and agricultural inputs have used widely in Kandal province, which was known because local farmer has grown agricultural crops to supply Phnom Penh .
We also will become signatory member of Rotterdam Convention in purpose of protection of flowing pesticide and chemical fertilizers with high risk and violated the international law. The main reason, we do not want to turn our country into waste store and a place of testing pesticides and other chemicals in agricultural sector that contained high risk and prohibition. We have to continuously educate our farmers about danger of pesticides, and urge them to use with standard,” he said, adding that we also thanked to development partners like FAO and JICA and NGO Forum that contributed in draft law.
“It will also review and assess the completion of standard requirements at pre-registration for trade of pesticides and agricultural inputs and the pesticide use services, and to verify the guaranteed analysis of pesticide and agricultural inputs at a laboratory and to undertake bio-efficacy trial in a field in order to define the data for the assessment of the registration application,” article 6 of draft law said, adding that It will designate inspection agents of pesticide and agricultural inputs in order to monitor, to control and to undertake enforcement measures to all trade and use service activities and the application of standard requirement of all pesticide agricultural inputs, and to conduct international cooperation and play role as the national focal institution, responsible for leading and implementing relevant obligations under international conventions or agreements on pesticide and agro-chemicals, to perform other task within the jurisdiction of management of pesticide and agricultural inputs in accordance with law.
“The government will establish the national council for pesticide which shall be led by the minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, with the department of agricultural legislation of the ministry of agriculture, forestry and fisheries serving as its secretariat. The national council will define, monitor, assess the implementation of national policies and strategies for the management of pesticides, and provide recommendation to the government on the signification of pesticide related international convention and agreements, and decide on the proposed classification and list of pesticide in country, the organization and functioning of the national council for pesticide shall be determined by a sub-decree,” the article 7 of the draft law reporteArticle 91 said that it shall be penalized to imprison from 6 months to three years and impose fine from 5,000 dollars to 10,000 US dollars to revoke all relevant permits as well as to confiscate or destroy evidences to an offender who commits any offences like behaving activities in manufacturing, formulating repackaging agricultural inputs without a technical standard or using raw materials as genetically modified organisms and as chemicals promoting unusual growth to all types of crops or animals, trading counterfeit agricultural inputs or its guaranteed analysis of nutrient substances or its composition, differing from the confirmation on the labels or which contradicts the affirmation during registration, trading agricultural inputs by adding or taking out any ingredients from a container, which differing from the original standard from manufacturing or which contradicts affirmation during registration, trading counterfeit agricultural inputs or ex-standard agricultural inputs, a counterfeit container, a counterfeit Khmer label, a counterfeit registration number on the container.
In case of recidivism, it shall be penalized in double and shall repair the damages or shall impose a civil compensatory, in case an offense causes hazard to health, damage to the environment and damage to properties either within a private or public framework. The law has 12 chapters containing 100 articles. After publicly debating this time, it will hand over to the national assembly to approve soon and the views and ideas from debating will be input to establish law firmly,” Dr Chan Sarun noted.
Chit Sam Ath, head of NGO Forum said at the event that 85 per cent of Cambodians are farmers. After we observed for 10 years, we found that the pesticides and agricultural inputs created communicable illnesses to local farmers and destroyed people’s health and it has threatened the agricultural system in the country. We believed that we have to join together to share economic ad social benefits with equity for using natural resources for substantiality,” he said, noting that reducing and managing pesticides in agricultural sector strictly will contribute enhancing to increase agricultural product effectively. #
Chhorng Long Heng
Cambodia’s ministry of agriculture, forestry and fisheries on July 14 started debating publicly the law on pesticides and agricultural inputs in a move to manage the pesticides in the country after the local farmers have used it widely in growing the agricultural crops, and protecting the people’s health and environmental sustainability“This law aims at regulating the management, the standard requirement, the trade and the use services of pesticide and agricultural inputs in the country,” Dr. H.E Chan Sarun, minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries said in his opening remark at consultative seminar of the law in Phnom Penh .
“This law also is to support the national agricultural sector policy in enhancing the potential of agricultural products and ensure effective control of pesticide and agricultural inputs, and enhance public awareness in the application of standard requirements in the trade, the use services and handling of pesticides and agricultural inputs with safety, to protect interest of farmers in agricultural product and other relevant users with ensuring food security, public health and sustainable agro-ecosystem,” Dr. Chan Sarun added.
“This law will apply to all types of pesticides, fertilizers, animal feeds and additives and veterinary medicines as well as raw material used as composition and active ingredients formulation of these products. All activities by the physical person and legal persons relating to all types of trade in pesticides and agricultural inputs, pesticide use services, commercial advertisement donation, disposal, destruction of pesticides and agricultural inputs in the country,” He highlighted in the seminar.
He said that traditional pesticides of agricultural inputs produced by farmers through formulation of natural substances for using in household agricultural production or for non-commercial or non- use services purpose shall be determine by a particularly sub –decree.
“In Cambodia, pesticide and agricultural inputs are supportive sources that have been using in growing agricultural crops for boosting productivity and enhancing quantity and quality in agricultural sector,” he said, adding that developing countries has been using pesticide and chemical fertilizers to promote quantity of agricultural products but at the same time, when farmer used these risk substances without consideration and it turned to destroy health, and environment. He noted that we have experience to use pesticide and agricultural inputs since 1950s for supporting to grow rice and other agricultural crops, and it was provided by the donor at that time.
In 1998, we set up the rules of controlling the agricultural materials even though it has still some negative factors for agricultural materials flowing from neighboring countries illegally and processed freely at markets without quality, both information labeled in foreign language and local farmers have not understood. In 2009, we conducted the research on using pesticides in country.
The figure showed that chemical fertilizers on markets registered with ministry about 33 per cent and 14 per cent of chemical fertilizers wrote in Khmer, and pesticides of 12 per cent registered with ministry, and 2 of pesticides wrote in Khmer. At that same time, 87 per cent of pesticides did not register and 5 of them banned using by ministry and 6 per cent banned by world health organization. Only 13 per cent of those banned pesticides wrote in Khmer. “We want the pesticides and agricultural inputs to label in Khmer, therefore local farmers could use them properly to avoid destroying their health and using them at standard in growing agricultural crops,” the minister noted. He added the figure also shows that in the country, pesticide and agricultural inputs have used widely in Kandal province, which was known because local farmer has grown agricultural crops to supply Phnom Penh .
We also will become signatory member of Rotterdam Convention in purpose of protection of flowing pesticide and chemical fertilizers with high risk and violated the international law. The main reason, we do not want to turn our country into waste store and a place of testing pesticides and other chemicals in agricultural sector that contained high risk and prohibition. We have to continuously educate our farmers about danger of pesticides, and urge them to use with standard,” he said, adding that we also thanked to development partners like FAO and JICA and NGO Forum that contributed in draft law.
“It will also review and assess the completion of standard requirements at pre-registration for trade of pesticides and agricultural inputs and the pesticide use services, and to verify the guaranteed analysis of pesticide and agricultural inputs at a laboratory and to undertake bio-efficacy trial in a field in order to define the data for the assessment of the registration application,” article 6 of draft law said, adding that It will designate inspection agents of pesticide and agricultural inputs in order to monitor, to control and to undertake enforcement measures to all trade and use service activities and the application of standard requirement of all pesticide agricultural inputs, and to conduct international cooperation and play role as the national focal institution, responsible for leading and implementing relevant obligations under international conventions or agreements on pesticide and agro-chemicals, to perform other task within the jurisdiction of management of pesticide and agricultural inputs in accordance with law.
“The government will establish the national council for pesticide which shall be led by the minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, with the department of agricultural legislation of the ministry of agriculture, forestry and fisheries serving as its secretariat. The national council will define, monitor, assess the implementation of national policies and strategies for the management of pesticides, and provide recommendation to the government on the signification of pesticide related international convention and agreements, and decide on the proposed classification and list of pesticide in country, the organization and functioning of the national council for pesticide shall be determined by a sub-decree,” the article 7 of the draft law reporteArticle 91 said that it shall be penalized to imprison from 6 months to three years and impose fine from 5,000 dollars to 10,000 US dollars to revoke all relevant permits as well as to confiscate or destroy evidences to an offender who commits any offences like behaving activities in manufacturing, formulating repackaging agricultural inputs without a technical standard or using raw materials as genetically modified organisms and as chemicals promoting unusual growth to all types of crops or animals, trading counterfeit agricultural inputs or its guaranteed analysis of nutrient substances or its composition, differing from the confirmation on the labels or which contradicts the affirmation during registration, trading agricultural inputs by adding or taking out any ingredients from a container, which differing from the original standard from manufacturing or which contradicts affirmation during registration, trading counterfeit agricultural inputs or ex-standard agricultural inputs, a counterfeit container, a counterfeit Khmer label, a counterfeit registration number on the container.
In case of recidivism, it shall be penalized in double and shall repair the damages or shall impose a civil compensatory, in case an offense causes hazard to health, damage to the environment and damage to properties either within a private or public framework. The law has 12 chapters containing 100 articles. After publicly debating this time, it will hand over to the national assembly to approve soon and the views and ideas from debating will be input to establish law firmly,” Dr Chan Sarun noted.
Chit Sam Ath, head of NGO Forum said at the event that 85 per cent of Cambodians are farmers. After we observed for 10 years, we found that the pesticides and agricultural inputs created communicable illnesses to local farmers and destroyed people’s health and it has threatened the agricultural system in the country. We believed that we have to join together to share economic ad social benefits with equity for using natural resources for substantiality,” he said, noting that reducing and managing pesticides in agricultural sector strictly will contribute enhancing to increase agricultural product effectively. #
LONGHENG: Cambodia eyes on “one province, one university”
Cambodia eyes on “one province, one university”
Samdech Prime Minister Hun Sen on July 19 expressed his ambition to build one university for one province in a move to expand the education system and promote human resources in development of the country.
“To realize the target of “one province, one university”, we must promote the education and training of professional skills that are highly suitable for local and rural development such as agriculture, rural development, agro-industry, health, enterprise management and others. so that the graduates can further take part in local development, that is “development human resource in the province for provincial development” Samdech Prime Minister said in his address at conferment of degrees and diplomas of Svay Rieng university, which was built in 2006. We are trying to push schools nearby people to be easy for them to learn and help develop the society and communities,” he stresses. He stated one of four Cambodians is a student currently.
“We must ensure that provincial graduates acquire the right knowledge, skills and techniques, more importantly national conscious and will. Particularly, we must encourage them to learn and work with government institutions, private sector and civil society that could be in the form of internship, thesis writing, or workshop participation,” Samdech added. Samdech also expressed his sincere thanks for charitable activities of national conscience that will be remembered and recorded in the history. This exemplary inspire the present and future generations to contribute in socio-economic development and ensure sustainable and equitable education for everyone in the society and give them hope in life.
He added: I take great pride in the achievements of the education sector, both in terms of quantity and quality. Along with this, we have implemented the Law on Education adopted on December 8, 2007 and other supporting policies and strategies such as the Education Strategic Plan and the Education Sector Support Program 2009-2010. Moreover, I strongly support the Development Plan for Higher Education Teachers and Administrative Officers, Single Framework for Curriculum Development and Accreditation, Action Plan for Promoting the Use of Information System in the Management of Higher Education, and the Plan for transforming all Public Higher Education Institutions into Independent Public Entity.
“Through this, I strongly believe that higher education institutions will be able to make a significant progress, both in terms of quantity and quality, and gain international recognition to welcome foreign students,” he noted. This progress indeed cannot be achieved without the Royal Government’s clear vision and action plans, joint efforts among all stakeholders including support from development partners, national and international organizations, the private sector and especially the public.
“I observe the present trend of building universities in municipalities and provinces to provide education services on-site such as the University of Battambang, Meanchey University, Chea Sim Kamchay Mea University, the Svay Rieng University and so forth, he said, adding that I think we should encourage and provide our full support for the establishment of new universities within other municipalities and provinces to provide on-site education to reduce spending of sending their children to distant higher education institutions and to realize the vision of “one province, one university”.
He also request the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training, the municipal and provincial authorities and relevant institutions to work on quality improvement in those higher education institutions to produce skilled, qualified and ethical workers. “I would like to request municipal/provincial authorities, district authorities and commune/sangkat authorities to provide employment opportunities to local youths so that they can take part in the development effort, Samdech said.
He also said that Youths are comparable to bamboo shoots, as they will become the country’s future leaders and officials. This requires them to study hard on technical skill and respect ethical rules. Youths must remember there is no an end to education because of constant technological change. In this connection, they must work hard and be active for all kinds of work, understand management philosophy as well as politics, economics and social issues. “I think they will be an important component of development as most educated youths are now assuming important positions, with full of potential and energy,” he added.
He also encouraged students to learn. “You must adhere to the concept of “Endless Learning” by all means to become wise, rational and ethical resource in the society. I strongly believe you will apply and adapt your knowledge and know-how into real work and adhere to ethical codes in the pursuit of self and social development,” he said. ####
Samdech Prime Minister Hun Sen on July 19 expressed his ambition to build one university for one province in a move to expand the education system and promote human resources in development of the country.
“To realize the target of “one province, one university”, we must promote the education and training of professional skills that are highly suitable for local and rural development such as agriculture, rural development, agro-industry, health, enterprise management and others. so that the graduates can further take part in local development, that is “development human resource in the province for provincial development” Samdech Prime Minister said in his address at conferment of degrees and diplomas of Svay Rieng university, which was built in 2006. We are trying to push schools nearby people to be easy for them to learn and help develop the society and communities,” he stresses. He stated one of four Cambodians is a student currently.
“We must ensure that provincial graduates acquire the right knowledge, skills and techniques, more importantly national conscious and will. Particularly, we must encourage them to learn and work with government institutions, private sector and civil society that could be in the form of internship, thesis writing, or workshop participation,” Samdech added. Samdech also expressed his sincere thanks for charitable activities of national conscience that will be remembered and recorded in the history. This exemplary inspire the present and future generations to contribute in socio-economic development and ensure sustainable and equitable education for everyone in the society and give them hope in life.
He added: I take great pride in the achievements of the education sector, both in terms of quantity and quality. Along with this, we have implemented the Law on Education adopted on December 8, 2007 and other supporting policies and strategies such as the Education Strategic Plan and the Education Sector Support Program 2009-2010. Moreover, I strongly support the Development Plan for Higher Education Teachers and Administrative Officers, Single Framework for Curriculum Development and Accreditation, Action Plan for Promoting the Use of Information System in the Management of Higher Education, and the Plan for transforming all Public Higher Education Institutions into Independent Public Entity.
“Through this, I strongly believe that higher education institutions will be able to make a significant progress, both in terms of quantity and quality, and gain international recognition to welcome foreign students,” he noted. This progress indeed cannot be achieved without the Royal Government’s clear vision and action plans, joint efforts among all stakeholders including support from development partners, national and international organizations, the private sector and especially the public.
“I observe the present trend of building universities in municipalities and provinces to provide education services on-site such as the University of Battambang, Meanchey University, Chea Sim Kamchay Mea University, the Svay Rieng University and so forth, he said, adding that I think we should encourage and provide our full support for the establishment of new universities within other municipalities and provinces to provide on-site education to reduce spending of sending their children to distant higher education institutions and to realize the vision of “one province, one university”.
He also request the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training, the municipal and provincial authorities and relevant institutions to work on quality improvement in those higher education institutions to produce skilled, qualified and ethical workers. “I would like to request municipal/provincial authorities, district authorities and commune/sangkat authorities to provide employment opportunities to local youths so that they can take part in the development effort, Samdech said.
He also said that Youths are comparable to bamboo shoots, as they will become the country’s future leaders and officials. This requires them to study hard on technical skill and respect ethical rules. Youths must remember there is no an end to education because of constant technological change. In this connection, they must work hard and be active for all kinds of work, understand management philosophy as well as politics, economics and social issues. “I think they will be an important component of development as most educated youths are now assuming important positions, with full of potential and energy,” he added.
He also encouraged students to learn. “You must adhere to the concept of “Endless Learning” by all means to become wise, rational and ethical resource in the society. I strongly believe you will apply and adapt your knowledge and know-how into real work and adhere to ethical codes in the pursuit of self and social development,” he said. ####
LONGHENG:Cambodian Farmers Enjoy Pepper Price in 2010
cambodian farmers enjoy pepper price
Cambodian farmers this year have enjoyed with pepper price that increased remarkably, forced some local farmers to grow pepper further and at the same time some farmers cut mango plantation turning to grow pepper after the pepper price increased.
Sok Meng Hun, a local pepper farmer in Da Village in Memot district of Kompong Cham province said on July 16 that the price of pepper product augmented this year. The pepper price is good recently,” he said, adding that one ton of pepper product here is worth about 3,000 US dollars and sometimes, it is more than this according to the quality of the pepper product.
“We here sold to middle dealers and they resold to Vietnam businesspeople because here is near Vietnam border, the trade is easier to do,” he told SEAW by phone from his plantation, adding that a hectare of land could gain about 5-7 tons of pepper product but it depended on the water use and ways of caring them to grow pepper plants. Some farmers here also sold retail with costing over 3 US dollar per a kilogram of pepper.
“We also faced with some insects that forced us to use some chemical and fertilizer for them to grow well,” he stresses. Some farmer here cut off their mango trees to plant pepper because it gain good price than mango. We hope next year the pepper price will increase more,” he said, adding that we planted 2-3 hectares only.
Ngoun Lay, head of Kompot Pepper Farmers’ association said that Kompot is a place producing pepper which was recognized by the international community and this pepper product in area sold well this year. “The middle dealers bought our pepper products to export to foreign markets like France, EU and US, and other,” he said, adding that in 2009, we gained 12 tons of pepper products. Farmers planted pepper at two main provinces; Kep and Kompot were listed for the geographic indicator (GI) status.
He added that one ton of black pepper is worth about 5,750 US dollars, and one ton of white pepper cost 12,250 US dollars and one ton of brown pepper for 1050 US dollars this year. And this price is only for Kompot pepper product that already listed in geographic indicator (GI) that strictly regulates every aspect of a product’s properties to assure both its high quality and regional distinctiveness and it also implemented with rules of world trade organization in protect of value of geographic area.
He said that in 2010, we collected 10 tons of Kompot pepper product and sold well this year. And we usually collected the pepper product in May. “After the price of pepper increased, the farmers also enjoyed growing pepper and they will expand more size of their land to grow pepper plantation,” he noted. Even though local farmers expressed dissatisfied with the pepper product, they gained less than their purpose.
“We are trying to get pepper product in Kompot province to 17 tons this year but unfortunately, we affected from drought and it affected to grow pepper and we do not have enough water and our pepper plants did not produce well,” he said, adding that we also have some work to do to choose seeds among qualified pepper to seek high quality. What is a unique for pepper product is aromatic and hot quality,” he said, adding that local farmers enjoyed to harvest their product when the pepper price rose year on year. “The pepper in Kompot province does not use chemical fertilizer for growing and grew it with depending on natural resources, and selected seeds, and well prepared poles for pepper plants to grow high,” he said, adding that The pepper products always get higher price than other pepper product in the country because its hot quality and aromatic pepper.
According to the history of buying pepper product from Cambodia, in 1930 almost all of the pepper consumed in France came from Indochina. Kampot pepper in particular was of exceptional quality and rapidly became ‘the spice of choice for French restaurants’. Global pepper production is slated to increase by 3 % in 2010, to 2,90,742 tons from 281,974 tons last year, said International Pepper Community (IPC) projection in its figure. IPC said that the consumption of producing nations is projected to be around 1, 10,000 annually. Pepper output in Vietnam, world’s leading producer of the spice, is expected to be around 90,000 tonne in 2010 from 100,000 tonne last year. “Some traders say that Vietnam also exports Cambodian pepper as its own,” IPC added. ###
Cambodian farmers this year have enjoyed with pepper price that increased remarkably, forced some local farmers to grow pepper further and at the same time some farmers cut mango plantation turning to grow pepper after the pepper price increased.
Sok Meng Hun, a local pepper farmer in Da Village in Memot district of Kompong Cham province said on July 16 that the price of pepper product augmented this year. The pepper price is good recently,” he said, adding that one ton of pepper product here is worth about 3,000 US dollars and sometimes, it is more than this according to the quality of the pepper product.
“We here sold to middle dealers and they resold to Vietnam businesspeople because here is near Vietnam border, the trade is easier to do,” he told SEAW by phone from his plantation, adding that a hectare of land could gain about 5-7 tons of pepper product but it depended on the water use and ways of caring them to grow pepper plants. Some farmers here also sold retail with costing over 3 US dollar per a kilogram of pepper.
“We also faced with some insects that forced us to use some chemical and fertilizer for them to grow well,” he stresses. Some farmer here cut off their mango trees to plant pepper because it gain good price than mango. We hope next year the pepper price will increase more,” he said, adding that we planted 2-3 hectares only.
Ngoun Lay, head of Kompot Pepper Farmers’ association said that Kompot is a place producing pepper which was recognized by the international community and this pepper product in area sold well this year. “The middle dealers bought our pepper products to export to foreign markets like France, EU and US, and other,” he said, adding that in 2009, we gained 12 tons of pepper products. Farmers planted pepper at two main provinces; Kep and Kompot were listed for the geographic indicator (GI) status.
He added that one ton of black pepper is worth about 5,750 US dollars, and one ton of white pepper cost 12,250 US dollars and one ton of brown pepper for 1050 US dollars this year. And this price is only for Kompot pepper product that already listed in geographic indicator (GI) that strictly regulates every aspect of a product’s properties to assure both its high quality and regional distinctiveness and it also implemented with rules of world trade organization in protect of value of geographic area.
He said that in 2010, we collected 10 tons of Kompot pepper product and sold well this year. And we usually collected the pepper product in May. “After the price of pepper increased, the farmers also enjoyed growing pepper and they will expand more size of their land to grow pepper plantation,” he noted. Even though local farmers expressed dissatisfied with the pepper product, they gained less than their purpose.
“We are trying to get pepper product in Kompot province to 17 tons this year but unfortunately, we affected from drought and it affected to grow pepper and we do not have enough water and our pepper plants did not produce well,” he said, adding that we also have some work to do to choose seeds among qualified pepper to seek high quality. What is a unique for pepper product is aromatic and hot quality,” he said, adding that local farmers enjoyed to harvest their product when the pepper price rose year on year. “The pepper in Kompot province does not use chemical fertilizer for growing and grew it with depending on natural resources, and selected seeds, and well prepared poles for pepper plants to grow high,” he said, adding that The pepper products always get higher price than other pepper product in the country because its hot quality and aromatic pepper.
According to the history of buying pepper product from Cambodia, in 1930 almost all of the pepper consumed in France came from Indochina. Kampot pepper in particular was of exceptional quality and rapidly became ‘the spice of choice for French restaurants’. Global pepper production is slated to increase by 3 % in 2010, to 2,90,742 tons from 281,974 tons last year, said International Pepper Community (IPC) projection in its figure. IPC said that the consumption of producing nations is projected to be around 1, 10,000 annually. Pepper output in Vietnam, world’s leading producer of the spice, is expected to be around 90,000 tonne in 2010 from 100,000 tonne last year. “Some traders say that Vietnam also exports Cambodian pepper as its own,” IPC added. ###
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