About me? what should I write about? there. I finished high school in 2002, then I got scholarship to study Philosophy at Royal University of Phnom Penh. Of course, many people including some of my friends usually ask me why philosophy? Is it my favorite subject? Not at first, but after the course start, I found it interesting and important for all human being. I mean life without philosophy is dangerous and harmful. Harmful here is harm to themselves and the world. EX. Technology is quite developing. Without Philosophy, the whole world maybe destroyed by nuclear.
I am now working to support education to slum children through Shanti Volunteer Association, Japanese NGO. My position is Slum Children Project Assistant.
The Cambodian government took issue Tuesday with corruption charges made by U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia Carol A. Rodley over the weekend, saying the accusation defames and discredits Cambodia.
The accusation, which Rodley made in a speech at the Clean Hands Concert in Phnom Penh, does "not reflect the reality and may cause misunderstandings among the national and international circles," the Council of Ministers said in a statement.
US Ambassador Rodley, speaking at the concert on Saturday, said corruption costs Cambodia up to $500 million per year in terms of forgone state revenues that could otherwise be spent on education and health-care, jobs for Cambodian youth and other public services.
The amount "is equivalent to the cost of constructing 20,000 six-room school buildings or the ability to pay every civil servant in Cambodia an additional $260 per month," she said.
Rodley said corruption has ramifications across society.
"Countries that govern justly and democratically and are actively combating corruption will feel fewer effects of the global recession and will recover and return to prosperity more quickly," she said.
The Cambodian government argues it has taken measures to combat corruption through reforms in administrative affairs, public finances, legal and judicial matters and the management of natural resources.
Rodley said every year 250,000 young Cambodians enter the workforce but cannot find employment, and the deepening global economic recession is another burden hitting Cambodia as foreign investment shrinks and exports decline.
Rodley urged the Cambodian government to deliver on its promise to enact the anti-corruption law.
The draft of the long-awaited anti-corruption law is being revised by the Office of the Council of Ministers and it will not be enacted unless the penal code is first adopted, for which no date has yet been set.
More than 1 million Cambodians have demonstrated their support for passage of the anti-corruption law through the Million Signature Campaign.
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The Cambodian government took issue Tuesday with corruption charges made by U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia Carol A. Rodley over the weekend, saying the accusation defames and discredits Cambodia.
The accusation, which Rodley made in a speech at the Clean Hands Concert in Phnom Penh, does "not reflect the reality and may cause misunderstandings among the national and international circles," the Council of Ministers said in a statement.
US Ambassador Rodley, speaking at the concert on Saturday, said corruption costs Cambodia up to $500 million per year in terms of forgone state revenues that could otherwise be spent on education and health-care, jobs for Cambodian youth and other public services.
The amount "is equivalent to the cost of constructing 20,000 six-room school buildings or the ability to pay every civil servant in Cambodia an additional $260 per month," she said.
Rodley said corruption has ramifications across society.
"Countries that govern justly and democratically and are actively combating corruption will feel fewer effects of the global recession and will recover and return to prosperity more quickly," she said.
The Cambodian government argues it has taken measures to combat corruption through reforms in administrative affairs, public finances, legal and judicial matters and the management of natural resources.
Rodley said every year 250,000 young Cambodians enter the workforce but cannot find employment, and the deepening global economic recession is another burden hitting Cambodia as foreign investment shrinks and exports decline.
Rodley urged the Cambodian government to deliver on its promise to enact the anti-corruption law.
The draft of the long-awaited anti-corruption law is being revised by the Office of the Council of Ministers and it will not be enacted unless the penal code is first adopted, for which no date has yet been set.
More than 1 million Cambodians have demonstrated their support for passage of the anti-corruption law through the Million Signature Campaign.
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