5 control 80?
“Ethnic Chinese in
Cambodia only account for 5 percent of the total population, but they control
80 percent of the country's economy. In the current Cambodian government, more
than half the cabinet ministers are ethnic Chinese. These people are believed
to play a positive role in maintaining the friendship with China.”
Naturally,
the Chinese, Vietnamese and other nationals see great opportunity to succeed in
Cambodia. They do not wait and or depend on any foreign assistance to survive.
They work hard with specific goals and purposes. They help each other
grow businesses; hence they dominate Cambodia’s economy.
Meanwhile,
most Cambodians are untrained to become successful. The majority of them drift everyday
without any direction in life. Many are
inactive and unwilling to hustle. Others just hope or wish to get help from the
government, NGO and international community. Politicians over-promise the people
to get something for nothing for so many years.
While the
newcomers are happy to grow their businesses, many Cambodians are very happy to help
them make profits. Without Cambodians spending their money, those businesses
cannot become successful. Many people sell their property to gamble, dine,
sing, drink and trade for sex until they have no more land to live on.
It is time
for the Cambodians to take charge of their own personal and national destiny.
If not then someone else will.
If you don’t
take care of your garden, the weeds will take it over. It is a natural law!!!
Timothy
Chhim
October
24, 2012
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Cambodia to deport Chinese for insulting late king
SOPHENG CHEANG, Associated Press
Updated 7:47 a.m., Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/Cambodia-to-deport-Chinese-for-insulting-late-king-3970770.php#ixzz2AElr0oV5
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/Cambodia-to-deport-Chinese-for-insulting-late-king-3970770.php#ixzz2AElbVc3e
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By Deng Yingjing (Global Times)
08:46, October 24, 2012 
Although
I have been to Cambodia several times, this time was definitely the most
impressive. On October 15, I was woken by an early morning phone call from one
of my Cambodian friends. He told me that former Cambodian king Norodom Sihanouk
had just died in Beijing. My colleagues and I immediately headed to Phnom Penh.
The whole of Cambodia has fallen into deep sorrow. In front of the Royal Palace, hundreds of thousands of people, dressed in black and white, came to mourn the former king.
On October 17, more than 100,000 Cambodians lined the route from the airport to the Royal Palace, for the return of Sihanouk's body. It reminded me of a similar scene in January 1976, when China's then premier Zhou Enlai died in Beijing.
The public is worried whether the good Sino-Cambodian relationship built by Sihanouk will be shifted by his death. In my opinion, the relationship between the two countries is at a high point, and will get better in future.
Sihanouk abdicated in 2004. As he spent most of his old age in China, his influence on Cambodian politics was limited. However, the good relationship built by Sihanouk has deeply influenced the Cambodian public.
Ethnic Chinese in Cambodia only account for 5 percent of the total population, but they control 80 percent of the country's economy. In the current Cambodian government, more than half the cabinet ministers are ethnic Chinese. These people are believed to play a positive role in maintaining the friendship with China.
The whole of Cambodia has fallen into deep sorrow. In front of the Royal Palace, hundreds of thousands of people, dressed in black and white, came to mourn the former king.
On October 17, more than 100,000 Cambodians lined the route from the airport to the Royal Palace, for the return of Sihanouk's body. It reminded me of a similar scene in January 1976, when China's then premier Zhou Enlai died in Beijing.
The public is worried whether the good Sino-Cambodian relationship built by Sihanouk will be shifted by his death. In my opinion, the relationship between the two countries is at a high point, and will get better in future.
Sihanouk abdicated in 2004. As he spent most of his old age in China, his influence on Cambodian politics was limited. However, the good relationship built by Sihanouk has deeply influenced the Cambodian public.
Ethnic Chinese in Cambodia only account for 5 percent of the total population, but they control 80 percent of the country's economy. In the current Cambodian government, more than half the cabinet ministers are ethnic Chinese. These people are believed to play a positive role in maintaining the friendship with China.
1 comment:
Chinese, Viet's, Siam are opportunist. This is where Khmer are weak. You exam history, excluding the "golden year" after independence, Khmer have been trying to fend off outsider for many century. Khmer are survivors and survivors just want to make it to the next day. Where opportunist see the future.
There's no question in doubt that khmer are proud and patriotic. But Khmer need to also have vision and stop begging, focus on its own resources. (sorry, no spell check, its 3AM)
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