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Workers brave the capital's cold nights
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HA NOI (VNS)— Temperatures of around 10 degrees Celsius and continuous rain at nights has made Ha Noi a desolate and quiet place in recent weeks.
However, in the streets labourers are still working strenuously at all hours in the hope of earning a little more money as Tet approaches.
Tran Thi Gai, 48, from Hung Yen Province's Khoai Chau District, is among those night workers.
The slim female vendor says at 3pm every day she rides her old bicycle loaded high with bags of baked maize and sweet potatoes around the city to sell. Her working day finishes at around 2 am the next morning, regardless of how horrible the weather is.
After eating a small supper and having four-hours sleep, she is again in a hurry to prepare the goods for another day. Every day, except in extraordinary circumstances, her bicyle, weighing nearly 100 kg, makes its journey around all corners of the city.
"Selling maize and sweet potatoes at night is a hard job for any one. For women, it is even more miserable," Gai says sadly.
However, she says that the long hours and harsh temperatures are nothing compared to the fear that she might not be able to afford tuition fees for her children.
Gai confides that she moved to work in the city after her rice field at home was reduced to just 360sq.m to make room for a new industrial park. That provides her with about two hundred kilos of rice each harvest; double that for a whole year. However this amount of food is not enough for her family, so she must eke out a living with a night job in the city.
"I have four children, two of them got married but they are very poor so we can not ask for their help. The other two are studying at the local vocational school and their tuition is a big challenge for me. My husband and I even quarrel with each other over the money issue," she confides.
Gai says that in the winter people usually enjoy warm dishes so her products sell best in these times. On average, she earns between VND100,000-200,000 (US$4.8-9.6) per day.
After deducting the expenses for materials, she is able to keep about half of the earnings.
"With such a small amount of money, I have to be sparing with the amount I eat while also renting a cheap of low-roofed room to save for my children's tuition," she says.
At a cross-road in Tu Liem District's Ho Tung Mau Street, Nguyen Van Khoi, a 35-year-old motorbike taxi driver, is huddling himself on his bike, with a face pale in the chill.
"The weather is so cold that people prefer traveling by car taxis; therefore we hardly find enough customers these days. Standing in the street from early morning until late at night, we get nearly VND100,000 (US$4,08) ", the driver says in a tired voice.
Khoi is a farmer in Quoc Oai District, but he does not earn enough from that to earn a living so he decided to move to the capital in the hope of making sufficient money to feed his family, which has been difficult ever since his wife lost her ability to work in an accident.
While other people are fully covered with thick layers of clothes, Do Danh Huong, a construction worker from Ung Hoa District, wears only a thin shirt when he works, and still he is bathed in sweat. The 50-year-old puts all of his energy into covering the roads with sand and gravel, patching over potholes and cracks. He has to finish his work before dawn, so he works nocturnally.
"My working day starts at 9pm and finishes at 4am tomorrow morning, so people's night-time is my day-time and vice versa," Huong says.
"In such cold weather, nobody likes working outside. I myself long to lie in the warm out of the chill. But I have to take this painstaking job as it offers me VND200,000($9.6) for every six working hours, which is much more than I can make from farming," he continues.
According to the Viet Nam Social Security office, there has not been any specific research on the health of workers immigrating to the capital so far. But in a study published in the International Journal of Cancer, Pascal Guenel, director of French National Institute of Health and Medical Research in June 2012, said that breast tumour risk increased 30 per cent among female night workers and males working night shifts are almost three times as likely to develop prostate cancer as those who do day shifts.
While experts have not been able to discover exactly why this is, it is believed to be related to exposure to light at night.
Many Vietnamese labourers still risk their health for jobs in the city as they have no other occupational opportunities in their hometown where high buildings are being constructed in their rice fields, says economist Nguyen Minh Phong from the Ha Noi Institute for Socio-economic Development Study.
"In fact, there is no exact statistical figure of night workers in the Viet Nam's informal sector in general and in Ha Noi in particular because their living places are normally unstable," says Phong.
He also adds that immigrant workers are not encouraged in the city even though they do not have any negative influence on the capital city's economy. Local authorities have given little support to this type of labour.
"Ha Noi's budget is not enough to support such a large amount of workers. In addition, the time when everything is subsidised by the State has long gone," he explains.
For the foreseeable future it seems that laborers like Gai, Khoi, and Huong still choose to earn money on the cold nights, because if they don't, how else can they afford to live? — VNS
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ក្រសួងយុត្តិធម៌បានចាប់ផ្តើមនីតិវិធីទៅតាមការស្នើរបស់លោក នាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីហ៊ុន សែនហើយនៅថ្ងៃនេះ។ លោកនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីដែលបានស្នើអោយក្រសួងយុត្តិធម៌ពិចារណា ទីមួយ បន្ធូបន្ថយទោសទណ្ឌិត វេរ៉ា ស៊ុមខ្វាមឃីត ដើម្បីអាចឈានទៅដល់ការលើកលែងទោស និងទី២ លើកលែងទោសទណ្ឌិត រ៉ាទ្រី ពីប៉ាតាណាប៉ៃប៊ូន ក្នុងឱកាសព្រះរាជពិធីថ្វាយព្រះភ្លើងព្រះបរមសពព្រះរតនកោដ្ឋ។
យោងតាមសេចក្តីប្រកាសព័ត៌មានរបស់ក្រសួងការបរទេសកម្ពុជា ការស្នើរបស់ប្រមុខរដ្ឋាភិបាលកម្ពុជាធ្វើឡើងតាមសំណូមពររបស់ លោកស្រីយីងឡាក់ ស៊ីណាវ៉ាត់ នាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីថៃ ដែលផ្ញើលិខិតមកលោកនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីហ៊ុន សែន នៅថ្ងៃព្រហស្បតិ៍ទី១០មករានេះតែម្តង។
លោកសម ប្រជាមានិត នាយកខុទ្ទកាល័យរបស់រដ្ឋមន្ត្រីក្រសួងយុត្តិធម៌ បានអះអាងប្រាប់វិទ្យុបារាំងអន្តរជាតិ នៅរសៀលថ្ងៃនេះថា ក្រសួងយុត្តិធម៌បានផ្តើមនីតិវិធីហើយ ដោយការពិនិត្យលើទិដ្ឋភាពច្បាប់ និងទិដ្ឋភាពមនុស្សធម៌ មុននឹងធ្វើរបាយការណ៍ផ្ញើទៅលោកនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីវិញ។ លោកនាយកខុទ្ទកាល័យរូបនេះមិនអាចបញ្ជាក់ថា តើពេលណានឹងអាចបញ្ចប់នីតិវិធីនេះនោះទេ។
គួរបញ្ជាក់ថា កាសែតថៃធ្លាប់បានផ្សាយកាលពីពេលថ្មីៗនេះអោយដឹងថា ករណីជនជាតិថៃអាវលឿងទាំងពីរនេះ ត្រូវបានលើកឡើងនៅក្នុងកិច្ចប្រជុំគណៈកម្មាការចម្រុះស្តីពី សហប្រតិបត្តិការទ្វេភាគីកន្លងមក ដែលដឹកនាំដោយរដ្ឋមន្ត្រីការបរទេសកម្ពុជាថៃ។ ពិសេសករណីនាងរ៉ាទ្រីដែលត្រូវបានកាត់ទោសអោយជាប់ពន្ធនាគារ៦ឆ្នាំនោះ បើតាមច្បាប់កម្ពុជា គេអាចចាប់ផ្តើមនីតិវិធីស្នើសុំការបន្ធូរបន្ថយទោសបន្ទាប់ពីបាន អនុវត្តទោសបាន២ភាគ៣នៃទោសសរុប។
គួររម្លឹកថា អ្នកទាំងពីរ ជាមួយនឹងមនុស្សមួយក្រុមទៀតបានដើរឆ្លងកាត់ព្រំដែនចូលក្នុងភូមិ ខ្មែរ នៅក្នុងខេត្តបន្ទាយមានជ័យកាលពីចុងខែធ្នូឆ្នាំ២០១០។ អាជ្ញាធរកម្ពុជាបានចោទប្រកាន់ពួកគេពីបទឆ្លងដែនខុសច្បាប់ ចូលក្នុងបន្ទាយយោធា និងបទធ្វើចារកម្ម។ សាលាដំបូងរាជធានីភ្នំពេញបានដាក់ទោសវេរ៉ា ស៊ុមខ្វាមឃីត ដែលជាសកម្មជនអាវលឿងអោយជាប់ពន្ធនាគារ៨ឆ្នាំ និងនាងរ៉ាទ្រីអោយជាប់ពន្ធនាគារ៦ ឆ្នាំ។
វាអាចជាការដល់ពេលដែលត្រូវស្នើសុំលើកលែងទោសដល់ជនជាតិថៃ អ្នកគាំទ្រគណបក្សប្រជាធិបតេយ្យរបស់លោកអាប់ភីស៊ីតទាំងពីរនេះមែន។ ប៉ុន្តែពេលវេលានេះ វាក៏បានកើតឡើងស្របពេលជាមួយគ្នានឹងចលនារបស់ក្រុមអាវលឿងកំពុង គាបសង្កត់អោយលោកស្រីនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីយីងឡាក់បង្ហាញជំហរលើបញ្ហា ព្រំដែនប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ។ ប្រសិនបើ រដ្ឋាភិបាលកម្ពុជាអាចសម្រេចបន្ធូរបន្ថយ និងលើកលែងទោសដល់ទណ្ឌិតថៃអាវលឿងទាំងពីរនេះមែន លទ្ធផលក៏ទំនងជាអាចជួយសម្រាលសម្ពាធរបស់រដ្ឋាភិបាលលោកស្រីយីងឡាក់ ដែរ៕
ក្រសួងយុត្តិធម៌បានចាប់ផ្តើមនីតិវិធីទៅតាមការស្នើរបស់លោក នាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីហ៊ុន សែនហើយនៅថ្ងៃនេះ។ លោកនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីដែលបានស្នើអោយក្រសួងយុត្តិធម៌ពិចារណា ទីមួយ បន្ធូបន្ថយទោសទណ្ឌិត វេរ៉ា ស៊ុមខ្វាមឃីត ដើម្បីអាចឈានទៅដល់ការលើកលែងទោស និងទី២ លើកលែងទោសទណ្ឌិត រ៉ាទ្រី ពីប៉ាតាណាប៉ៃប៊ូន ក្នុងឱកាសព្រះរាជពិធីថ្វាយព្រះភ្លើងព្រះបរមសពព្រះរតនកោដ្ឋ។
យោងតាមសេចក្តីប្រកាសព័ត៌មានរបស់ក្រសួងការបរទេសកម្ពុជា ការស្នើរបស់ប្រមុខរដ្ឋាភិបាលកម្ពុជាធ្វើឡើងតាមសំណូមពររបស់ លោកស្រីយីងឡាក់ ស៊ីណាវ៉ាត់ នាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីថៃ ដែលផ្ញើលិខិតមកលោកនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីហ៊ុន សែន នៅថ្ងៃព្រហស្បតិ៍ទី១០មករានេះតែម្តង។
លោកសម ប្រជាមានិត នាយកខុទ្ទកាល័យរបស់រដ្ឋមន្ត្រីក្រសួងយុត្តិធម៌ បានអះអាងប្រាប់វិទ្យុបារាំងអន្តរជាតិ នៅរសៀលថ្ងៃនេះថា ក្រសួងយុត្តិធម៌បានផ្តើមនីតិវិធីហើយ ដោយការពិនិត្យលើទិដ្ឋភាពច្បាប់ និងទិដ្ឋភាពមនុស្សធម៌ មុននឹងធ្វើរបាយការណ៍ផ្ញើទៅលោកនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីវិញ។ លោកនាយកខុទ្ទកាល័យរូបនេះមិនអាចបញ្ជាក់ថា តើពេលណានឹងអាចបញ្ចប់នីតិវិធីនេះនោះទេ។
គួរបញ្ជាក់ថា កាសែតថៃធ្លាប់បានផ្សាយកាលពីពេលថ្មីៗនេះអោយដឹងថា ករណីជនជាតិថៃអាវលឿងទាំងពីរនេះ ត្រូវបានលើកឡើងនៅក្នុងកិច្ចប្រជុំគណៈកម្មាការចម្រុះស្តីពី សហប្រតិបត្តិការទ្វេភាគីកន្លងមក ដែលដឹកនាំដោយរដ្ឋមន្ត្រីការបរទេសកម្ពុជាថៃ។ ពិសេសករណីនាងរ៉ាទ្រីដែលត្រូវបានកាត់ទោសអោយជាប់ពន្ធនាគារ៦ឆ្នាំនោះ បើតាមច្បាប់កម្ពុជា គេអាចចាប់ផ្តើមនីតិវិធីស្នើសុំការបន្ធូរបន្ថយទោសបន្ទាប់ពីបាន អនុវត្តទោសបាន២ភាគ៣នៃទោសសរុប។
គួររម្លឹកថា អ្នកទាំងពីរ ជាមួយនឹងមនុស្សមួយក្រុមទៀតបានដើរឆ្លងកាត់ព្រំដែនចូលក្នុងភូមិ ខ្មែរ នៅក្នុងខេត្តបន្ទាយមានជ័យកាលពីចុងខែធ្នូឆ្នាំ២០១០។ អាជ្ញាធរកម្ពុជាបានចោទប្រកាន់ពួកគេពីបទឆ្លងដែនខុសច្បាប់ ចូលក្នុងបន្ទាយយោធា និងបទធ្វើចារកម្ម។ សាលាដំបូងរាជធានីភ្នំពេញបានដាក់ទោសវេរ៉ា ស៊ុមខ្វាមឃីត ដែលជាសកម្មជនអាវលឿងអោយជាប់ពន្ធនាគារ៨ឆ្នាំ និងនាងរ៉ាទ្រីអោយជាប់ពន្ធនាគារ៦ ឆ្នាំ។
វាអាចជាការដល់ពេលដែលត្រូវស្នើសុំលើកលែងទោសដល់ជនជាតិថៃ អ្នកគាំទ្រគណបក្សប្រជាធិបតេយ្យរបស់លោកអាប់ភីស៊ីតទាំងពីរនេះមែន។ ប៉ុន្តែពេលវេលានេះ វាក៏បានកើតឡើងស្របពេលជាមួយគ្នានឹងចលនារបស់ក្រុមអាវលឿងកំពុង គាបសង្កត់អោយលោកស្រីនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីយីងឡាក់បង្ហាញជំហរលើបញ្ហា ព្រំដែនប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ។ ប្រសិនបើ រដ្ឋាភិបាលកម្ពុជាអាចសម្រេចបន្ធូរបន្ថយ និងលើកលែងទោសដល់ទណ្ឌិតថៃអាវលឿងទាំងពីរនេះមែន លទ្ធផលក៏ទំនងជាអាចជួយសម្រាលសម្ពាធរបស់រដ្ឋាភិបាលលោកស្រីយីងឡាក់ ដែរ៕
110 Days of Remembering Norodom Sihanouk
12:29 AM
Royan Idris
Keo Sovan Mony journeyed from Preah Vihear province to Phnom Penh to
welcome King Father Norodom Sihanouk’s body back to Cambodia on October
17. But unlike the hundreds of thousands of mourners who joined her in
the capital 110 days ago, the 68-year-old Buddhist nun never left.
She has been camping out in front of the Royal Palace ever since.
Each morning for the past three and a half months, Keo Sovan Mony has woken up in her cardboard bed on the grass in front of the Royal Palace, tucked her few provisions into a plastic bag, and begun another day of mourning.
In her white robes, Keo Sovan Mony would sit on a blanket or plastic bag in front of the massive portrait of the late King Father on the palace wall and pray alongside fellow mourners—mostly elderly women—with their hands folded in their laps or pressed together resting on their chests.
When the sun came up over the Tonle Sap and the heat settled in, she would retreat to a shady place under a tree until dusk, when she would return to prayer in front of the palace.
In many ways, Keo Sovan Mony incarnates the sheer display of adoration the Cambodian people have shown for Norodom Sihanouk since his body was returned to Phnom Penh from Beijing, where he died of heart failure on October 15.
“There has never been a king with a heart like his. He helped many poor people and saved our country,” she said yesterday as she sat nearby the Royal Palace.
When Keo Sovan Mony first began her mourning routine, thousands joined her. But as time went by, the number of mourners dwindled to less than 100 each day. She estimated that about 15 other nuns lived with her throughout the 110-day mourning period.
Keo Sovan Mony heard of the late King Father’s death at her pagoda in Preah Vihear. “We felt shock and it was unbearable to accept that it was true,” she said. The next morning, she was in a taxi to Phnom Penh.
Keo Sovan Mony is from a generation that saw many of its peers killed by the Khmer Rouge—she lost 11 family members under the brutal regime. But she remembers fondly Norodom Sihanouk’s Cambodia of the 1950s and 1960s.
“King Sihanouk provided free schools, created factories and provided free hospital services for the poor. So that is why many old people loved him and are now praying for him,” she said.
When Keo Sovan Mony was young, she remembers then-Prince Sihanouk visiting her village in Siem Reap province to donate money and food to poor villagers.
“The king always came to help people when they had disasters or droughts in the provinces,” she said.
Over the past few months, Keo Sovan Mony has relied on the good will and generosity of volunteers in Phnom Penh who were seemingly inspired to follow in the late king’s footsteps.
Each day, people from NGOs, youth groups, private companies or universities would visit Ms. Sovan Mony and her fellow mourners to distribute water, rice and bread.
The most difficult times for Keo Sovan Mony were when it rained. Makeshift beds would be soaked at night and it was impossible to stay dry during the day.
“Even when the rain came and the water filled the ground and made me wet I stayed there,” she said.
Keo Sovan Mony stuck it out and said the real reason she came to the capital was to ask the late King Father to continue watching over the country after his death.
“Although the King Father passed away, we pray for him to look after our people and make our Prime Minister Hun Sen respect our people,” she said.
“Our government does not notice our suffering. Many people do not have homes to stay in. The powerful hurt the poor people and the king has to be here to take care of the country,” she added.
Keo Sovan Mony prays in front of the Royal Palace yesterday morning. (Siv Channa)
Each morning for the past three and a half months, Keo Sovan Mony has woken up in her cardboard bed on the grass in front of the Royal Palace, tucked her few provisions into a plastic bag, and begun another day of mourning.
In her white robes, Keo Sovan Mony would sit on a blanket or plastic bag in front of the massive portrait of the late King Father on the palace wall and pray alongside fellow mourners—mostly elderly women—with their hands folded in their laps or pressed together resting on their chests.
When the sun came up over the Tonle Sap and the heat settled in, she would retreat to a shady place under a tree until dusk, when she would return to prayer in front of the palace.
In many ways, Keo Sovan Mony incarnates the sheer display of adoration the Cambodian people have shown for Norodom Sihanouk since his body was returned to Phnom Penh from Beijing, where he died of heart failure on October 15.
“There has never been a king with a heart like his. He helped many poor people and saved our country,” she said yesterday as she sat nearby the Royal Palace.
When Keo Sovan Mony first began her mourning routine, thousands joined her. But as time went by, the number of mourners dwindled to less than 100 each day. She estimated that about 15 other nuns lived with her throughout the 110-day mourning period.
Keo Sovan Mony heard of the late King Father’s death at her pagoda in Preah Vihear. “We felt shock and it was unbearable to accept that it was true,” she said. The next morning, she was in a taxi to Phnom Penh.
Keo Sovan Mony is from a generation that saw many of its peers killed by the Khmer Rouge—she lost 11 family members under the brutal regime. But she remembers fondly Norodom Sihanouk’s Cambodia of the 1950s and 1960s.
“King Sihanouk provided free schools, created factories and provided free hospital services for the poor. So that is why many old people loved him and are now praying for him,” she said.
When Keo Sovan Mony was young, she remembers then-Prince Sihanouk visiting her village in Siem Reap province to donate money and food to poor villagers.
“The king always came to help people when they had disasters or droughts in the provinces,” she said.
Over the past few months, Keo Sovan Mony has relied on the good will and generosity of volunteers in Phnom Penh who were seemingly inspired to follow in the late king’s footsteps.
Each day, people from NGOs, youth groups, private companies or universities would visit Ms. Sovan Mony and her fellow mourners to distribute water, rice and bread.
The most difficult times for Keo Sovan Mony were when it rained. Makeshift beds would be soaked at night and it was impossible to stay dry during the day.
“Even when the rain came and the water filled the ground and made me wet I stayed there,” she said.
Keo Sovan Mony stuck it out and said the real reason she came to the capital was to ask the late King Father to continue watching over the country after his death.
“Although the King Father passed away, we pray for him to look after our people and make our Prime Minister Hun Sen respect our people,” she said.
“Our government does not notice our suffering. Many people do not have homes to stay in. The powerful hurt the poor people and the king has to be here to take care of the country,” she added.
A Nation Bids Farewell to Its Beloved King Father
12:17 AM
Royan Idris
In a ceremony as tender as it was regal, a country yesterday bade farewell to a king, and an era in Cambodia’s modern history came to a fitting end.
Heads of state sat nearby and lenses from around the world were trained on the elaborate crematorium at Veal Mean where the body of late King Father Norodom Sihanouk lay. But, in the end, it was the silence that preceded the rip and roar of fireworks and artillery gunfire that spoke volumes about what his passing has meant to his beloved son, wife and subjects.
Months of planning, construction and nationwide mourning culminated in a moment that saw a grieving King Norodom Sihamoni and Queen Mother Norodom Monineath offer one final prayer to the late monarch. Then, they quietly lit a candle each before screens were drawn across the atrium in which the King Father’s body lay.
After they brought the candles in contact with his sandalwood oil-soaked coffin, a final 101-artillery gun salute thundered across Phnom Penh at 6:33 p.m. Fireworks erupted, pyrotechnics lit up the sky and the few faithful “children”—as the late King called them—that managed to gain access to the street adjacent to the site, gazed up at the crematorium, their hands clasped in prayer, their eyes red and cheeks wet.
Inside the crematorium, flickers of flames could be seen through gaps in the trellis-like screens. A steady plume of smoke began to rise in the center of the ornately decorated structure and seeped through the roof and apex, blowing gently southward in the direction of the Royal Palace.
“May his Majesty go to paradise and Nirvana, to be close to our Buddha,” King Sihamoni said in a speech after the cremation.
“Please, King Father, take care and protect the Kingdom of Cambodia and Cambodian people forever,” he added.
The ceremony was executed seamlessly and on a remarkable scale that spoke to Norodom Sihanouk’s illustrious life. A notable absence, however, was felt on the streets directly bordering the cremation site and grounds in front of the Royal Palace.
All were largely devoid of any life, save for members of the media, security personnel and a few tourists. This had not been the case in the morning; people began lining up to pay their final respects to the King Father at about 4:30 a.m. yesterday. By 11 a.m., however, all had been told to move and the area lay empty.
As the day drew on and the sun began to set over the city, mourners thronged at barricades surrounding the area. All were met with the bitter disappointment of being told they could not go any further.
Still, that did not stop them. Some people climbed over barriers near Wat Ounalom, while others pushed and shoved against police manning the barricades.
The frustration of not being able to bear witness to the event was too much for some, who walked off angrily.
Nean Srey, 29, sold one of her valuables—a ring—to pay for her mother, children and relatives to come to Phnom Penh for the royal funeral. Her hopes fell flat.
“We wanted to pay our respects and see the King for the last time, but we are going home without seeing the King for the last time,” Ms. Srey said.
In the end, many people on the streets around the Royal Palace crowded into restaurants and cafes to watch the events unfold on small television sets.
In Wat Botum Park, where tens of thousands had gathered, lining Sothearos Boulevard for blocks, many who came out to say goodbye to the late King Father were frustrated that there weren’t even television screens set up for the crowd to see what was going on at the cremation site.
“They should have set up TV screens where there were many people blocked from going to see the cremation,” said business student Yim Thol, 28, who was among he crowd on Sothearos Boulevard blocked from the grounds near the palace and cremation site.
“The government only took care of foreign dignitaries,” he added.
These included Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, Chinese senior leader Jia Qinglin and a number of ambassadors.
About 100 mourners managed to gain access to Street 178, from where they could see the cremation site. At about 6 p.m., the hum of prayer rose up among the crowd, softly cutting through the silence.
“Please come back, your majesty,” they said, “to solve the problems of our country.”
As the last of the crematory smoke billowed across the sky, several thousand mourners were finally able to fill the grounds in front of the Royal Palace. At first, they sat quietly and contemplatively, many in prayer.
But as the car bearing King Sihamoni and Queen Monineath left the cremation site for the short journey to the palace, the crowds surged and for a moment, it appeared the masses were on the brink of a crush.
A solemn Queen Monineath smiled and waved as the car drove past the adoring, swelling melee. Today, she and King Sihamoni will scatter some of the late monarch’s ashes over the Mekong.
After the last of the officials had gone, the site from which so many had been excluded was reclaimed. Thousands milled about and thronged toward the cremation site. The melancholy drone of a news report flashed across a screen mounted on one of the palace walls. Pockets of mourners sat quietly. For some, with the night came a final vigil in the presence of the King Father’s portrait.
“I wanted to see the King for one last time,” said 80-year-old Reoung Yory. “I don’t have anywhere to go tonight, so I will be sleeping in front of the Royal Palace.”
Aung San Suu Kyi draws thousands to Myanmar's first literary festival
12:10 AM
Royan Idris
Though the "Lady" was the main attraction,
the Irrawaddy Literary Festival managed to focus the spotlight on
Myanmar's changing book landscape
"If you have ever learned some poems, they will come in very handy if ever you are imprisoned," said Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, while speaking at the Irrawaddy Literary Festival.
The Irrawaddy Literary Festival was never going to be a regular book bash. Not with one of the world's great democracy icons as the star of the show.
And the thousands that turned up to hear Aung San Suu Kyi weren't what you'd call the usual literary festival crowd.
"It's the draw of this country and Aung San," said Jane Heyn, the festival's director and wife of the British ambassador to Myanmar, as the three-day festival came to a close on Sunday.
Three thousand made their way through the doors of Inya Lake Hotel in Yangon on Saturday and more than a thousand of those packed the hotel ballroom to hear Ms. Suu Kyi speak.
She spoke of how books helped her through the 15 years she spent under house arrest.
Outside
Yangon'a Inya Lake Hotel, site of Myanmar's first literary festival,
book stalls were set up under the shade of bright blue tents. "I read a lot about prisoners and prisoners of conscience," she said. "Through books you can learn how people cope intellectually and spiritually through the challenges of life."
Suu Kyi's favorite genre -- detective stories -- have proved more than a source of entertainment. She says they've helped her understand people.
"And now that I'm chair of the Law and Order Council, I know a lot more about the law and courts because of reading detective stories," she says. "The more detective stories you read, the better able you are to work out who the villain is."
For Suu Kyi, literature sustains the soul and gives strength: "If you have ever learned some poems, they will come in very handy if ever you are imprisoned."
Monday, February 4, 2013
Mourners Rush to Buy King Father Mementos
9:19 PM
Royan Idris
Portraits of the late King Father Norodom Sihanouk covered the floor
and dozens of coin-sized badges emblazoned with his image were
scattered on the sidewalk in front of the Singha Meas printing house on
Sunday.
Kuo Ransiky, the 41-year-old owner of the printshop on Phnom Penh’s
Street 13, usually produces signs, posters and billboards for
restaurants and shops around the capital. But for the past three days,
she has brought in extra staff to help with the business of printing and
laminating photographs of the late King Father, who was cremated
yesterday.
Ms. Ransiky is one of dozens of shop owners and entrepreneurs in Phnom Penh who have temporarily turned their establishments into sales hubs at the center of a frantic network of street vendors trying to meet the demand of the hundreds of thousands of people expected to turn out for the late King Father’s cremation this evening.
Hundreds of vendors have taken to the streets around the Royal Palace to sell badges, ribbons, and posters—mementos the mourners can buy to remember their beloved former monarch.
At 1,500 riel, or about $0.37, per piece, Ms. Ransiky estimates that she will sell about 7,000 placemat-sized photographs of the late King Father, along with thousands of lapels made of black-and-white ribbon and a small photo of the king, which sell for the same price.
Business was even more brisk at Golden Book & Stationary Shop on Phnom Penh’s Street 130. Hoards of people crowded around the tables outside the shop purchasing stacks of images of the late King Father. Inside, six laminating machines were going full steam, with employees feeding in one photo after another.
Sao Leakena, the shop’s owner, said she was struggling to keep up with demand.
“We are selling the photos like hot cakes. There are so many vendors coming to our shop to sell them that sometimes we can’t even print the photos quickly enough,” she said.
Vendors were racing between shops to stock up on photos to sell to the masses of mourners who poured into the streets around Veal Mean and the Royal Palace.
Eout Mean, 62, said she has bought and sold about 500 photos of the former king and 300 badges bearing his likeness since Saturday, making about 500 riel, or about $0.12, per sale.
“People told me that they were buying the keepsakes because they wanted to have his image for their children to remember,” she said.
“If I did not sell pictures of King Sihanouk, how would Cambodian people remember his face and reputation? They will know how he built our country and educated many people through these photos.”
Phnom Penh was not the only place where the photos were in demand, according to 25-year-old Hout Keat, who came to the capital to buy 100 photos for her sister to sell in Siem Reap province.
“There are many people who come to buy photos of the king in Siem Reap,” she said.
One group that is not profiting from the fervor around the late King Father’s cremation are the photographers whose shots are being sold.
Ms. Ransiky said that her production process begins with a Google search of “King Sihanouk.” She then downloads the photos she wants to sell, sends them to a printing house she owns near O’Russei market, and has them back within 24 hours.
The images include some of the most iconic taken of the late King Father, his wife, Queen Mother Norodom Monineath, and their son, King Norodom Sihamoni.
In one photo, then-King Sihanouk and Queen Monineath are photographed wearing kramas and playing with a monkey in the forest. In another, where the family is posing in their living room, King Sihamoni looks to be in his teens with a full head of jet-black hair.
In a number of photos, the late King Father, who was for many years the commander of Cambodia’s military, is seen saluting troops or posing in military garb.
Scenes from his whole life, in fact, can be purchased, from his childhood to his ascension to the throne as a 19-year-old prince, his two stretches as king, time as head of state, nine years as King Father as well as photographs of the procession through Phnom Penh in which his body was carried to the cremation site in front of the National Museum.
Leam Cheam, 54, bought six photographs of the late King Father on Sunday, which she plans to keep at home to show her children and grandchildren.
“Although the King Father has passed away, we can still remember him through these photographs,” she said.
A
woman on Thursday sells badges of the late King Father Norodom Sihanouk
outside the cremation site in Veal Mean, the park in front of the
National Museum. (Ben Woods)
Ms. Ransiky is one of dozens of shop owners and entrepreneurs in Phnom Penh who have temporarily turned their establishments into sales hubs at the center of a frantic network of street vendors trying to meet the demand of the hundreds of thousands of people expected to turn out for the late King Father’s cremation this evening.
Hundreds of vendors have taken to the streets around the Royal Palace to sell badges, ribbons, and posters—mementos the mourners can buy to remember their beloved former monarch.
At 1,500 riel, or about $0.37, per piece, Ms. Ransiky estimates that she will sell about 7,000 placemat-sized photographs of the late King Father, along with thousands of lapels made of black-and-white ribbon and a small photo of the king, which sell for the same price.
Business was even more brisk at Golden Book & Stationary Shop on Phnom Penh’s Street 130. Hoards of people crowded around the tables outside the shop purchasing stacks of images of the late King Father. Inside, six laminating machines were going full steam, with employees feeding in one photo after another.
Sao Leakena, the shop’s owner, said she was struggling to keep up with demand.
“We are selling the photos like hot cakes. There are so many vendors coming to our shop to sell them that sometimes we can’t even print the photos quickly enough,” she said.
Vendors were racing between shops to stock up on photos to sell to the masses of mourners who poured into the streets around Veal Mean and the Royal Palace.
Eout Mean, 62, said she has bought and sold about 500 photos of the former king and 300 badges bearing his likeness since Saturday, making about 500 riel, or about $0.12, per sale.
“People told me that they were buying the keepsakes because they wanted to have his image for their children to remember,” she said.
“If I did not sell pictures of King Sihanouk, how would Cambodian people remember his face and reputation? They will know how he built our country and educated many people through these photos.”
Phnom Penh was not the only place where the photos were in demand, according to 25-year-old Hout Keat, who came to the capital to buy 100 photos for her sister to sell in Siem Reap province.
“There are many people who come to buy photos of the king in Siem Reap,” she said.
One group that is not profiting from the fervor around the late King Father’s cremation are the photographers whose shots are being sold.
Ms. Ransiky said that her production process begins with a Google search of “King Sihanouk.” She then downloads the photos she wants to sell, sends them to a printing house she owns near O’Russei market, and has them back within 24 hours.
The images include some of the most iconic taken of the late King Father, his wife, Queen Mother Norodom Monineath, and their son, King Norodom Sihamoni.
In one photo, then-King Sihanouk and Queen Monineath are photographed wearing kramas and playing with a monkey in the forest. In another, where the family is posing in their living room, King Sihamoni looks to be in his teens with a full head of jet-black hair.
In a number of photos, the late King Father, who was for many years the commander of Cambodia’s military, is seen saluting troops or posing in military garb.
Scenes from his whole life, in fact, can be purchased, from his childhood to his ascension to the throne as a 19-year-old prince, his two stretches as king, time as head of state, nine years as King Father as well as photographs of the procession through Phnom Penh in which his body was carried to the cremation site in front of the National Museum.
Leam Cheam, 54, bought six photographs of the late King Father on Sunday, which she plans to keep at home to show her children and grandchildren.
“Although the King Father has passed away, we can still remember him through these photographs,” she said.
ដង្ហែព្រះបរមអដ្ឋិ យាងទៅតម្កល់នៅលើព្រះមហាបញ្ចា ៩ ជាន់
7:04 PM
Royan Idris
ភ្នំពេញ: ព្រះករុណាជាអម្ចាស់ជីវិតលើត្បូង ព្រះមហាក្សត្រ
សម្តេចព្រះបរមនាថ នរោត្តម សីហមុនី
បន្ទាប់ពីស្តេចយាងជាព្រះរាជាធិបតីភាពដ៏ខ្ពង់ខ្ពស់រើសព្រះបរមអដ្ឋិ (
ព្រះបរមធាតុ ) ជាមួយនឹងសម្តេចម៉ែរួចហើយ ព្រះអង្គបានយាងដង្ហែព្រះបរមអដ្ឋិ
ទៅតម្កល់នៅលើព្រះមហាបញ្ចា ៩ ជាន់ ក្នុងព្រះពន្លាខាងត្បូង។
ថ្ងៃទី 5 កុម្ភៈ 2013
ដោយ: កូឡាប
CEN
បន្ទាប់មក មានព្រះរាជពិធីសាសនា សូត្រធម៌ សត្តប្បករណ៍ ថ្វាយព្រះបរមរតនកោដ្ឋ ដោយមានការជួបជុំព្រះរាជវង្សានុវង្ស ចៅជិត ចៅចម ជំទាវ ខុនណាង សម្តេចអគ្គមហាពញាចក្រី និងលោកជំទាវ សម្តេចចៅហ្វាវាំង និងលោកជំទាវ ឧបនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី និងលោកជំទាវ អនុប្រធាន ប្រធានគណៈកម្មការព្រឹទ្ធសភា រដ្ឋសភា និងលោកជំទាវ ប្រធានក្រុមប្រឹក្សាធម្មនុញ្ញ ប្រធានតុលាការកំពូល សមាជិក សមាជិកា ព្រឹទ្ធសភា រដ្ឋសភា រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាល អនុរដ្ឋលេខាធិការ ព្រមទាំងអ្នកមុខអ្នកការជាច្រើនទៀត។
នៅថ្ងៃទីប្រាំ នៃព្រះរាជពិធីបុណ្យ ព្រះបរមសព ព្រះបរមរតនកោដ្ឋ នៅថ្ងៃអង្គារ ១០រោច ខែបុស្ស ពុទ្ធសករាជ ២៥៥៦ ត្រូវនឹងថ្ងៃទី៥ ខែកុម្ភៈ ឆ្នាំ២០១៣ ជាព្រះរាជកម្មវិធីរើសព្រះបរមធាតុ ព្រះបរមរតនកោដ្ឋ និងដង្ហែព្រះអង្គារ ( ផេះ ) យកទៅយកទៅបំប្លែង ក្នុងទន្លេចតុមុខ៕ H
ថ្ងៃទី 5 កុម្ភៈ 2013
ដោយ: កូឡាប
CEN
បន្ទាប់មក មានព្រះរាជពិធីសាសនា សូត្រធម៌ សត្តប្បករណ៍ ថ្វាយព្រះបរមរតនកោដ្ឋ ដោយមានការជួបជុំព្រះរាជវង្សានុវង្ស ចៅជិត ចៅចម ជំទាវ ខុនណាង សម្តេចអគ្គមហាពញាចក្រី និងលោកជំទាវ សម្តេចចៅហ្វាវាំង និងលោកជំទាវ ឧបនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី និងលោកជំទាវ អនុប្រធាន ប្រធានគណៈកម្មការព្រឹទ្ធសភា រដ្ឋសភា និងលោកជំទាវ ប្រធានក្រុមប្រឹក្សាធម្មនុញ្ញ ប្រធានតុលាការកំពូល សមាជិក សមាជិកា ព្រឹទ្ធសភា រដ្ឋសភា រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាល អនុរដ្ឋលេខាធិការ ព្រមទាំងអ្នកមុខអ្នកការជាច្រើនទៀត។
នៅថ្ងៃទីប្រាំ នៃព្រះរាជពិធីបុណ្យ ព្រះបរមសព ព្រះបរមរតនកោដ្ឋ នៅថ្ងៃអង្គារ ១០រោច ខែបុស្ស ពុទ្ធសករាជ ២៥៥៦ ត្រូវនឹងថ្ងៃទី៥ ខែកុម្ភៈ ឆ្នាំ២០១៣ ជាព្រះរាជកម្មវិធីរើសព្រះបរមធាតុ ព្រះបរមរតនកោដ្ឋ និងដង្ហែព្រះអង្គារ ( ផេះ ) យកទៅយកទៅបំប្លែង ក្នុងទន្លេចតុមុខ៕ H
Thai Spy Freed; 412 Prisoners to Be Released on Monday
6:38 AM
Royan Idris
Ratree Pipattanapaiboon, who had been imprisoned on espionage charges since 2010, shed tears of joy when her six-year sentence came to an early end on Friday thanks to a Royal Pardon by King Sihamoni, who has lessened scores of jail terms and released hundreds of Cambodian prisoners to mark the cremation of his late father Norodom Sihanouk.
Thai espionage convict Ratree Pipattanapaiboon, center, leaves Prey Sar prison on Friday after receiving a Royal Pardon. (Siv Channa)
Thai espionage convict Ratree Pipattanapaiboon, center, leaves Prey Sar prison on Friday after receiving a Royal Pardon. (Siv Channa)
Addressing members of the Thai media who gathered at Phnom Penh’s Prey Sar prison to cover the release, Ms. Ratree spoke of her more than two-and-a-half years in jail for crossing the Cambodian border illegally, and then entering a restricted military area in Banteay Menachey province as part of a protest by ultra-nationalist Thai “yellow-shirts.”
She was arrested, charged and convicted along with her boss, senior yellow-shirt activist Veera Somkwamkid, whose sentence of eight years in jail was reduced by six moths on Friday.
Ms. Ratree’s release and Mr. Veera’s reduction in sentence were granted after Prime Minister Hun Sen had asked the Justice Ministry for their release earlier this month, and were not related to wider pardons granted as part of the King Father’s cremation ceremony, said Nuth Sa An, secretary of state at the Ministry of Interior.
“This is a diplomatic matter between Cambodia and Thailand and has nothing to do with the cremation ceremony…. Samdech Hun Sen…talked to [Thai] Prime Minister Yingluck [Shinawatra] and she requested him to release and reduce the jail sentences for both of them,” Mr. Sa An said at the prison.
Making political hay of the event, Mr. Sa An added that the release was proof of the strong ties between Bangkok and Phnom Penh, and that both leaders did not think about the profit of individuals, but how to benefit the whole nation.
Ms. Ratree had less to say about the occasion.
“I am happy,” she said in Thai, before getting into a car provided by the Thai Embassy.
Another 412 prisoners will benefit from a Royal Pardon and walk free from prisons across the country after their presence at the King father’s cremation ceremony on Monday, prison officials said.
Last week, King Sihamoni signed a royal decree releasing the 412 prisoners, whose freeing from prison will be officially announced on Monday. Jail terms were also reduced for 84 inmates by between six months to one year.
Sunday, February 3, 2013
The Final Journey of King Father Norodom Sihanouk
12:36 AM
Royan Idris
