Showing posts with label Phnom Penh. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Phnom Penh. Show all posts
25 February 2014
What Wat? Wat Sarawan, Phnom Penh
A once a week at Wats and other places of worship within the region.
9 January 2014
Remembrance (3) Shrines, Spirit Houses, Memorials and Offerings from the Region
Near Boueng Trabek Market, Phnom Penh
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Note the offerings of cigarettes |
10 June 2013
A Peculiar Phnom Penh Protest
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| Banners and signs: Made and Paid for by the CPP? |
Permissions to march and rally are often denied.
Protesters are corralled and pushed, even beaten by the police.
Several woman have miscarried in this way, and just a few weeks ago firemen were ordered to turn their hoses on peaceful, Phnom Penh protesters.
But yesterday, 10,000 protesters rallied in Phnom Penh's Freedom Park. They were allowed to come. The police let them alone.
This was no ordinary protest, though. For, it was a protest* against Kem Sokha, the vice-president of the main opposition, the Cambodia National Rescue Party.
This the CPP approved of.
So not only did they allow the march, they also arranged free transport for many. And they gave them water and food. Some were given money to attend
'Prior to the protest, the government had gone to great lengths to stress that any demonstration would be 'independent.'
'But the sight of security guards telling people how to hold signs, men with walkie-talkies waving people back on to village owned trucks, and a police spokesperson confirming authorities had provided transport, food and water to many of the protesters hinted at involvement on myriad levels.'
~The Phnom Penh Post, June 10, 2013
"Some of them didn't know what this event was going to be; they were just told to show up. Some were paid between 30,000 and 50,00 riel," (about $7.50-$12.50), said Naly Pilorge, director of the human rights group Licadho, after her staff had spoken to protesters.
For a large-scale demonstration of people incensed by the words of Kem Sokha it sure was a quiet affair.
'Not once did they cheer Mr. Mey (the protest figurehead) on, and only once or twice did they half-heartedly clap or raise their arms.'
~The Cambodia Daily, June 10, 2013
Phay Siphan,
As you would expect.
Chan Soveth of human rights group Adhoc, though, said that this was a most unusual protest as demonstrators were able to exercise their freedom of speech without 'pressure.'
A CPP orgainized protest, or not? You decide.
*It is claimed, that Kem Sohka said that the infamous Toul Sleng torture centre was not the work of the Khmer Rouge but something staged and exaggerated by the Vietnamese. Kem Sokha denies ever saying this.
29 May 2013
28 May 2013
What Wat? Wat Sansam Kosal, Phnom Penh
A once-a-week look at Southeast Asian Wats and other places of worship.
14 May 2013
What Wat? Wat Svay Pope, Phnom Penh
A once-a-week look at Southeast Asian Wats and other places of worship.
4 April 2013
Cambodian Cows
Smack-bang up against my tuk tuk on Street 2004 on the way to the airport on April 2nd.
These beautiful oxen pull the earthenware from the countryside -pots for sale- however, a rapidly developing Cambodia means they are quickly becoming redundant.
2 April 2013
Cambodia 1965 (1)
Almost self-sufficient and quite prosperous, Cambodia, particularly, Phnom Penh, was known as the jewel of the Orient in the 1950s and 1960s. Civil war quickly changed that.
But here's a video that shows what was and what could have become...
19 March 2013
18 March 2013
14 March 2013
5 March 2013
25 February 2013
7 February 2013
26 January 2013
Phnom Penh Rates Poorly for Infrastructure
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| Phnom Penh's city hall is studying the feasibility of running a subway under the city, apparently. Don't hold your breath. |
A recent study determined that Phnom Penh rates just 194th out of the 221 cities surveyed for infrastructure. Cambodia's capital was even beaten by Yangon, Myanmar which placed 180th.
The study measured traffic congestion, public transport, electricity and water supply, availability of flights out of the city, and mail and telephone services.
The world's best city for infrastructure is Singapore, according to the study. Kuala Lumpur- with a ranking of 80th- was the only other Southeast Asian country to make the top 100.
Worldwide, Port-au-Prince in Haiti came in last, whilst Dhaka in Bangladesh has Asia's worst infrastructure.
21 January 2013
29 December 2012
28 December 2012
Face of the Day
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| Glamming it up for the Camera: Street Cleaner. Outside Wat Tuoul Tom Pong, Phnom Penh |
27 December 2012
17 December 2012
Face of the Day
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It's a... Actually I don't know. Found in a local Phnom Penh School along with replicas of a whole host of other odd creatures. |
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