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New year, old game

People at Wat Phnom play traditional Khmer New Year games in the lead-up to the New Year in Phnom Penh yesterday afternoon.
PHA LINA

PM, Rainsy eye deal

Vong Sokheng and Kevin Ponniah

RIME Minister Hun Sen said yesterday that backroom negotiations between the opposition and ruling parties could result in an agreement to end the longstanding political deadlock before Khmer New Year. Cambodia National Rescue Party leader Sam Rainsy did nothing to diminish that prospect, telling the Post that an agreement could be in the pipeline and that he had been com-

Accord possible by New Year

municating with Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Kheng about a solution that could end the CNRPs more than six-month parliamentary boycott. Speaking at a ceremony for graduating accounting students on Koh Pich, the prime minister said the CNRP and CPP had been holding secret talks since the opposition backed out of a joint election reform committee last month, calling for a meeting of top leaders instead. Only one issue remained in dispute, he said, without specifying what that issue was. Politics is difficult. Sometimes it is as tense like a balloon, but sometimes it can suddenly pop, Hun Sen said. Now, in an agreement drafted [between CPP and CNRP], there remains only one little point ... This

morning, I asked Sar Kheng to take a little time to discuss [within the CPP regarding this point], and we will send back the information [to the CNRP], and so at some point the [deadlock] could be broken. If party leaders respect and have confidence in their negotiating teams, [then] the CPP and the CNRP could reach an agreement before the Khmer New Year and both parties will go to the Royal Palace to sign an agreement in Continues on page 2

THE Royal Palace yesterday said the letter sent by opposition leader Sam Rainsy to King Norodom Sihamoni last week that elicited a furious response from the government for insulting the King, did not, in fact, disrespect the monarchs honour and name. A statement signed by the Kings cabinet chief Oum Daravuth, while disagreeing with Rainsys characterisation of the National Assembly as a one-party legislature, brushes aside the idea that Rainsys letter had insulted the King. Your statement, The present parliament which was established on September 23, 2013, is a single party parliament, is not true, because 123 parliamentarians had been announced, including the parliamentarians of the CNRP. However, only 68 CPP parliamentarians took the oath in the Royal Palace, the statement says. As to the wording used in your letter, I believe that it does not cause any serious impact on the honour and name of the King. Daravuth declined to comment further when reached yesterday. The palace statement came after Prime Minister Hun Sen announced yesterday morning that the government could push forward before Khmer New Year with plans to sue Rainsy for disrespecting a 2003 Constitutional Council decision, which it said stipulated that 120 lawmakers did not need to swear-in for a new parliament to be formed. The law experts are looking [into this]. [We] could sue before Khmer New Year regarding the letter. [He should] be careful, because he wont be happy during Khmer New Year [if he is] in Prey Sar [prison], the premier said during a graduation ceremony for accounting students on Koh Pich. [But] dont say that [we] are just threatening this. No, for this, [we] are serious, not joking. While the premier admitted there Continues on page 2

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Palace says Kings name still intact

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Rainsy, Hun Sen eye possible deal

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was no legal basis to convict Rainsy for insulting the King, the opposition leader could certainly be found guilty for opposing a decision of the Constitutional Council, he said. The Law on the Organisation and Functioning of the Constitutional Council states that any person who fails to respect the decision of the Constitutional Council could face up to a year in prison. A number of government spokespeople could not be reached yesterday to comment on whether the government would still go ahead with a lawsuit given the Royal Palaces response. Yesterday, Hun Sen also mocked Rainsy for fleeing the country and taking refuge at foreign embassies when faced with arrest in the past. Why do you rely on foreign embassies [to hide]? [You] cannot rely on those embassies ... I told an ambassador a few years ago that in his excellencys embassy, I wont arrest anyone. If the excellency brings [him] to the airport in excellencys car, I also wont arrest. When [he gets] into the plane, even if the plane starts to move ... I will invite it back and then arrest [him] without a problem. The royal letter firestorm erupted after Rainsy wrote to the King on April 2, appear-

Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni (left) greets Sam Rainsy during a meeting at the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh last year. AFP

ing to take issue with a congratulatory letter the King had sent for the opening of the second session of the National Assembly last week which said the parliament was representative of all Khmer people. In Rainsys letter, he contested that interpretation, saying that as his party was boycotting its 55 seats in parliament, leaving only 68 CPP lawmakers present, the assembly was not representative of all Cambodians. On Saturday, the government released a scathing statement in response, which was followed by a plethora of statements from at least 10 ministries, the governors of numerous provinces and even army units

deployed on the CambodiaThai border backing up the governments position. The Phnom Penh Municipalitys statement supporting the government said that all the people in Phnom Penh strongly support the governments condemnation of Rainsy, which accused him of insulting the monarchy and attempting to mount a constitutional coup. Rainsy declined to comment specifically on the Royal Palaces statement yesterday evening but had earlier told supporters at his partys first anniversary celebration that he was unafraid of legal threats and was willing to go to jail. He also accused Hun Sen of

insulting the King in the past. You yourself used to insult the King, so why do you accuse [me] of being opposed to the King? he said. Cambodian Center for Human Rights chairman Ou Virak said yesterday that while the furore over the King could have raised broader questions about the monarchy, there [is] no substance to any of this debate. The sad reality is that this is basically politics of convenience. The opposition will use the King whenever this is convenient for them and the the CPP will do the same. There is no principle [in] any of this. ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY
CHHAY CHANNYDA

front of King Norodom Sihamoni. The CNRP pulled out of election reform talks last month after the CPP refused to prioritise its demand that National Election Committee members be approved by two-thirds of parliament. The much maligned election body has been long accused of being politically subservient to the CPP and stacked with members loyal to it. The CNRP , which has boycotted its 55 seats in the National Assembly since the July election in protest of alleged widespread election irregularities, has also repeatedly called for an early election, which the CPP has said would be unconstitutional. When reached yesterday, Rainsy said he had spoken with Sar Kheng, but was coy about providing any details of a draft agreement. There are things that at these early stages I dont expose ... So far, there is nothing ofcial yet. [But] there are hopes in the air or in the pipeline, he said. You must understand me, that at this stage, I cannot expose, I cannot elaborate, or it will jeopardise the whole process. Sometimes we have to do things in a certain order before we make it public. He declined to say what

the remaining point of disagreement mentioned by Hun Sen was. It would be premature to say that we are going to conclude. All I want to say is that we are in the process. Hopefully, the remaining issues would be addressed and resolved and the detail will be specied. This is a complex process, but I am hopeful. In his speech yesterday, to illustrate the ability of he and Rainsy to work together, Hun Sen revealed that the pair had cooperated in the lead-up to a 2006 constitutional amendment to reduce the amount of elected lawmakers needed to form a government from twothirds to a 50 per-cent-plus-one formula. At the time, Rainsy said the amendment would allow Cambodia to avoid political deadlock after elections and not allow the party that comes second to cause a stalemate. Its not a problem with Excellency Sam Rainsy [and I], because we used to work together, and today I have leaked a story about cooperation between [us] [to change the constitution], Hun Sen said. [This means that] political issues can be [resolved] immediately if Sam Rainsy has a good sleep, [a good] dream, a good feeling and wants to meet with [me].

Nationalists to join ranks with CNRP

Meas Sokchea

YET another political merger is set to take place after leaders of the Nationalist Party, born of a complicated series of mergers and splits, an-nounced yesterday that the party will join the opposition Cam-

bodia National Rescue Party. At the CNRPs one-year birthday celebrations yesterday, president Sam Rainsy gave a very public welcome to NP president Pheng Heng and secretary Muth Chantha, whom he said had decided to side with the opposition

against Prime Minister Hun Sens ruling Cambodian Peoples Party. Today, we are very happy to see supporters of democracy from every circle follow [the CNRPs] political trend and reinforce the [CNRPs] efforts to merge democratic forces,

he said. Rainsy said the NP, with its 50 commune council members, would help the CNRP in next months council elections. A formal merger, however, will not take place until elected NP councillors have served their current terms.

Members of the CPP (left) and CNRP talk during a meeting over National Election Committee reform at the Senate in Phnom Penh late last month. HENG CHIVOAN

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Cambodia will be competing for 2014 MOS World Championship
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Inspectors from the Ministry of Labour examine a container of glue at the Crystal Martin factory in Kandal provinces Khsach Kandal district in February. PHOTO SUPPLIED

Factories not monitoring chemicals, says ministry

Sen David

OLLOWING the mass fainting of hundreds of workers at garment factories last week, an ofcial at the Ministry of Labour has raised concerns over the control of toxic chemicals. Leng Tong, director of the Labour Ministrys occupational health and safety department, said factories

what makes the workers faint during working. Hundreds of workers fell unconscious last week in incidents at Shen Zhou, Daqian Textile suppliers to Puma, Adidas and Nike and New Wide factories. According to a statement released by the Community Legal Education Center on Friday, among the causes of the mass faintings speculated

As we know, chemicals in the factory could damage the brain, blood, kidneys, liver, lungs and skin
should be providing the ministry with chemical safety data to ensure greater protection of workers health. I appeal for all factories to have chemical [data] in the factory for the health department [to assess and act on], Tong said. As we know, chemicals in the factory could damage the brain, blood, kidneys, liver, lungs and skin ... it is part of by workers were strong fabric odours. Figures from the department of occupational health and safety show that there are 40 kinds of chemicals that are used in garment and shoe factories in Cambodia and that Tong claims are not being properly monitored. If there is no control of chemicals, it will affect the workers. This is the main

challenge for the health department. To improve [conditions for] garment and shoe factory workers. However, Sieng Sambath, president of the Worker Friendship Union Federation, said yesterday that ofcials themselves must take a stronger approach to controlling the chemicals being used in factories. I have seen the factory or expert ofcials examine the chemicals in the factory [and look into] chemicals the factory uses as [insecticides], and they never identify which chemicals are affecting the workers health, he said. Dave Welsh, country director for labour rights group Solidarity Center, said that both factories and the government should be doing more to ensure chemical safety. Factories are obligated to guarantee the safety of their workers from when they leave the house ... to when they get home; this should be properly regulated by the government. ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY
ALICE CUDDY

Bus strike practically nished

Khouth Sophak Chakrya

ALL but two of what had been 40 striking workers employed by Phnom Penh Sorya Transportation bus service in the capitals Russey Keo district are back on the job, workers and a company representative said yesterday. Workers began striking on Thursday with a litany of demands, including a $60 monthly wage increase and an end to a company policy requiring employees to shoulder a fine of about $750 if caught transporting people or goods without a ticket. During a three-hour negotiation session on Thursday, company manager Chan Sophanna agreed to end the $750 fine policy, leading all but two drivers to return to work on Saturday, said Sambath Vorn, one of the two remaining drivers on strike.

Everyone went back to work on Saturday after the company promised to review our base salary every year, said Vorn, adding that he and one other driver had yet to return because they were preparing documents to form a bus union. Sophanna confirmed yesterday that an agreement had been reached between the transport company and the workers. The striking drivers had originally also pushed for overtime pay and a $6 tip for each shift, benefits that the companys management maintained they already had. The strike breaks just as Phnom Penh Sorya Transportation along with the countrys other nationwide transportation companies gear up for increased business over Khmer New Year, which finds many travelling between provinces to visit family.

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activist freed, A tale of two school tests Union but cops keep iers
Chhay Channyda and Laignee Barron Mom Kunthear and Sean Teehan

ARD and soft sciences dont mix, or at least wont on this years upcoming grade 12 national examinations, for which students will have to choose: history buff or lab rat? This August, students hoping to qualify for a diploma will sit for either a science or a social science-oriented test, according to a Ministry of Education directive. The latest national exam alteration is part of a series of reforms meant to stamp out rampant cheating. By dividing the test into two tracks, the ministry intends for students to feel less overwhelmed as they will only have to prepare for seven subjects, down from the previous 10. It was too many subjects for the students to study, and we want to encourage studying hard rather than cheating out of desperation, Minister of Education Hang Chuon Naron said. Both test tracks will include Khmer literature, mathematics and a foreign language. The social science test will also contain history, geography and civics, while the science test will have chemistry, biology and physics. The grade 12 students will still be expected to take classes and pass end-ofsemester examinations in all 10 subjects, and in order to make sure exam sitters dont only focus on the material in their chosen test track, the ministry is adding a seventh subject, which it will reveal just 30 days before the two-day national test.

A teacher guides students through exercises in Phnom Penh last month. This years national exams will see students sit for either a science or a social science-oriented test. PHA LINA

I am good at math, so I picked the science track, but I will have to work hard in every social science subject too, because ... we wont know which subject out of the school year [will be chosen for the seventh test], said a 17-year-old from Balang Hun Sen High School in Kampong Thom who declined to give his name. Education experts worry the mystery test subject, which is worth up to 50 out of the combined 525 points, wont carry enough weight and will keep students from paying attention in some classes. Cambodian students mainly focus on the sciences, and so [this test reform] could mean social sciences will not be

much valued anymore and students critical thinking will not improve, San Chey, coordinator at the Afliated Network for Social Accountability in East Asia and the Pacic, said. The Education Ministry also announced that this year upper secondary school teachers will be responsible for writing end-of-semester exams, rather than receiving ministry-issued tests. If teachers write the test themselves, they could go easier on their students and write a test that does not reect the classs capacity. I still support the test coming from the ministry, said Ty Bunleng, 59, a Kampong Cham high school teacher.

A UNION activist detained in Svay Rieng province on Sunday for delivering iers promoting a stay-at-home strike was released after three hours, but police kept the leaets, he said yesterday. When Kem Chamroeun, 25, of the Collective Union of Movement of Workers (CUMW) brought a stack of 5,000 leaets to Full Fortune Knitting, police arrested him, he said. I was followed by many police ofcials, who stopped me and pushed me into their car, Chamroeun said. Provincial police ofcials could not be reached. The iers Chamroeun had been distributing encourage workers to stay at home between April 17 and 22 in protest against the governments refusal to renegotiate the garment sector minimum wage and charges against 23 people arrested in early-January demonstrations. The seizure did not faze CUMW president Pav Sina, who said union members would simply print new iers. Taking action against someone distributing iers is deeply

ingrained in Cambodian authorities mentality, said Ou Virak, chairman of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights. In the past, Virak said, Western-backed rebels main form of spreading their message was through leaets. In this sense, I think the government is responding in a similar method, treating leaflets like an act of rebellion or treason, Virak said. Svay Rieng police arresting Chamroeun is only the latest example of that department oppressing labour-organising action, said Ath Thorn, president of the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union (C.CAWDU). Police there have intimidated workers from joining strikes in the past, he said. Thorns union is also under legal re today, he said. Despite an agreement on December 3 to drop all lawsuits related to a four-month strike, SL Garment is moving forward with suits against more than 20 C.CAWDU members on incitement, property destruction and other charges, Thorn said. Three separate cases against C.CAWDU members will be heard in Phnom Penh Municipal Court this morning.

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Pardons given to 70
EVENTY prisoners are to be released on Khmer New Years Day next week in an amnesty that will also see hundreds of prison sentences reduced by up to a year. The Ministry of Justice approved 555 applications for sentence reductions and pardons following a request by its General Department of Prisons last month. Seventy prisoners, including some foreign nationals, had their requests denied because they did not follow the procedures, said Sam Prochea

Alex Gonzalez-Davidson of NGO Mother Nature Cambodia talks to the media before entering Flora & Fauna Internationals ofces in Phnom Penh yesterday. VIREAK MAI

Villagers make plea over crocs

Phak Seangly and Amelia Woodside

Meanith, the Ministry of Justices chief of cabinet. Those who get their sentences pardoned have served two-thirds of their sentences and are willing to change their ways and can go back to live in society, Meanith said. Inmates serving time for serious offences are not eligible for the program, Minister of Justice Vong Vattana said. Those convicted of child rape, terrorism and drug offences will not be pardoned, he added. Chan Soveth, a senior investigator at rights group Adhoc, said corruption played a signicant role in determining

who received pardons or reduced sentences. Due to corruption, some of the inmates have already carried out two-thirds of their sentences, he said, referring to alleged payoffs to prison authorities in exchange for reduced jail time. But others are not pardoned, such as in the case of Sar Song, who was sentenced to jail for his land disputes, he added, referring to a villager from Kampong Chhnang province who was sentenced in 2007 for beating a man during an argument over a longstanding land dispute with a rm called KDC International.

A GROUP of villagers from Koh Kongs Areng Valley gathered outside the offices of Flora & Fauna International (FFI) in Phnom Penh yesterday, demanding a say in a project designed to relocate endangered Siamese crocodiles from the site of the planned Stung Cheay Areng dam. We want to be included in this project. If these crocodiles are moved elsewhere this will hurt our community, Ren Chanrith, a representative of

the Cambodian Youth Network, said. Since FFIs announcement of the relocation program in February last year, villagers say at least one crocodile has been found dead and two letters to FFI raising concern over the crocodiles which villagers consider holy guardians have gone unanswered. Alex Gonzalez-Davidson of NGO Mother Nature Cambodia said FFIs crocodile relocation program was a scam because it was being sold as a project backed by the community. Today were here to deliver

our questions in person, he said, adding that if the villagers questions went unanswered the next step would involve a social media campaign. But according to FFI country director Tuy Serey Vathana, only one of the roughly 30 to 40 remaining reptiles has been relocated from Areng River to a location 70 kilometres away. Were willing to provide all and any answers to the community this week. The project has been halted until rainy season begins and our new project manager arrives in May, he said.

Hun Sen frowns on water ghts

Cheang Sokha

PRIME Minister Hun Sen appealed yesterday to revellers to resist the urge to throw water and paint at each other in next weeks Khmer New Year celebrations. Speaking at a graduation ceremony on Koh Pich, Hun Sen told students that he does not want to see any water or powder paint over Khmer New Year, which will take place from Monday through Wednesday next week. I would like to appeal to the youths who play during the Khmer New Year: the powder paint

... and throwing of water are not traditional Cambodian games. They can cause many problems, he said, explaining that these unruly games could lead to traffic accidents and the loss of jewellery. The premier also urged those who plan to travel to the provinces during the holiday to drive safely. According to figures from the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, fatalities on Cambodias roadways increased 3.5 per cent in the first three months of the year compared with the same period in 2013.

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Lawsuit tossed

Landlord wins battle with school chief

KRT proposal draws criticism

Stuart White

pOLICE BLOttER
Wreck Panicking just pilferers too gritty flub for getaway, driverget of sand arrested truck
IN TWO A hit thieves and run added on Friday, injury to it wasnt insult after the drunken a poorly coordinatmoto driver ed who robbery fled. on According Saturday. to The police partners in Kampong in crime spotted Thoms a Stung bling-toting Sen town, foreigner a 32-year crossing old speeding, the road in drunk Phnom driver Penhs crashed Chamkarmon into the district, back of and a truck couldnt transporting resist the shiny sand.tempThe man tation. damaged The duo his snatched motorcycle a and necklace, sustained but the serious foreigners injuries to shouts both scared his head the and suspects body. The moto into a driver haphazard was taken dash that to hospital, ended while in a collision the truck with driver fled, another abandoning motorist.his Police loadsent of sand, the other which moto will driver remain to in the police hospital custody and the until klutzy claimed. thieves KamPuChea Thmey AmPil to court. Deum

HNOM Penh Municipal Court yesterday dropped all charges against the owner of a nine-storey building in the capital who was accused of breaking a rental contract with the president of International Standard School (ISS) and unlawfully confiscating school property in 2012. Investigating judge Ly Lip Meng said all charges filed by Run Rathveasna, 47, president of Panha Cheat University and ISS, against landlord and military police Colonel Hoy Heang, 58, were dropped for lack of evidence. Rathveasna will appeal, his lawyer said. Rathveasna claims he signed a 10-year contract in early 2012 to rent part of Heangs building in Tuol Kork district, when he opened ISS. He paid Heang the requested deposit and nine months rent before the schools finances dried up in late 2012, leaving rent unpaid for two months. Heangs defence lawyer said his client ended the contract and seized school property to make up for the discontinued payment, as ISS was bankrupt.

BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA

N ITS order outlining the second phase of Case 002 last week, the Khmer Rouge tribunal left open the fate of leftover crimes that wont be heard in the coming sub-trial. The order comes just weeks after prosecutors proposed a rule change that would allow the court to withdraw crime sites entirely. Though the court has yet to accept it, the proposed rule change is already drawing erce criticism from some corners, with at least one lawyer arguing that the precedent set by the proposal could further damage Cambodias already legally shaky domestic courts. In its order, the trial chamber notes that it excludes certain facts, charges and crime sites from the scope of Case 002/02, but that since a formal request to withdraw charges has not been made, the Trial Chamber need not address this issue at the current stage of proceedings. As the order points out, no such motion has been led, but a prosecution memo dated March 4 has suggested amending the courts rules to explicitly allow certain alleged criminal acts to be dropped in

People attend the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia during a session of the Khmer Rouge trials in 2012 in Phnom Penh. ECCC

order to expedite proceedings at the ECCC ... while ensuring that the remaining crimes ... retain the essence of the criminal charges. According to the text of the proposed rules, the change would not allow the exclusion of charges as a whole, but would only reduce the evidence needed under each legal charge by reducing the number of crime sites, prosecutor Bill Smith said. However, in a memo responding to the proposed

change, the courts civil party lawyers rmly opposed the changes, which threaten a

One can expect even more political interference in sensitive ... cases
denial of justice to civil party victims, they said. Whats more, they continue, the rule change would leave unacceptable gaps in the historical record, and could lead to the untenable circumstance

in which historical revisionists ... could claim that, because certain allegations ... were indicted, but never adjudicated by the Court, they are untrue. Defender Michael Karnavas, who represents a client in Case 003, went even further, calling the change in a blog post an attempt to eviscerate the principle of legalism, a term that refers to a courts obligation to prosecute when it knows a crime has been committed. Such a move, he continued, would set a precedent, allowing judges in the domestic system to which the tribunal technically belongs to point to the courts jurisprudence when dismissing charges in their own cases. And of course and [domestic courts] can point to the ECCC and the so call[ed] international standards this model court purportedly follows. But Smith, the prosecutor, maintained that the change will not amend the Cambodian Code of Criminal Procedure and consequently could not be utilised in the other national courts, noting furthermore that any attempt to withdraw key crime sites would fail the proposed rules requirement that the sites remain representative of the charge.

Blood Police thicker calledthan out water, for but poor money patrolling trumps habits blood
A WOMAN in Phnom Penhs SIHANOUKVILLE resident Sen Sok to district a rude is going needgot another introduction tohis themost old adage vacation after recent neither a borrower norin aa homecoming resulted lender be on Friday. The rude awakening. The woman, 22, did her relative a 28-year-old Russian returned favour, lending him her motorfrom holiday on Sunday to bike to visit a friend. According find his home trashed and to police, the male relative, 25, robbed, with his TV, radio and pawned the bikemissing. for $250 and other valuables The spent the money, hoping angry all tenant marched to the his relative need her local policewouldnt station and wheels The for woman blamedback. the cops not betturned her fibbing relation ter patrolling his neighbourKamPuChea over to the policethmey when she hood. spotted him walking near his Lunchtime larceny kamPuChea thmey home.

lands trio in hot water Lazy man executes lazy A FOOD vendor realised just in scam, too lazy to flee time that three of his custom-

A 27-YEAR-OLD Dangkor ers on Saturday had moredistrict artist the money, thancon lunch on took the agenda. but forgot A While one to of run the last menweek. hotwired construction company driver, the Sihanoukville vendors the man delivered materials to moto, the other two distracted customers who paid him the victim under the pretense $2,000. On returning to the of ordering food. At the thiefs company, the driver reported signal, the accomplices sudthat he hadnt received paydenly had a change of appement, but his suspicious boss tite and dashed off on the uncovered the botched ploy stolen bike. The vendor spotwith a few phone On Frited the ruse and calls. called day, police nabbed the suspect police, who chased down the deum amPil who said hed already spent all defrauders. the money. kamPuChea thmey

Thief learns never to go after one last heist Man masters jealousy, adds wrath to repertoire A GROUP of moto thieves

PAILIN police aretheir on the almost town got away with lookout for a 34-year-old concrime on Saturday, if only a struction allegedly member worker of their who gang hadnt beat wife to the of gonehis after one lastpoint heist. The unconsciousness on Friday. four men broke into a parking Police said the Meancheys man was jeallot in Banteay ous after spotting his wife with Poipet town and stole three of another man in the village. 10 parked motos around midThe husband gotsuccessfully drunk at a night. The crew wedding, and on returning brought the motos home home, beat his wife with a belt without incident, but then one and wooden stickback badly of the men went for his injuring shoulder, own lift.her On head, the second go, eye, thigh and back before the greedy crook was spotted Nokorwat fleeing. by a resident and police packed the whole gang off to Stab-happy lover picks court. Koh santePheaP

funny way of apologising High heels, lost wheels A 25-YEAR-OLD man was make for one long walk apprehended in Kampong
A ROBBERY in Kratie own on Speus Oral district Saturday Saturday night his made for an odd after stabbing girlfriend. bonding experience for twoher The woman, 18, lived with strangers.in A Phnom motodop was drivboyfriend Penh, but ing a karaoke parlour worker went to stay with her parents after a late-night shift when in Kampong Speu after the two men pulled up alongside and couple had an argument. A robbed the pair gun point. week later, the at man followed The motodop wasto forced to to her, begging her return hand over his wheels, and the Phnom Penh. When the womkaraoke worker lost her neck- a an refused, the man grabbed lace, purse and phone. The knife and stabbed her in the stranded victims had to back, armpit andthen arm. She walkhospitalised, all the way back to town was and her partogether and filethe a complaint. ents prevented man from Koh SantePheaP escaping arrest. Nokorwat
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Civil pay increase questioned

Eddie Morton

HILe handing down their 2014 Cambodia growth forecast of 7.2 per cent yesterday, the World Bank expressed concerns over the governments $42 million public sector wage increase, saying the money could defer necessary funds from education, health, roads and infrastructure. At yesterdays release of the banks biannual East Asia Pacic Economic Update in Phnom Penh, Senior Country Economist for the World Bank in Cambodia, Enrique AldazCarroll, cautioned that more was needed to strengthen tax collection in order to fund civil servants pay increases without other areas of social spending losing out. The government identies education, health and connectivity as major factors in increasing human capital, Aldaz-Carroll said presenting the Cambodia Economic Update. These are important pillars in supporting growth. [But] if you spend the revenue acquired from growth on wages that means you cannot spend it on education, health or maintaining roads. In 2014, the governments wage bill is estimated to be 45 per cent of total spending, with all civil servants said to receive pay increases ranging between 40,000 riel ($10) and 80,000 riel ($20) per month. Spending on public sector wages now accounts for 5.5

Nurses talk to parents at a triage desk in Phnom Penhs Kantha Bopha Hospital late last year. The World Bank yesterday said the money from the intended civil servant pay rise could pull necessary funds away from the health sector. HONG MENEA

per cent of Cambodias total GDP. The wage increase alone covers all the budgeted increase of domestic revenue at about 0.5 per cent of GDP. Similar to the budget last year, non-wage spending remains at about 6.5 per cent of GDP, leaving no room for increases on other social spending relative to GDP the bank report states. The issue of wages in the public sector came to a head during the July national election last year, when the ruling Cambodian Peoples Party announced its blanket salary increase for civil servants of 20 per cent. Opposition party Cambo-

dian National Rescue Party ofcials criticised the pay increase as being too little too late, not able to cover ination and not enough to appease civil servants in the long-run. Phay Siphan, spokesman for the Council of Ministers, said yesterday that any wage increase within the public sector would not affect funding in other areas such as education and health. Siphan said that improving the tax collection system should be the primary focus for funding public workers pay increases. Firstly, increase transparency. We wont increase taxes, but instead make sure tax

payments to the government are transparent and accountable, he said. Siphan said public sector wages are calculated on current ination gures and the cost of living, naming the price of rice and basic foods and key measures of salary. The CNRP , who have long been critical of the governments tax collection record, could not be reached for comment yesterday. The World Banks Aldaz-Carroll praised the governments crackdown on corruption in customs in November last year which lead to an increase in import tax revenue, however he said more is needed to fa-

cilitate such a wage increase without compromising other areas of spending. Going forward, it will depend very much on how successful the government is in terms of mobilising revenue and how successful they are in using that revenue. Revenue from taxes has seen gradual improvements over the past ve years, from $436 million in 2009 to $881 million in 2013, according to gures from the General Department of Tax. But a blanket approach to wage increases does not mean improved public services. The World Bank report calls for robust internal controls to rationalise public sector remuneration. International experiences of across the board salary increases with limited improvements to human resource development do not appear to have improved public service delivery, said the World Bank report. The average basic pay for a low category government employee in Cambodia is less than in Laos, Myanmar and Thailand with a wage of about $86 per month. The World Bank yesterday downgraded Cambodias projected economic growth to 7.2 from 7.4 per cent last year. The report cited political uncertainty and potential labour unrest, Chinas economic slowdown and an increase in agricultural commodity prices as reasons for the downgraded figure.

Businesses warned not to increase holiday rate

Hor Kimsay

WITH Khmer New Year arriving next week, Prime Minister Hun Sen has warned tourism-related businesses against increasing service prices during the three-day holiday. Speaking at a graduation ceremony for students at Vanda Institute of Accounting in Koh Pich yesterday, the prime minister appealed to hotels, guesthouses, restaurants and transportation businesses not to inflate charges. If we charge the same as normal or only increase it a little, we will get clients next year. But if we increase the price a lot, they will go to other places instead next time, he said. The premier said with more travel destinations in Cambodia proving popular and transport options increasingly available, tourists can easily change their plans if they are dissatisfied. Ang Kim Eang, president of Cambodia Association of Travel Agents, said the issue of businesses inflating prices during peak tourist seasons had been a long-standing concern. It is time that businesses think about professionalism and morality in doing business, Eang said, adding that he had received reports of businesses doubling their normal prices for local and international tourists during peak times.

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Indias Sun Pharma buys troubled rival

INDiAS third-biggest drugs company Sun Pharma announced Monday a $3.2 billion deal to buy domestic larger rival Ranbaxy from Daiichi Sankyo, ending the Japanese companys costly run as owner. Despite Ranbaxys huge US safety regulatory problems, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries said the transaction offered tremendous growth opportunities thanks to Ranbaxys significant presence in the US market as well as in India and other highgrowth emerging markets. AFP

Nok Air chief apologises Presidential sele dogs Samsung after security blunder T T
HE chief executive of Thai airline NOK Air, Patee Sarasin, on Sunday apologised for an airline security blunder that allowed a stranger on a plane at Hat Yai airport, located near the Malaysian border. Nok Air apologises for what happened at Hat Yai when a stranger was let on a plane, he said in a tweet to his @Patee122 account on Sunday. He also thanked his stewardesses for their alertness leading to the man being blocked from taking the ight. The problem was exposed by a member of Pantip, a Thailanguage website, named Puanholy, who recounted the experience of a friend on the ight, which was delayed for an hour due to an additional passenger showing up in the cabin. Puanholy wrote in the online forum on Saturday night but did not give details on when it happened, only saying that the ight was scheduled to depart at 11:15am. It was believed to have happened on Saturday. A check of the passenger list found that he was not booked to y and the staff asked all passengers to return to the airport to repeat the boarding process with a security ofcial taking the man away, it said. But about 20 passengers demanded to go with other ights, citing security concerns, it added. The post was shared extensively in social media soon after it was put up on Pantip. A passenger contacted the security unit at the airport and it turned out that no ofcials were aware of the problem. After the incident, Nok Air also wrote on its Facebook page offering an apology. Due to an error discovered in the check-in process at Hat Yai international airport, we apologise for any inconvenience caused to passengers, the Nok Air Facebook said. Safety is at the top of our priority and we took the necessary action to reafrm our commitment to the highest standard of safety, it added.
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Political snapshot

Taiwans only aircraft maker set to privatise

TAiWANS sole aircraft maker, AIDC, applied to be listed on the stock exchange yesterday as part of a government drive to privatise large state-owned enterprises. Shares in Aerospace Industrial Development Corp are set to be traded on the Taiwan Stock Exchange from the fourth quarter of this year, the company said. The firm has become a supplier of commercial parts, producing components for several aerospace giants including Boeing, Airbus and Sikorsky while keeping maintenance contracts from the air force. AFP

Patee Sarasin (right), CEO of Nok Air, apologised on Twitter yesterday after a security breach. AFP

Nok Air has a daily service on ight DD7105, leaving the southern city at that time and arriving at Don Mueang airport at 12:40pm. According to Puanholy, the man entered the cabin and

demanded the seat closest to the cockpit, which was already occupied. When a crew member asked for his ID, he said he did not have it with him as it was in luggage loaded onto the plane.

HE controversy over a selfie of President Barack Obama and a baseball star now is in the hands of attorneys, a White House official said on Sunday. The White House last week warned Samsung against using the presidents likeness for commercial gain, after David Ortiz used one of its cellphones to snap a picture of himself and Obama. The picture showed a beaming president alongside Ortiz, holding a Red Sox jersey presented by the team. To the displeasure of the White House, Samsung retweeted the shot taken of the slugger and the president, which went viral. The White House which made its objections public a couple of days after Samsungs marketing stunt on Sunday said its attorneys were pursuing the matter. Weve had conversations with Samsung about this and expressed our concerns. Weve left that conversation between the lawyers, White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer told CBS television. AFP

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Japan, Australia to ink free trade pact

JaPaN and Australia announced a free trade deal yesterday, reports said, in a rare opening of Japans protected markets, even as talks to ink a huge Asia-Pacic agreement run into trouble. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and visiting Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced a basic agreement on the long-awaited trade pact at a press brieng. A Japanese foreign ministry ofcial declined to comment. The reported deal comes with Canberra also set to sign a free trade pact with Seoul today after four years of negotiations. Abbott will head to China after South Korea as part of an East Asian tour. Under Abe, Tokyo has entered into talks on the massive TransPacic Partnership, a proposed free-trade deal that would encompass 12 nations including the United States and Japan. But there are major sticking points among various nations, including the opening of protected domestic markets such as agriculture and automobiles. Japan has long been accused of protecting its domestic industries including the politically powerful agricultural sector with high trade barriers, while many of its own exports, including vehicles and electronics, enjoy big sales overseas. The US has expressed frustration with Japan over its stance on keeping certain sectors out of the Trans-Pacic Partnership, as talks continue. Tokyo is also in separate free-trade negotiations with the European Union. On Sunday, Abbott said he was optimistic about the negotiations with Japan, but added that they had been difcult. Australia becomes the rst major exporter of farm produce, including beef, to conclude a free trade accord with Japan, the Kyodo news agency said, with a deal expected to give Australian exports a signicant edge over US rivals. Under the reported deal, Australia would drop its ve per cent duty on small and mid-size Japanese cars while Tokyo is ready to lower its tariff on Australian beef, currently sitting at 38.5 per cent. The deal with South Korea, meanwhile, calls for Canberra and Seoul to remove almost all tariffs on traded goods within 10 years of the agreement going into effect. AFP

He government-backed Rural Development Bank (RDB) will lend $64 million to Cambodias agriculture sector in 2014, the banks top ofcial said yesterday. Sun Kunthor, president of RDB, said most of the funding would be used to support growth in Cambodias rice sector as it strives to meet the governments export target of one million tonnes by 2015. The rice sector needs more than $300 million to reach its full potential, Kunthor said. Kunthor added that credit from Cambodias commercial-banking sector would also help to fund the remaining investment needed in the industry. More funding is welcomed by local millers who say it will help stem the ow of paddy lost to neighbouring Thailand and Vietnam. But the RDB will need to make loans more accessible if the industry is to take full advantage of the credit injection, millers say. I used to get a loan from the RDB for two years, said Lim Bun Heng, the president of Loran Company, one of Cambodias biggest rice exporters. Last year, I sent a loan request to RDB again, but I never heard anything back, so now I only get loans from the commercial bank. Lay Ser, a rice miller from Battambang province is another who says that the RDB struggles to compete. The interest rate from the RDB is cheaper compared to commercial banks,

Rice sector credit boost T

Chan Muyhong Two labourers carry baskets of rice to be processed and sorted in Kandal provinces Muk Kampoul district last month. HONG MENEA

but I have to pay for the procedure service, in total making it higher than what commercial banks offer, he said. Yang Saing Komar, president of the Cambodian Center for Study and Development in Agriculture, said that interest rates in Cambodia were still among the highest in the region, making it difcult for local producers to compete with neighbouring countries. If RDB could provide a larger amount of loans and keep the interest rate lower, that would give more benets to the sector, he said. The $64 million credit injection includes $20 million from RDB, $36 million from the paddy rice founda-

tion at the Ministry of Economic and Finance and $8 million from the Bank of China. In Channy, CEO of Acleda Bank, Cambodias largest commercial bank, last month said agricultural lending activities had contributed signicantly to the nance sectors year on year growth. According to Channy, agricultural related lending increased 28 per cent from $552 million in loans in 2012 to more than $710 million in 2013. This growth is mainly contributed by the Rice Policy introduced by the Royal Government in 2010, which can guarantee market conditions for farmers, processors and traders, he said.

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Rio-bound
Avner Warner, a Tel Aviv-based member of the Compass team. To change the game, Jerusalem must and is working to create an environment that is attractive to young people. An outdoor plaza at the former train station, the renovation of an old leper hospital into a Bezalel Academy centre for media and design, and an entertainment complex going up outside the Old City walls are part of Barkats effort to do just that. The atmosphere is starting to change, said Dan Kaufmann, professor of business and management at Ben Gurion University in Beersheva. For the rst time, I have research assistants who left Jerusalem for Tel Aviv and are now considering moving back. Boosting the sentiment is a decrease in violence, from stabbings to shootings to suicide bombings, in a city where for years Israeli schools wouldnt even take class trips. Better-run Palestinian security forces in the West Bank and a barrier built by Israel have helped lead to a drop in attacks. People now perceive Jerusalem as a much better place to come and study and learn, Barkat said. BLOOMBERG

Jerusalem mayor spurring startups

TS been more than 2,000 years since Jerusalem made a mark with technology. Thats when King Herod used the then-most modern construction methods to build his temple. Now, Mayor Nir Barkat is aiming to vault the ancient capital into the global ght for high-tech and investors. Cities that take off the fastest are those who know how to leverage strong science, strong art and strong management, Barkat, a 54-year-old former venture capitalist, said in an interview in his ofce. A city that develops a platform to enable and host more startups will be a city that is eventually more successful. Its an uphill battle. Barkats got to transform Jerusalems image from a zone wracked by conict into a place to stay for graduates of Hebrew Universitys computer-science program and the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design. About half of the morethan 800,000-person population lives in poverty, mainly the ultra-Orthodox, who tend to opt out of the work force in favour of religious studies, and Arab residents, the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies research institute says.

Thailand to make World Cup T-shirts

The Jerusalem Development Authority, established to spur the citys economic growth, gave out 12 grants to startups in 2012 and 24 in 2013, including one to build the High Tech Village above. BLOOMBERG

Innovation and entrepreneurship are prized in Israel, where technology contributes more than half of industrial exports and sales abroad account for about a third of gross domestic product. Barkat, who backed the information-security company Check Point Software Tech-

nologies Ltd, will need every bit of his investing experience to catch up to Tel Aviv. Israels commercial hub is the worlds second-best startup area behind Silicon Valley, according San Francisco-based Compass Inc, which collects data on technology companies. Its also the base for Check

Point and about half its almost 3,000 employees. Tel Avivs labour-force participation rate was 65 per cent in 2011, compared to Jerusalems 46 per cent, according to the Jerusalem Institute. The national average was 57 per cent. Jerusalems primary challenge is talent retention, said

HAILANDS garment industry has received orders to produce around three million World Cup shirts for FIFA World Cup 2014 to be held in Brazil in June. Nuntawan Sakuntanaga, director-general of International Trade Promotion Department, said leading international brands such as Nike and Adidas had placed orders with Thai companies for uniforms for about 10 teams, and also national shirts for sale during the competition. Four companies Hi-Tech Group, Nice Group, Hong Seng Group and Literty Group had combined orders to manufacture about three million items for the event. Vallop Vitanakorn, vicechairman of the Federation of Thai Industries and chairman of Hi-Tech Group, said sports apparell made up about onethird of the countrys overall garment exports. This years World Cup would help boost overall exports of garments by 5 per cent in 2014 with a value of around $3.05 billion.

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Quality not quantity for Toyota

Craig Trudell, Yuki Hagiwara and Mae Ji

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N TOYOTA Motors oldest plant, theres a corner where humans have taken over from robots in thwacking glowing lumps of metal into crankshafts. This is Mitsuru Kawais vision of the future. We need to become more solid and get back to basics, to sharpen our manual skills and further develop them, said Kawai, a company veteran tapped by president Akio Toyoda to promote craftsmanship. When I was a novice, experienced masters used to be called gods, and they could make anything. These gods, or Kami-sama in Japanese, are making a comeback. Toyotas next step forward is counter-intuitive in an age of automation: Humans are taking the place of machines in plants across Japan so workers can develop new skills and nd ways to improve production lines and the car-building process. The return of the Kami-sama is emblematic of how Toyoda, 57, is remaking the company, pledging to tilt priorities back towards quality and efciency from a growth mentality. Hes reining in expansion with a three-year freeze on new car plants. The importance of following through on this has been underscored by the millions of cars General Motors Co has recalled for faulty ignition switches linked to 13 deaths. While the freeze and spread of manual work may bear fruit in the long run, it could come at the expense of near-term sales growth and allow

A worker forges a car part at a Toyota plant in Aichi prefecture, Japan.

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GM to Volkswagen Ag to challenge Toyota by deepening their foothold in markets such as China. Toyota slipped 0.6 per cent to 5,758 yen at the close of Tokyo trading, compared with the 1.6 per cent decline by the benchmark Topix Index. The stock has fallen 10 per cent this year and the new effort comes as Toyota overhauls vehicle development, where they will shift to manufacturing platforms that could cut costs by 30 per cent. Learning how to make car parts from scratch gives workers a valuable insight they otherwise wouldnt get from pressing buttons on machines. At about 100 manual-intensive workspaces introduced over the last three years across Toyotas facto-

ries in Japan, these lessons can then be applied to reprogram machines to cut down on waste and improve processes, Kawai said. In an area Kawai supervises at the forging division of Toyotas Honsha plant, workers twist, turn and hammer metal into crankshafts instead of using the automated process. Experiences there have led to innovations in reducing the levels of scrap and shortening the production line 96 per cent from three years ago. Toyota has eliminated about 10 per cent of material-related waste from building crankshafts at Honsha. Kawai said that the aim is to apply those savings to the next-generation Prius hybrid. The work also extends beyond crankshafts. Kawai credits

manual labour for helping workers at Honsha improve production of axle beams and cut the costs of making chassis parts. We cannot simply depend on the machines that only repeat the same task over and over again, Kawai said. To be the master of the machine, you have to have the knowledge and the skills to teach the machine. A year after the failure of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc in 2008 sent car demand tumbling, Toyota began recalling more than 10 million vehicles to x problems linked to unintended acceleration, damaging its reputation for quality. Last month, the company agreed to pay a record $1.2 billion penalty to end a probe by the US Justice Department, which said Toyota had covered up information and misled the public. Lawmakers are now considering nes and suggesting criminal penalties for companies after GM took more than a decade to disclose defects with its cars. In the aftermath of its crisis, Toyoda has paused from announcing any new assembly plants as GM and VW push for further spending on new capacity. In the years leading up to the recalls, Kawai had also been increasingly concerned Toyota was growing too fast, he said. One way for him to prevent a recurrence is to help humans keep tabs on machines. If there is ever a technology thats awless and could always make perfect products, then we will be ready and willing to install that machine, Kawai said. Theres no machine that is eternally stable. BLOOMbERG

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Independence proclaimed in Donetsk
RO-RUSSIAN activists occupying a government building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk have proclaimed the creation of a sovereign peoples republic independent of the capital, Kiev. The announcement posted on YouTube was delivered by a protest spokesperson outside a building currently occupied by several thousand Russia supporters, some of them armed. Seeking to create a popular, legitimate, sovereign state, I proclaim the creation for the sovereign state of the Peoples Republic of Donetsk, he said to cheers from the crowd. The Interfax news agency reported that the self-proclaimed leaders of Donetsk had vowed to hold a referendum on regional sovereignty no later than May 11. Ukrainian presidential elections have been set for May 25. The regional news website Ostrov said the activists wanted to join the Russian Federation in a similar way to the Crimean peninsula. Ukraines acting president, Olexander Turchynov, said the separatist call in Donetsk and pro-Russian protests in two other cities in the east of the country was evidence of a second stage of Russian operations playing out the Crimean scenario. The acting prime minister, Arseny Yatseniuk, told a cabinet meeting in Kiev: An anti-Ukrainian plan is being put into operation . . . under which foreign troops will cross the border and seize the territory of the country. Pro-Russian protesters remain in control of security service headquarters in the eastern Ukrainian region of Lugansk. Activists vacated an administration building in Kharkiv yesterday after occupying it overnight. On Sunday, a Russian soldier shot dead a Ukrainian naval ofcer in eastern Crimea, one of the few fatalities reported since Russia took control of

Activists who seized a government building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk deploy the ag of the so-called Donetsk Republic and wave a Russian ag yesterday.

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the Black Sea peninsula in March. The shooting was announced by Ukraines Defence Ministry. Russian media said a group of Ukrainian soldiers in the village of Novofedorivka had been drinking and were on their way home when they passed Russian soldiers guarding an entry to the military base where they previously worked, and an argument broke out between the two groups. We conrm the death of a Ukrainian ofcer in the village of Novofedorivka in Crimea, the ministrys press service told Interfax-Ukraine. According to the news agency, the Russian serviceman shot dead the Ukrainian ofcer near the hostel where the latter lived. Dmytro Tymchuk, director of the Centre for Military and Political Studies, said on Facebook yesterday that

Russian junior sergeant Ye S Zaitsevv shot a Ukrainian serviceman who he named as Major K of military unit No 1100 twice in the head at pointblank range. He said Captain A Yermolenko, who was sharing a hostel room with the murdered Ukrainian, was beaten and abducted by Russian troops. Tymchuk said Russian servicemen had also taken the body of the Ukrainian major. A criminal investigation has been opened. Ukraines prime minister accused Russia of sowing unrest in his countrys eastern provinces as a pretext for dispatching troops across the border. Speaking at an emergency cabinet meeting yesterday, Arseniy Yatsenyuk said Russia was behind the seizure of several government buildings in east-

ern regions, which had led to an increase in secessionist sentiment. The plan is to destabilise the situation, the plan is for foreign troops to cross the border and seize the countrys territory, which we will not allow, he said, adding that people engaged in the unrest had Russian accents. Yatsenyuk said Russian troops remained stationed within 30 kilometres of the frontier. Earlier in the day, the Interior Ministry reported that armed gunmen had occupied a security services building in Luhansk, 25 kilometres west of the Russian border and scene of frequent protests since Ukraines pro-Moscow president was ousted in February. Police in Luhansk say they had been put on alert and had blocked all entrances to the city. A crowd of pro-Russian activists stormed the building on Sunday. Local media reported that demonstrators pelted the building with eggs, and then stones, a smoke grenade and nally a rebomb. The ames were reportedly quickly extinguished. Police said nine people were injured during the assault on the building. Eastern Ukraine was the heartland of support for Viktor Yanukovych, the president who ed to Russia in February after months of protests. About half of the regions residents are ethnic Russians, many of whom believe Ukraines acting authorities are Ukrainian nationalists who will oppress Russians. Ukraines interim authorities deny they are infringing the rights of the ethnic Russian population. Russia has moved large contingents of troops near the Ukrainian border, amid speculation that unrest in eastern Ukraine could be used as a pretext for a Russian incursion. Since Crimea held a secession referendum and was annexed by Russia in March, calls for similar votes in Ukraines east have emerged. THE GUARDIAN

Hezbollah claims it has helped Assad win

SyRIAS regime is no longer in danger of being toppled and the risk of the country being divided has passed, according to the head of Hezbollah. Hassan Nasrallahs comments to the Al-Safir newspaper come as his Shia movement in Lebanon is increasingly involved in the conflict in neighbouring Syria, where they are fighting alongside President Bashar al-Assads forces. Nasrallah denied Hezbollahs role in Syria was unpopular in Lebanon, and said the groups recent battle in Syrias Qalamun had lessened the risks of bomb blasts back home. In my opinion, the phase of bringing down the regime or bringing down the state is over, he said. I think we have passed the danger of division. They cannot overthrow the regime, but they can wage a war of attrition. Nasrallah also said he believed supporters of the uprising were tempering their expectations for an opposition defeat of the regime. The situation has changed. In my view, the pressure on the regime in the coming phase will be less than in the past three years. He dismissed recent rebel operations in Latakia province, where the opposition has gained ground, and said talk of a major offensive by rebels was exaggeration. The Latakia front is a limited operation but it created a big fuss in the media, he said. For all the talk about the big battle to come, weve seen nothing of it so far. Hezbollahs involvement in Syrias conflict has raised tension in Lebanon, where many Sunnis support the uprising against Assad, while others fear the groups role will bring the fighting into their country. Lebanons opposition March 14 movement has been particularly vocal in calling for Hezbollah to withdraw its forces from the fight. But Nasrallah denied public sentiment was opposed to the group fighting in Syria. There is large public feeling that supports the step of Hezbollahs intervention in Syria, he said. The Shia group and its supporters have paid a heavy price for their involvement, with radical Sunni groups targeting parts of Lebanon where the movement holds sway with multiple deadly bombings. But Nasrallah said a recent victory by the Syrian regime in the Qalamun region adjacent to Lebanon, in which Hezbollah played a key role, had helped decrease the threat of such attacks. We can say the risk of explosions has dropped significantly because of the developments in Qalamun, which led to the closure of car bomb factories and centres, he said. AFP

Indias voters begin worlds biggest election

INdIANS began voting in the worlds biggest election yesterday, which is set to sweep the Hindu nationalist opposition to power at a time of low growth, anger about corruption and warnings about religious unrest. Indias 814 million-strong electorate are forecast to inflict a heavy defeat on the ruling Congress Party, in power for 10 years, and elect hardliner Narendra Modi from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Voting began at 7am n six constituencies in tea-growing and insurgency-hit areas of the northeast, an often neglected part of the country wedged between Bangladesh, China and Myanmar. I want the government to reduce poverty and do something for the future of my children, said 30-year-old tea plantation worker Santoshi Bhumej at a polling station in the state of Assam. Men and women were packed tightly into separate queues when polls opened, shuffling slowly into tightly guarded booths to press the button for their candidates on electronic voting machines. The marathon contest, to be held over nine phases until May 12, got under way after a bad-tempered campaign that reached new levels of bitterness at the weekend. Religious tensions, an undercurrent to a contest mostly focused on development, burst into the open on Friday when the closest aide of Modi was accused of incitement. Amit Shah faces a judicial investigation after he reportedly told supporters to see the election as revenge against a government that protects and gives compensation to those who killed Hindus. Rahul Gandhi, leading Congress into his first national election as scion of the famous dynasty, warned on Sunday that a victory for Modi threatens Indias religious fabric. Wherever [the opposition BJP] go they create fights. Theyll pit Hindus and Muslims against each other, he warned on Sunday. The BJP said talk of revenge was normal ahead of elections and the other remarks were taken out of context. Prime ministerial front-runner Modi, the hawkish son of a tea seller whose rise has split his party, is a polarising figure due to his links to anti-Muslim religious riots in 2002. Releasing the partys delayed manifesto yesterday, which mixed promises for economic development and the protection of Hindu interests, Modi promised to lift the mood of the country. Today the country has become stagnant. It needs momentum to move forward, he said. He has urged voters to give him a majority in the 543-seat parliament, in defiance of surveys which repeatedly show the BJP are likely to need coalition partners when results are published on May 16. In Assam, a Congress stronghold, some disgruntled voters said they had been swayed by his promises of better infrastructure, strong leadership, jobs and a clean administration. I believe Modi will give us a corruption-free government, local voter Deepa Borgohain said as she complained bitterly about price rises during Congresss rule. Coupled with a widespread perception that Prime Minister Manmohan Singhs second term since 2009 was largely lost to indecision and scandal, Modi has been able to tap into a groundswell of discontent. The election will be the biggest in history and is a mindboggling feat of organisation as voters travel to nearly a million polling stations. In 2009, officials walked for four days through snow to deliver voting machines in the Himalayas, while yaks, camels and even elephants were pressed into action elsewhere in the vast country. Such is Indias population growth that 100 million people have joined the electoral rolls since the last vote five years ago. More than half of the country is under the age of 25. Modi, 20 years older than Gandhi at 63, is expected to score strongly among the young thanks to his message of aspiration and skills over the left-leaning Congresss pitch of welfare and equitable development. India under the yogaloving bachelor would likely result in a more muscular foreign policy at a time when the country is leading the developing world on issues from climate change to global trade. But many observers worry about his domestic impact in an officially secular country. Modi is steeped in the ideology of Hindu nationalism, which is often antagonistic towards Muslims, and he remains tainted by religious riots in Gujarat in 2002. More than 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, died in a spasm of violence shortly after he became chief minister, leading the US and European powers to boycott him for more than a decade. He has never been found guilty of wrong-doing despite multiple investigations, but a woman he appointed as a minister was jailed for life in 2012 for orchestrating some of the worst of the killings. AFP

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Two UN foreign staff shot dead in Somalia

TWO foreign UN workers, one of them a Briton, were shot dead yesterday at an airport in Galkayo, central Somalia, ofcials and witnesses said. A United Nations source conrmed that the two men were international staff members with the United Nations Ofce on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Two white men have been shot inside the airport as they got off a plane, local security ofcial Mohamed Mire said. An airport ofcial said the attacker was dressed in a police uniform. One of them died inside the airport and the other one was rushed to hospital where he later died of the injuries. Both of them were white men, said a witness, Hassan Ahmed. Britains Foreign and Commonwealth Ofce has conrmed that one of the two victims was a Briton. We are aware of the death of a British national in Somalia on April 7. We stand ready to provide consular assistance to the family at this difcult time, a spokesman said. The two staffers had reportedly own into Galkayo to meet with Somali ofcials on the issue of regulating the money transfer services that replace a formal banking system in Somalia. Some accounts from the airport said the two had been shot close to the immigration ofce and the killing seemed to be a targeted assassination carried out by two assailants. Other accounts said the two were shot by one policeman who appeared to be mentally disturbed. It was not clear whether anyone has been apprehended and the Puntland authorities are yet to comment. Galkayo is situated 575 kilometres (370 miles) north of the capital Mogadishu and lies on the border with the northern breakaway state of Puntland. UN security in Galkayo, which is outside of effective central government control, is normally extremely tight. In Puntland UNODC efforts to combat piracy have included the construction of a new prison in the state capital Garowe. The prison takes in pirates who have been sentenced in other countries in the region, notably the Seychelles. AFP

Terms upheld for protest leaders

n EgYPtIan appeals court yesterday upheld three-year prison sentences for three prominent activists charged with violating a controversial law restricting protests. The three, including the founder of the April 6 movement Ahmed Maher, rose to prominence in the 2011 uprising that toppled veteran strongman Hosni Mubarak. The interim government in place after the army overthrew Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July jailed them for violating a law it had passed banning all but police-sanctioned protests. Maher, Mohamed Adel and Ahmed Douma were charged with organising an unauthorised and violent protest in November, days after the passage of the law. The sentencing in December of the activists, members of a broad coalition of groups that supported Morsis ouster, had raised concerns of a return to Mubarakera practices under the new military-installed regime. The former army chief who overthrew Morsi, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, is running in elections next month. He has promised there would be no return to Mubaraks era.

Prominent Egyptian activists Ahmed Douma (right) and Ahmed Maher (left) react in court yesterday.

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The retired field marshal is expected to easily win the May 26-27 vote, riding on a wave of popularity for ending Morsis divisive year in power. But secular-leaning activists have increasingly been targeted in an extensive crackdown on the opposition, mainly Islamists, that has seen an estimated 15,000 people jailed. Another prominent leftwing activist, Alaa Abdel Fattah, is standing trial on similar charges to those the trio faced. Ahmed Seif, lawyer for Maher and his co-defendants,

said they will appeal the ruling before the Court of Cassation and if that fails will take the case to the African Court of Human and Peoples Rights. There are no indications that the state is willing to loosen its grip, Seif said. Critics say the government has given police a free hand to clamp down on dissent, amid a crackdown that has killed more than 1,400 people in street clashes since Morsis overthrow. Courts have tried hundreds of Islamists en masse, with one court sen-

tencing 529 to death for allegedly participating in a deadly riot. That sentencing is likely to be overturned on appeal. Militants have also unleashed a deadly campaign of violence against security forces that has killed nearly 500 policemen and soldiers in bombings and shootings since Morsis ousting. The government said last week it had boosted punishment for terrorist offences and expanded the scope of the crimes that fall under that category. AFP

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Protesters mull ending occupation

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ROTESTERS yesterday said they were considering ending a three-week occupation of Taiwans parliament, after its speaker intervened to try to end the standoff over a contentious trade pact with China. Discussions about the direction of the movement are now under way, said Shih Yen-ting, a spokesman for the Sunflower movement, which is staging the first parliamentary occupation in the islands history. Hopefully, there will be a conclusion by early this evening. Parliamentary speaker Wang Jin-pyng of the ruling Kuomintang party entered the chamber on Sunday to meet students. He pledged not to preside over further parliamentary debate about the pact until a law has been introduced to monitor such agreements with China. Protesters described his promise as a goodwill gesture. Calls for the demonstrators to quit parliament have been rising even among some of their sympathisers. Local media speculated that the protesters would leave following Wangs concession. But unconrmed reports said some radical student groups had refused to back down. AFP

ILItaNCY is on the rise in China among Uighurs driven to despair over Beijings terrorist colonisation, Wuer Kaixi, a Uighur exiled after his role in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, has warned. Wuer who spoke after two high-prole incidents outside Xinjiang, the vast, nominally autonomous western region that is home to the Muslim ethnic minority pointed the nger of blame for the unrest squarely at Beijing. If you call Uighur people terrorists, did they have any other options? Who started terror and who pushed them to this place? Wuer, a former prominent student leader who ed China after the 1989 crackdown, said. The Chinese Communist Party should be blamed ... they have been conducting terrorist colonisation in my region, to my people. Where is the justice? The resource-rich region of Xinjiang has for years been hit by occasional unrest which Chinese authorities routinely attribute to terrorists seeking independence. Attacks targeting civilians, however, were rare until recently. In March, a group

Chinese dissident Wuer Kaixi speaks during an interview in Taipei on Friday. AFP

of machete-wielding assailants killed 29 commuters and wounded 143 at Kunming railway station in an incident that sparked fear and anger throughout China and was dubbed the countrys 9/11 by state media. And in October last year, three relatives from Xinjiang drove a car into crowds of tourists in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, the symbolic heart of the Chinese state. They killed themselves and two bystanders when the vehicle burst into ames near the portrait of Mao Zedong that hangs on

the Gate of Heavenly Peace. Wuer, who lives in exile in Taiwan, warned that the attacks both of which took place hundreds of kilometres from Xinjiang may just be the beginning. Those eight people in Kunming station started attacking people, they did not expect to live, thats a suicide attack, he said. What brings Uighur people to the point of suicide? It has to be extreme depair. Rights groups say tensions in Xinjiang are driven by cultural oppression, intrusive security measures, and immi-

gration by majority Han Chinese factors which have led to decades of discrimination and economic inequality. The annual US Human Rights Report said China carries out severe ofcial repression of Uighurs in Xinjiang, including over their freedom of speech and religion. The region, Chinas largest, also has national security implications for Beijing as it borders eight countries. But, as in Tibet, resentment has been stirred by an inux in recent decades of millions of ethnic Han, who account for 92 per cent of Chinas population. Riots between Uighurs and ethnic majority Han left 200 people dead in the regional capital of Urumqi in 2009. The Han Chinese supported past military crackdowns in ethnic regions, Wuer said. As a result, Uighurs tend to see all Han Chinese as guilty. Tibetans so far have had over 100 self-immolations, you can also see that as over 100 suicides . . . we Uighurs are not Buddhists, we probably see in a different way. When we decide the life we had is enough . . . some Uighurs decide to take a few Hans down together. The resentment, however, is not entirely one-sided. Some Chinese view Uighurs

with growing suspicion, especially after the Kunming and Tiananmen attacks. I wont let them into my taxi. They are all drug addicts and everyone outside Xinjiang distrusts them, a taxi driver in Kunming said last month after the mass stabbing. They are trouble. Most people thought like this before, so you can imagine what people think now. The mutual distrust dividing Uighurs from the rest of China leaves no room for common ground, Wuer said. We have to dene in our own terms about what is terrorism and what is not, what is innocent and what is guilty. And the international community, he said, must take its share of the blame for perpetuating the situation by prioritising good business relations with Beijing rather than human rights. [Uighurs] have tried everything . . . They have tried to raise this issue in the international arena. But whenever it involves the Chinese Communist Party, the Western world . . . decides that business interests come rst, its called national interest. So listening to a few Uighurs talk about their human rights issues is inconvenient. AFP

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CIA torture: Pelosi blames Dick Cheney

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SENIOR Democrat has fuelled an acrimonious row over a Senate report into torture by the Central Intelligence Agency, by blaming the abuses on former vice-president Dick Cheney. Nancy Pelosi on Sunday raised the stakes over the landmark study by shifting responsibility from the agency to Cheney, who steered much of the Bush administrations response to the September 11, 2001 attacks. The House minority leader said Cheney, a Republican, set the tone of CIA actions during an era of harsh interrogation methods, a controversy which has ared anew in the run-up to congressional elections in November. I do believe that during the Bush-Cheney administration, that Vice-President Cheney set a tone and an attitude for the CIA, Pelosi told CNNs State of the Nation. Many people in the CIA are so patriotic, they protect our country in a way to avoid conict and violence. But the attitude that was there was very I think it came from Dick Cheney. Thats what I believe. I think hes proud of it.

US House minority leader Nancy Pelosi speaks to the media after a meeting with President Obama in Washington, DC, last Tuesday. AFP

The attack on one of the most polarising gures in US politics drew an immediate rebuke from the House intelligence committee chairman, Mike Rogers, who accused Pelosi of dunking an already fraught issue into the midterm election campaign. Also appearing on CNN, Rogers said: What worries me most about that more than any other statement is that it politicises this in a way that I think is horribly counterproductive and is likely to leap to the wrong conclusion.

The Senate intelligence committee voted last Thursday to declassify portions of a study into CIA use of torture on terrorist suspects following years of inquiry, $40 million in expenses and an unprecedented clash with Langley. The landmark 11-3 vote put the Obama administration back at the centre of an inherited controversy and had implications for the military tribunals of the 9/11 defendants at Guantanamo Bay, several of whom were subjected to such abuse. The Senate intelligence

committee chairwoman, Dianne Feinstein of California, a public champion of the investigation, called its ndings shocking and said the CIAs behaviour was in stark contrast to our values as a nation. Rogers, a national security hawk, said he was concerned not just by Pelosis jab at a GOP grandee but by the methodology and timing of the Senate report. This is not the holy grail, he said, it doesnt answer all the questions, and again, why now, in an election year bring this up and say this is all about Cheney. Clearly when you say things like that it becomes highly charged politically. The Bush administration moved away from enhanced interrogation in 2006, said Rogers, and the CIA now needed to focus on todays security priorities, not least Russian intelligence services who were cutting peoples ears off and holding knives to throats of 85-year-old men. The agency now has all sorts of challenges all over the world, he added, from al-Qaeda to Russia. There are more KGB agents Im sorry, Russian intelligence agents in America thats the old word, than we had at the height of the Cold War. There are more

Chinese intelligence gatherers. The Senate committee voted to release the executive summary, ndings, conclusions and dissenting views of a 6,200-page report that accuses the CIA of conducting an abusive regimen of interrogations, extralegal detentions and so-called renditions of suspected terrorists to partner countries, and then misleading the Bush administration and Congress about its effectiveness in providing good intelligence. The agency, amid a public ght with the authors of the report that has featured accusations of criminal misconduct and even constitutional usurpation, has branded the report misleading and factually inaccurate. With a tough battle to keep control of the Senate looming in November, Democrats may hope recent reminders of the Bush era will help rally their base. Errol Morriss documentary about Rumsfeld, The Unknown Known, has returned the controversial former secretary of defence, a hate gure for the left, to the limelight. Bush has also garnered headlines, with the opening at his presidential library this week of an exhibition of his portraits of world leaders. THE GUARDIAN

HUNGARYS pugnacious Prime Minister Viktor Orban yesterday savoured a decisive election victory that gives an EU leader accused of undermining democracy four more years in power, while the far-right made further gains. Final results and the distribution of seats in parliament were still not in, but with some 99 per cent of votes counted Orbans Fidesz party was on 44.5 per cent and the far-right Jobbik on 20.5 per cent. The rickety opposition alliance of the centre-left led by Attila Mesterhazy was in distant second place with 26 per cent, almost 20 percentage points behind Orbans party. AFP

Putins party loses poll

THE Communist Party won a surprise victory against President Vladimir Putins ruling party in a mayoral race in Russias third largest city of Novosibirsk, election officials said yesterday. Communist lawmaker Anatoly Lokot won 43.75 per cent of the vote against the acting mayor Vladimir Znatkov from the ruling United Russia party, who took 39.57 per cent. Lokot won after a candidate from the leftleaning A Just Russia party, quit the race and told his supporters to back Lokot as the single opposition candidate. AFP

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INCE last November, the people of Ukraine have been striving to define their own future. In the process, they have become a symbol of courage and peaceful change for the whole world. The international community remains united for Ukraine, respecting Ukraines sovereignty and territorial integrity, and giving its citizens the space and the support to help them determine how their country will be run and what their choices will be. Last November in Kiev, a small group gathered to tell their president that they wanted their voices heard. He had made a political decision not to sign an Association Agreement with the European Union. They disagreed, and they told him so publicly. That public protest swelled to the tens of thousands. Their voices rose up to protest more than a political decision. Through the cold winter, citizens from the entire country stood together on the Maidan to urge an end to corruption in their country, more economic participation by hardworking citizens instead of shadowy secret business dealings, and true constitutional protections.

This is not just about Ukraine. It is about basic principles that govern relations among nations in the 21st century. As President Obama stated in Belgium on March 26, this is a moment of testing for Europe and the United States, and for the international order that we have worked for generations to build. This order is based on a set of core principles that includes respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity. Just because Russia has a deep history with Ukraine does not mean it should be able to dictate Ukraines future. On March 27, one hundred countries aligned in the UN General Assembly in support of the fundamental principles of the UN Charter, in support of Ukraines sovereignty and territorial integrity, and against Russias illegal actions. Another important point: Political activism in Ukraine today, as on the Maidan through the winter, includes all nationalities and all religions that make up multi-ethnic Ukraine. The people of Ukraine Ukrainian, Russian, and Tartar speakers alike have the right to determine their future as a sovereign and democratic nation. Social media gives us access to understand these opinions firsthand.

We need only to watch their videos, view their photographs or read their blogs, circulating the globe via a vibrant and open social media. A free and unfettered internet has given these Ukrainian voices a global reach, so that even here in Cambodia we can see and hear and read for ourselves what the citizens of Ukraine have been striving to achieve. The president, against whom the first small protest was organised, disappeared for seven days and eventually left his country. The democratically elected representatives of the people of Ukraine responded to fill the leadership vacuum created by Yanukovichs cowardice, organising a temporary, technocratic interim government and early, responsibly-organised elections. In April that interim government will propose economic and political reforms that ensure a voice to each citizen of Ukraine. In May, the population of Ukraine will elect a new president with a mandate to build the future Ukraine that all of its people want. Meanwhile, in Crimea, Russia has torn down and discarded the international legal order and thrown away the very notion of the rule of law. A forced, rushed, and illegal referen-

dum, against the backdrop of a foreign military intervention, was used to justify a blatant land grab by a neighbouring country. That precedent cannot stand. Crimea is Ukraine. The border recognised in the Ukrainian constitution is the border of sovereign Ukraine. The world has not been fooled into belief that a referendum engineered by Russia somehow justifies what is simply a land grab by force. We do so not to keep Russia down, but because the principles that have meant so much to Europe and the world must be lifted up. The United States, Cambodia and the world have an interest in a strong and responsible Russia, not a weak one. In the coming weeks and months, from Kiev to Washington to Phnom Penh, the world must continue to stand up for the rights of brave people everywhere who stand up to a corrupt and authoritarian leader. The citizens of Ukraine have asked for our support as they come together to define their reforms and run their elections. For the sake of a Europe whole, free and at peace, we all need to stand together, united for Ukraine.
William E Todd is the United States ambassador to Cambodia.

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Lifestyle
MAGES of war, poverty and unrest have come to dene the tumultuous years that followed the overthrow of the Khmer Rouge regime. So when British photographer Charles Fox stumbled upon a treasure trove of joyful pictures from 1980s and 1990s Cambodia, he had an idea. Over the past six months, Fox has collected hundreds of photos from some 30 families who have opened their photo albums to him. The earliest photos, which date to the early 1980s, were taken just a few years after the Khmer Rouge had attempted to abolish traditional family units. Fox tweets a new photo every day, while his Found Cambodian Family Portraits Tumblr account, which was launched yesterday, will feature weekly updates on his project. These images give snippets of how life and culture has changed through the time, said Fox, adding that he eventually aims to collect a range of photographs representing Cambodian family life from 1979 to the present. You see trends in photography, style of clothing, how people form relationships and bonds, best friends being photographed together, families wanting to show how cohesive they are. Just quirks of family photography. Youk Chhang, director of the Documentation Centre of Cambodia, said that the project was a good way to examine the rebirth of a crucial institution in the aftermath of the Khmer Rouge regime. He said: Cambodian family is the foundation of the nation

Found photographs show a sunnier side to life in the 80s I

Bennett Murray

In brief
Veteran US actor Mickey Rooney dies

MICKEY Rooney, whose long Hollywood career began as a child star in the 1930s, has died at the age of 93, US media reported late on Sunday. Rooney had been ill for some time, US entertainment media reported. The celebrity website TMZ said that Rooney died of natural causes. Rooney rose to fame as the plucky diminutive lad in the successful Andy Hardy film series of the late 1930s and early 1940s. He also had notable turns as Puck in A Midsummer Nights Dream (1935) and in National Velvet (1944), opposite Elizabeth Taylor. AFP
A man enjoying a day out in Kampot circa 1985.
COURTESY OF CHARLES FOX

to reconstruct. We had lost it to civil war and genocide. The photos range in subject matter from friends swimming in Boeung Kak lake to a family posing with their new motorbike. Others were shot professionally in Phnom Penhs photo studios. All of them, said Fox, show moments of tranquility. Im always asking [families] the question: what was it like at this time? And they talk about issues and concerns, but they always seem serene in the pictures all the way through. Fox said the idea came to him after returning to the UK following a photojournalism stint in Cambodia. As he found himself miss-

ing the Kingdom, he sought out members of Britains miniscule Cambodian community. After befriending a Khmer family at a Khmer New Year festival, Fox began looking through their old family photo albums and decided to collect more from Cambodia. When I came back to Cambodia last year, instead of just looking at [friends] pictures, I wanted to see how far I could take it, Fox said. To obtain photos, Fox said he brings up his project with clients while working on professional photography. As my work as a photographer, I meet people all the time and if I can engage with them and talk about photog-

raphy, then I will, and I will ask to see their photographs. But people have to be into it. While some express ambivalence, said Fox, many are keen to share their personal family moments. He asks the story behind every photograph that catches his attention. Sometimes I will be ipping through, and they will stop me. Theyll say, I want to talk about this picture, and visually it may not be the most compelling picture, but the story is so good, that you will then have to document that. Fox said the transition of the country is made obvious in the photos, with relatively conservative black and white portraits taken in the 1980s su-

perseded by glam style in the 1990s. Style is denitely changing, and thats one thing I wanted to see. Particularly in the women the early hairstyles are quite 60s inuenced, and as it goes through they become more modern. Although all the photos thus far have been collected from Phnom Penh, Fox said that he would like to start looking all around the Kingdom for more material. The projects openended nature allows him to take a steady approach. I dont have a deadline . . . I can let it evolve, and thats a bit of a release in a way. I dont have to force anything I can just let it happen.

TWELVE Years a Slaves Chiwetel Ejiofor is being sought to play the next James Bond villain, according to Variety. The movie-business trade magazine says the British star of Steve McQueens Oscar-winning race drama is the top name on 007 producers wish list for the 24th official James Bond film. Director Sam Mendes is to return following the $1bn success of 2012 outing Skyfall.
THE GUARDIAN

Chiwetel Ejiofor set to play next Bond villain

Reggaes Vybz Kartel sentenced to life in jail

Wine tasting and innity pools: Indias elite

Anu Anand

Indias elite, who enjoy ne wine, are disillusioned with the ruling Congress party. AFP

INDIAS upwardly mobile, educated, white-collar elite represent the tiny minority of Indians less than three per cent, according to the finance ministry who pay their income tax. Yet they often complain they get little in return: no clean water, no regular electricity nor decent schools for their children. They rely increasingly on the private sector to provide back-up power, personal security, drinking water and international standards of education for their children. And when they need a break from the frenetic pace of life in the megacity of Mumbai, they head for the picturesque privately run vineyards a few hours drive north. Sula the most successful of the 35 Indian wineries nestled here offers an infinity pool with a sunken bar, wine tours, tastings

and world-class cuisine. My first ever glass of wine was an Argentinian merlot in London, said Rinki, 31, the sole woman in a group of 10 office workers visiting from Mumbai. Along with shifts in Indias tradition and culture, these aspirational Indians also seek more accountable governance and social progress. During 21 years of economic reform, they have seen big changes in the private sector, but little in public infrastructure. How can I vote for Rahul Gandhi, asks one man, referring to the scion of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty and the vice-president of the Congress party. This Congress government is so inept, its unbelievable. If this group is indicative, 2014 may be the year Indias elites turn out in large numbers at the polling booths. Not far from Sulas vineyards and spa lies a landscape that has hardly

changed for centuries. Much of rural Maharashtra is still home to farmers with tiny landholdings who struggle to grow enough to make ends meet. In March, two heavily indebted farmers killed themselves after unseasonable rains destroyed their crops, a reminder of the desperate conditions at the other end of the social scale. Inside the winery, the group is temporarily insulated from wider troubles as they take photos of the gleaming, stainless-steel fermenting tanks and imported French oak barrels. Sulas staff pride themselves on demystifying both the wine-making process and drinking etiquette for their customers. Brut means dry and sparkling, explains the earnest young guide as he prepares to open a bottle. But never point the cork at anyones face. It could be dangerous. THE GUARDIAN

JAMAICAN dancehall and reggae star Vybz Kartel has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2011 murder of Clive Lizard Williams. Following his conviction last month, Kartel received the harshest sentence of any of his co-defendants: he will serve 35 years in jail before he will be eligible for parole. The sentencing of Kartel and three other co-accused follows a 65-day trial, the longest in Jamaican history. THE GUARDIAN

GAME OF THRONES is the most-pirated TV show in the world, according to a fourweek snapshot of online piracy shown to the Guardian. The hit HBO show tops a list that features some of the most sought-after shows on television, including The Walking Dead, Breaking Bad and Mad Men. The snapshot of global illegal downloading, carried out by anti-piracy and security firm Irdeto, found that Game of Thrones episodes were downloaded almost 1.6m times. THE GUARDIAN

Game of Thrones is worlds most-pirated

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Travel
INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT SCHEDULE
SIEM REAP - MANILA 5J 258
Arrival 03:30 09:05 09:05 14:40 16:20 18:40 19:40 21:50 20:50 14:30 20:50 13:45 20:50 13:00 14:30 20:50 16:30 18:45 10:25 16:05 17:00 17:25 22:20 22:50 16:00 10:20 4:10 06:05 22:40 08:40 11:25 14:40 17:15 15:50 08:10 14:00 12:30 11:35 13:00 13:15 10:45
Qatar Airways No. 296 Blvd. Mao Tse Toung (St. 245), Ground oor, Intercontinental Hotel PP Tel: +23 42 40 12/13/14 www.qatarairways.com Cambodia Angkor Air (K6) PP Ofce, #90+92+94Eo, St.217, Sk.Orussey4, Kh. 7Makara, 023 881 178 /77718-333. Fax:+855 23-886-677 www.cambodiaangkorair.com E: mai@royalaviationexpert.com Koreanair (KE) Room.F3-R03, Intelligent Ofce Myanmar Airways International Center, Monivong Blvd,PP Tel: (855) 23 224 047-9 #90+92+94Eo, St. 217, www.koreanair.com Sk. Orussey4, Kh. 7 Makara, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. T:023 881 178 | F:023 886 677 www.maiair.com Cebu Pacic (5J) Phnom Penh: No. 333B Monivong Blvd. Tel: 023 219161 Siem Reap: No. 50,Sivatha Blvd. Tel: 063 965487 E-mail: cebuair@ptm-travel.com www.cebupacicair.com

MANILA - SIEM REAP 22:30 16:35 10:40 12:25 12:45 18:30 18:35
15:35 15:35

FROM PHNOM PENH

Flighs K6 720 PG 938 PG 932 TG 581 PG 934 FD 3617 PG 936 TG 585 CZ 324 QR 965 QR 967 CZ 324 CZ 6060 VN 840 QR 965 QR 967 VN 841 VN 3856 KA 207 KA 207 KA 209 KA 209 KA 205 KE 690 OZ 740 AK 1473 MH 755 MH 763 AF 273 FM 833 MI 601 MI 622 3K 594 3K 594 MI 607 2817 2817 2817 2817 BR 266 VN 840 QV 920
8M 402 8M 401

TO PHNOM PENH
Arrival 01:10 08:15 11:10 11:10 16:40 18:15 20:40 21:45 16:05 22:45
05:20+1

2.4.7 1, 6, 7 2.4 5 7 3, 2 5
.2....7 ...4...

02:11 22:15 15:20 15:40 16:05 21:35 21:55

18:40 18:30

5J 257 MI 633 MI 622 MI 616 MI 636 MI 630 MI 618

3K 597 3K 597

2.4.7 1, 6, 7 2.4 7 3, 2 5 5
.2....7 ...4...

19:45 14:35 08:40 10:40 13:55 07:55 16:35

13:45 13:45

21:30 15:45 09:50 11:50 17:40 11:35 17:45

14:50 14:50

SIEM REAP - SINGAPORE MI 633 MI 622 MI 630 MI 615 MI 636 MI 617

3K 598 3K 598

SINGAPORE - SIEM REAP

Days Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily ..34..7 12...6. Daily 2.4.7 Daily ..34..7 12...6. Daily Daily 1.2.4.7 6 1 3.5.7 2 Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily 2 2.3.4.5.7 1.3.5.6.7 2.4 1234..7 ....56. Daily 1.3 2.4.5 6 7 Daily Daily Daily 1.3.6 1.3.6

Dep 12:05 06:40 09:55 10:05 15:30 17:05 19:30 20:40 08:00 16:10 22:40 08:00 14:45 17:30 16:10 22:40 14:00 19:20 11:25 11:45 18:30 17:25 19:00 23:40 23:50 08:35 11:10 17:10 20:05 19:50

Flighs K6 721 PG 931 TG 580 PG 933 FD 3616 PG 935 TG 584 PG 937 CZ 323 QR 964 QR 966 CZ 6059 CZ 323 VN 841 QR 604 QR 966 VN 920 VN 3857 KA 208 KA 206 KA 206 KA 206 KE 689 OZ 739 AK 1474 MH 754 MH 762 AF 273 FM 833 MI 602 MI 622 3K 593 MI 608 2816 2816 2816 2816 BR 265 VN 841 QV 921 8M 401

Days Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily ..34..7 12...6. 2.4.7 Daily Daily ..34..7 12...6. Daily Daily

Dep 02:25 07:55 07:55 13:30 15:15 17:30 18:25 20:15 14:30 01:05 07:25 12:00 19:05 09:40 13:30 19:50 15:50 18:00

PHNOM PENH - BANGKOK

BANGKOK - PHNOM PENH

SIEM REAP - VIENTIANE QV 522

8M 402

VIENTIANE - SIEM REAP 10:05

20:15
Dep 12:55

PHNOM PENH - BEIJING PHNOM PENH - DOHA ( Via HCMC)

BEIJING - PHNOM PENH DOHA - PHNOM PENH ( Via HCMC)

2.4.5.7
1. 5
Days 1-3-5

13:00
21:25
Arrival 13:55

QV 512
8M 401
Flighs K6 131

2.4.5.7
1. 5
Days 1-3-5

06:30
17:05
Dep 11:20

09:25
19:15
Arrival 12:20

SIEM REAP - YANGON

PREAH SIHANOUK - SIEM REAP Flighs K6 130

YANGON - SIEM REAP

SIEM REAP - PREAH SIHANOUK

PHNOM PENH - GUANGZHOU 11:40 18:10 20:35 17:10 23:40 14:45 20:05 15:05 22:25 22:05 21:00 22:35 06:40 06:50 11:20 14:00 20:00 06:05 23:05

GUANGZHOU - PHNOM PENH

PHNOM PENH - HANOI PHNOM PENH - HO CHI MINH CITY

HANOI - PHNOM PENH HO CHI MINH CITY - PHNOM PENH

Melbournes Crown Casino reected in the Yarra River.

AFP

PHNOM PENH - HONG KONG

HONG KONG - PHNOM PENH 1.2.4.6.7 08:50 3.5.7 1 2 Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily 2 14:30 15:25 15:50 18:30 19:10 15:15 09:30 3:20 20:05

AIRLINES CODE
2817 - 16 Tigerairways 5J - CEBU Airways. AK - Air Asia BR - EVA Airways CI - China Airlines CZ - China Southern FD - Thai Air Asia FM - Shanghai Air K6- Cambodia Angkor Air KA - Dragon Air MH - Malaysia Airlines MI - SilkAir OZ - Asiana Airlines PG - Bangkok Airways QR - Qatar Airways QV - Lao Airlines SQ - Singapore Airlines

COLOUR CODE
1 Monday 2 Tuesday 3 Wednesday 4 Thursday 5 Friday 6 Saturday 7 Sunday

PHNOM PENH - INCHEON

INCHEON - PHNOM PENH

PHNOM PENH - KUALA LUMPUR

KUALA LUMPUR - PHNOM PENH

Melbourne by kayak in moonlight

Beverley Fearis

TG - Thai Airways | VN - Vietnam Airlines

PHNOM PENH- PARIS PHNOM PENH - SHANGHAI PHNOM PENH - SINGAPORE 09:30 12:30 12:20 15:25 15:25 18:10 16:40 09:10 14:50 13:20 12:45 17:30 17:50 13:30 11:45 15:20 18:20 18:10 21:10 19:40 12:00 17:50 16:10 17:05 18:50 19:10 14:55 12:30

PHNOM PENH - PARIS SHANGHAI - PHNOM PENH 2.3.4.5.7 19:30 1.3.5.6.7 07:40 2.4 Daily Daily 1.3 2.4.5 6 7 Daily Daily Daily 1.3.6 08:40 13:30 16:20 15:00 07:20 13:00 11:30 09:10 11:30 11:45 08:20 SINGAPORE - PHNOM PENH

This ight schedule information is updated about once a month. Further information, please contact direct to airline or a travel agent for ight schedule information.

AIRLINES

Air Asia (AK) Room T6, PP International Airport. Tel: 023 6666 555 Fax: 023 890 071 www.airasia.com

PHNOM PENH -TAIPEI PHNOM PENH - VIENTIANE

TAIPEI - PHNOM PENH VIENTIANE - PHNOM PENH

Dragon Air (KA) #168, Monireth, PP Tel: 023 424 300 Fax: 023 424 304 www.dragonair.com/kh

PHNOM PENH - YANGON SIEM REAP - PHNOM PENH

YANGON - SIEM REAP

Tiger airways G. oor, Regency square, Suare, Suite #68/79, St.205, Sk Chamkarmorn, PP Tel: (855) 95 969 888 (855) 23 5515 888/5525888 E: info@cambodiaairlines.net

SilkAir (MI) Regency C,Unit 2-4,Tumnorb Teuk, Chamkarmorn Phnom Penh Tel:023 988 629 www.silkair.com

SIEM REAP - BANGKOK Flighs

K6 700

BANGKOK - SIEM REAP Dep

12:50

REGULAR SHIPPING LINES SCHEDULES CALLING PORT ROTATION

Arrival
04:05
LINE RCL (12calls/moth) CALLING SCHEDULES 1 Wed, 08:00 - Thu 16:00 2 Thu, 14:00 - Fri 22:00 3 Fri, 20:00 - Sat 23:59 MEARSK (MCC) (4 calls/moth) SITC (BEN LINE (4 calls/onth) ITL (ACL) (4 calls/month) APL (4 calls/month) COTS (2 calls/month) 1 Th, 08:00 - 20:00 2 Fri, 22:00- Sun 00:01 Sun 09:00-23:00 Sat 06:00 - Sun 08:00 Fri, 08:00 - Sun, 06:00 Irregula FREEQUENCY ROTATION PORTS 1 Call/week 1 Call/week 1 Call/week 1 Call/week 1 Call/week 1 Call/week 1 Call/week 1 call/week SIN-SHV-SGZ-SIN HKG-SHV-SGZ-HKG (HPH-TXGKEL) SIN-SHV-SGZ-SIN SGN-SHV-LZP-SGN - HKG-OSA-TYO-KOB - BUS-SGH-YAT-SGN - SIN-SHV-TPP-SIN HCM-SHV-LZP-HCMNBO-SGH-OSA-KOBBUS-SGH-HGK-CHM SGZ-SHV-SIN-SGZ SIN-SHV-SIN

Days
Daily

Arrival
2:00

Flighs
K6 701

Days
Daily

Dep
02:55

PG 924 PG 906 PG 914 PG 908 PG 910 CZ 3054 CZ 3054

K6 850

Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily 2.4.6 1.3.5.7

Daily

09:45 13:15 15:20 18:50 20:30 11:25 19:25

06:50

11:10 14:40 16:45 20:15 21:55 15:35 23:20

08:30

PG 903 PG 905 PG 913 PG 907 PG 909 CZ 3053 CZ 3053

K6 851

Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily 2.4.6 1.3.5.7

Daily

08:00 11:35 13:35 17:00 18:45 08:45 16:35

19:30

09:00 12:45 14:35 18:10 19:55 10:30 18:30

21:15

SIEM REAP - GUANGZHOU

GUANGZHOU - SIEM REAP

SIEM REAP -HANOI VN 868 VN 842 VN 844 VN 800 VN 3818 VN 826 VN 3820 VN 828 VN 3822 KE 688 OZ 738 AK 281 MH 765 1.2.3.5.6 Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily 3.5.7 12:40 18:05 19:45 21:00 11:10 13:30 17:45 18:20 21:35 23:15 23:40 08:35 14:15 15:35 19:45 21:25 22:40 12:30 14:40 18:45 19:20 22:35 06:10 07:10 11:35 17:25

HANOI - SIEM REAP VN 843 VN 845 VN 845 VN 801 VN 3809 VN 827 VN 3821 VN 829 VN 3823 KE 687 OZ 737 AK 280 MH 764 Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily 3.5.7 15:25 17:05 17:45 18:20 09:15 11:35 15:55 16:20 19:45 18:30 19:20 06:50 12:10 17:10 18:50 19:30 20:00 10:35 12:35 16:55 17:40 20:45 22:15 22:40 07:50 13:15

2 calls/month BBK-SHV-BKK-(LZP)

34 call/month
SGZ= Songkhla, Thailand SHV= Sihanoukville Port Cambodia SIN= Singapore TPP= TanjungPelapas, Malaysia TYO= Tokyo, Japan TXG= Taichung, Taiwan YAT= Yantian, China YOK= Yokohama, Japan

SIEM REAP - HO CHI MINH CITY

HO CHI MINH CITY - SIEM REAP

BUS= Busan, Korea HKG= HongKong kao=Kaoshiung, Taiwan ROC Kob= Kebe, Japan KUN= Kuantan, Malaysia LZP= Leam Chabang, Thailand NBO= Ningbo, China OSA= Osaka, Japan SGN= Saigon, Vietnam

SIEM REAP - INCHEON

INCHEON - SIEM REAP

FLY DIRECT TO MYANMAR MONDAY, WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY YANGON - PHNOM PENH SIEM REAP - YANGON

PHNOM PENH - YANGON YANGON - SIEM REAP

SIEM REAP - KUALA LUMPUR

KUALA LUMPUR - SIEM REAP

FLY DIRECT TO SIEM REAP MONDAY, WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY #90+92+94Eo, St. 217, Sk. Orussey4, Kh. 7 Makara, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Tel 023 881 178 | Fax 023 886 677 | www.maiair.com

NE by one, balls of ame shot up from the towers like mini-infernos, lighting up the city skyline and casting a warm orange glow across the water below. The nightly reball display in front of the Crown Casino has become a key feature of Melbournes night scene, and we had the best seats in the house. Only thing was, we couldnt keep them still. Thats the trouble with kayaks. We were seeing Melbournes hub on a Moonlight Kayak tour, one of the citys more unusual sightseeing experiences. Under cover of darkness, we paddled silently up the Yarra like secret agents, passing under the bridges unseen. It was magical. We had met at 7pm in the citys Docklands, like a smaller version of Londons Docklands but catching up fast. Kent, our forever smiling (and ridiculously handsome) guide had introduced us to our ride, a two-seater breglass SeaBear sea kayak, and given us a quick but thorough brieng life jackets, steering, paddling. It was still light as we paddled off, and the low sun was glinting off the brilliant white super yachts lined up along the pontoons. At rst, we stuck to the edge of the marina, getting used to our paddles and synchronising our strokes. The going was every bit as easy as Kent had promised. But then we changed direction and suddenly felt the force of the wind whipping across the water. We had to use our paddles to help make the turn, really putting our backs into it to keep our distance from a jetty. That was our only hairy moment, though, and we soon caught up with the others, in a sheltered corner of the marina.

Kent tied our kayaks to the jetty and left us chatting with our fellow urban adventurers. He returned a few minutes later with ve portions of sh and chips, which we ate bobbing about in our kayaks. Energy levels up, we headed off again, out into the mouth of the marina and past the Star Observation Wheel, Melbournes answer to the London Eye. As the sun set, we passed under the enormous Bolte Bridge, then made a sharp left turn to head up the Yarra and into the heart of the city. The wind was in our favour now, so the paddling was easy and at times we let our blades rest and drifted along peacefully, taking it all in. Dusk turned to night and lights on the skyscrapers started to twinkle. As we cruised, Kent pointed out the landmarks, including the Eureka Skydeck, Melbournes tallest highrise. Next came the Webb Bridge, with its distinctive futuristic web tunnel for cyclists and pedestrians; and the Sandridge Bridge, with its large metal sculptures entitled The Travellers, representing the immigrants who arrived by train over the bridge from Station Pier. I had expected that we would be dodging pleasure cruisers and restaurant boats, waving to people in other boats (like you do when youre a tourist on water), but we had the river completely to ourselves. On either side of us the city night scene was hotting up, restaurants and bars buzzing, and here we were, on our moonlight urban kayak adventure, oating gently through the middle of it, trailing our ngers in the warm water, seeing it all, but unseen, from a vantage point like no other. The trip was provided by Kayak Melbourne. THE GUARDIAN

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Womens networking @ Central Mansions

Network with like-minded women at the Womens Networking evening in a beautiful location by the pool at Central Mansions. Exclusively for working women in Cambodia of all nationalities. Featuring chocolate fountains from The Shop, canapes and freeow drinks.

Central Mansions, #1 Street 102, 6:30pm

Yoga @ Yoga Phnom Penh

Think you dont have time for class and to get lunch? No problem! You can relax and eat after lunchtime yoga class or take it back to the oce. This is a lunchtime refresher for people of all abilities.

Yoga Phnom Penh, #29, Street 21. 12:15

This evenings womens networking event features chocolate fountains from The Shop, canapes and freeow drinks. AFP

Open Mic @ Gym Bar

Anyone is welcome to get up for a sing, play an instrument, try out your stand-up comedy routine or just sit back and enjoy the fun and entertainment.

TV PICKS

10:05am - THE HOURS: The story of how the novel Mrs. Dalloway affects three generations of women, all of whom, in one way or another, have had to deal with suicide in their lives. FOX MOVIES 11:45am - ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN: Manny, Sid, and Diego discover that the Ice Age is coming to an end, and join everybody for a journey to higher ground. On the trip, they discover that Manny, in fact, is not the last of the woolly mammoths. FOX MOVIES 1:20pm - THE CROODS: After their cave is destroyed, a caveman family must trek through an unfamiliar world with the help of an inventive boy. FOX MOVIES 6:25pm - BAIT: A freak tsunami traps shoppers at a coastal Australian supermarket inside the building along with a 12-foot Great White Shark. FOX MOVIES 7:20pm - SWORDFISH: A secretive renegade counterterrorist co-opts the worlds greatest hacker (who is trying to stay clean) to steal billions in US Government dirty money. HBO

The Gym Sports Bar, #42 Street 178. 7:30pm

PLaTinUm cinepleX
NON-STOP An air marshal springs into action during a transatlantic flight after receiving a series of text messages that put his fellow passengers at risk unless the airline transfers $150 million into an off-shore account. 9:30am, 11:25am, 1:20pm

Creative writing @ Cafe

Join a creative writing course designed for aspiring writers and editors. Each writer will produce weekly or fortnightly work for the group to critique. Cost is $8 per class.

Julianne Moore, Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman star in The Hours. AFP

Feel Good Cafe, #79, Street 136. 3pm

Thinking caps
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FOR SALE
NEW 2 Apartments 2 bedrooms in Quai Sisowath PP. Rooftop View. ~ 6059m2
1 Apartment is USD $89,900

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Client Focus, Quality First. Best Service, Prime Integrity. Design and construction.
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possibility to buy 1 or 2. Renovation will finish 15/06/2014. Contact hc.foulquier@icloud.com 078 589 776 or gsengmeaiy@yahoo.com 012 214 798

5BEDROOM NICE VILLA FOR Rent $4500/M Located BKK1 Area 1Living room, 5Bedroom, 5Bath Fully Furnished, Very good Place for Resident and Quiet Place Tel: 077 777 697 or 012 939 958

H/P: () 088 8180099 (English) 012936653 E-mail: wubin539@foxmail.com

NEW APARTMENTS FOR RENT

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WESTERn APARTMEnT FOR rent 01-02 bed with bath, furnished, clean, western kitchen, big living room, big parking, and safe Rent: $900-1300 /m Location: BKKI Tel: 012 879 231

Repairs& Construction! We fix & install it all, no matter how big or how small. 090 678 333, 097 856 2838, 077 395 935
MANAGER WANTED
for Phnom Penh Bar/Restaurant. Culinary Experience a Plus! Please phone 097 49 08065 or

BRAnD NEW bIG SWIMMInG Pool apartment for rent , Located near Olym Pich stadium, 1-2-3BR:$700-$1000-$1200$2500/m nice big living room, European Kitchen Tel:089 36 32 06 Email:yim.chyvorn@yahoo.com

NICE RESIDEnCE VILLA FOR Rent $2700/M Located in BKK3 Area 1Living room, 5Bed, 5Bath Some Furnished, Very good Place for Resident and Quiet Place Tel: 077 777 697 or 012 939 958

WESTERn APARTMEnT FOR rent 01-02 bed with bath, furnished, clean, western kitchen, big living room, big parking, brand new, and safe Rent: $500-800 /m Location: Near Russian Market Tel: 012 503 356

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FOREST SWIMMInG POOL and Gym Apartment For rent located near Independent monument, 1-2-3BR:$900$1200-$2000/m, nice Living room, European Kitchen,Tel: 089 36 32 06 Email:yim.chyvorn@yahoo.com

NICE VILLA FOR REnT $1500/M $1500/Month Toul Tom Poung1 1Living room, 3Bedroom, 4Bath Good Place for Living or Ofce Some Furnished, 4Car Parking Tel: 077 777 697 or 012 939 958

3BEDROOM APARTMEnT FOR Rent Fully Furnished, Located in BKK3 $750/M 3Bedroom, 3Bath 1Living room, Kitchen, 1Car Park Contact Tel: 012 939 958 1BEDROOM APARTMEnT FOR Rent Loc: near Independent Monument $500/Month with Full Furniture 1Living room, 1Bed, 1Bath Tel: 077 777 697 or 012 939 958 WESTERn APARTMEnT FOR Rent Location near Central Market $450/M 1Bed 1Bath $550/M 2Bed 2Bath 1Living room, Kitchen,Furnished Tel: 077 777 697 or 012 939 958 SWIMMInG POOL APARTMEnT Rent Loc: near Independent Monument $1700/M 3Bed & 3Baths Big Living room, Western Kitchen New Full Furniture, 1Car Parking Tel: 077 777 697 or 012 939 958 SERvICE APARTMEnT for Rent BKk1: $750/Month Incl Cleaning Service, Internet, TV Cable , Views 1Living room, 1Bed, 2Bath Fully Furnished, and Balcony Tel: 077 777 697 or 012 939 958 WESTERn APARTMEnT for Rent $700/Month near Russian Market 1Living room, 2Beds, 2Bath 1Car Parking, 24h Security Guard Fully Furnished and Big Balcony Tel: 077 777 697 or 012 939 958

OPEn HOME
Sun 08/04/14 2:00pm-4:00pm #5e3 st 5, Riverside Australian design & renovated 1bed 52. 8m2 $53,000.Tel: 081 560 150/077 757 771

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SPECIAL PROMO!
For coming Khmer New Year, VTRUST serviced apartments has special offers till end of Apr-2014:1) Discount up to 20%, 2) Free entrance to Sokhah Fitness club, 3) 10% Off at Park Cafe. For details 012569832|012912651|012944191 www.vtrustproperty.com

NICE APARTMEnT FOR rent 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, furnished, clean, western kitchen, big living room, big parking, & safe Rent: $750 /m Location: BKKI Tel: 012 503 356

FOREST SWIMMInG POOL APPT for rent Located in Toul Kork, 1-2BR:$500-$600- $900/m , big Living room, big Kitchen Tel: 089 36 32 06 Email:yim.chyvorn@yahoo.com

SERvICES APARTMEnT FOR Rent Brand New, Swimming Pool, Gym Located 10 minute from BKK1 Ar -$750/m 1Bed, 1Bath -$1050/m 2Bed, 2Bath Big Living room, Western Kitchen Tel: 077 777 697 or 012 939 958

3BEDROOM APARTMEnT FOR Rent Located in Basac garden City Swimming Pool, $1800/Month 3Bedroom 3Bath and Balcony Big Living room, Western Kitchen Tel: 077 777 697 or 012 939 958 SWIMMInG POOL APARTMEnT Rent Good Located in Daun Penh Area - $900/Month 1Bedroom 1Bath - $1100/M 2Bedroom 2Bath Big Living room, Western Kitchen New Full Furniture, 1Car Parking Tel: 077 777 697 or 012 939 958 SERvICES APARTMEnT FOR Rent Brand New, Swimming Pool, Gym Located 10 minute from BKK1 Ar -$750/m 1Bed, 1Bath -$1050/m 2Bed, 2Bath Big Living room, Tel: 077 777 697 or 012 939 958 BRAnD nEW ROOF TOP swimming Apartment for rent located in Toul Kork, 1-2 3BR:$$550-$700-$800-$1200/m convenient living room, European kitchen Tel:089 36 32 06, Email:yim.chyvorn@yahoo.com BRAnD NEW APARTMEnT FOR Rent Tonle Basac Ar, near Independent Monument, All new Furniture -$1100/m 2Bedr, 2Bath -$1800/m 3Bed, 3Bath Living room Tel: 077 777 697 or 012 939 958

NICE APARTMEnT FOR REnT Top oor 1 bed apt available located in BKKI area, feather a large living room lead to thekitchen & balcony there a huge balcony size 8 by 10 m2. $600/m, Tel: 012 490 104 VTRUST APARTMEnT Building 1 For RENT at monthly price $275-$700, fully furnished, 24-hour receptionists, security guards, backup power, elevator, safe environment and security camera Location: #37, ST. 111, Boeung Brolit. 012 569 832 |012 944 191 | 012 912 651 VTRUST APARTMEnT Building 3 For RENT, a fully furnished 1 bedroom, nice river view from your balcony, monthly price $500 with free cleaning, internet, water, cable TV, maintenance Location: #112, St. Tonle Sap (peninsular) 012 569 832 | 012 944 191 | 012 912 651

bIG SWIMMInG POOL Apartment for rent located near Royal Palace, 1-2-3BR:$1200$1700- $2000/m,big Living room,European Kitchen Tel:089 36 32 06, Email:yim.chyvorn@yahoo.com

SWIMMInG POOL APARTMEnT for Rent: Good Location BKK1 Area $1200/month for 2Bedroom 2Bath $1900/month for 3Bedroom 3Bath Big Living room, Western Kitchen Tel: 077 777 697 or 012 939 958

SIEM REAP
FOR SELL: OPPORTUnITY At the bottom of a very touristic National parc. Phnom Kulen, a place name Kabal Spean, infront of the sculpted rocks waterfalls; a land of 9800 m2, across a small river, a wooden traditional Cambodian house of 210m2. Could be use as a restaurant, able to have at least 40 people. FOR SELL Opportunity / Urgent Very nice eld of 5000 m2, a hillside south of Kep. Sea view, and fruits trees. Hard Title. Price: $23000 USD . contact: jynavel@gmail.com

NICE APARTMEnT FOR REnT 2 beds complete refurbished consist open kitchen, lounge area with hard wood oor located in Doun Penh area. basic furnitures $650 per month, Tel: 012 490 104

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RIvERSIDE APARTMEnT FOR Rent $650/M: Riverside & Palace 1Living room, 1Bedrooms, 1Bath Western Style, Motor Parking Fully Furnished and Big Balcony Tel: 077 777 697 or 012 939 958
777 697

VTRUST APARTMEnT Building 2 For RENT at monthly price $620-$900, Fully furnished 1&2 bedrooms, living room,kitchen, dining room, elevator, balcony & free entrance to Sokhah Fitness Club. Location: #31, ST. 113, Boeung Brolit. 012 569 832 | 012 944 191 | 012 912 651

VTRUST APARTMEnT Building 4 For RENT, a luxurious 2bedrooms, living room, kitchen, dining room, monthly price 1,040$, free for internet, cleaning, water & Entrance to Sokhah Fitness Club. Location: #247, ST.51 St. 360, BKK1 012 569 832| 012 944 191 | 012 912 651

SWIMMInG POOL APARTMEnT Rent Great Location in BKK1 Area - $900/Month 1Bedroom 1Bath - $1400/Month 2Bedroom 2Bath Big Living room, Western Kitchen New Full Furniture, 1Car Parking Tel: 077 777 697 or 012 939 958

BRAnD NEW ROOF TOP Swimming Pool Apartment For rent,Located near Russian market ,1-2BR:$650-$850-$1200/month Nice living room, European kitchen Tel:089 36 32 06, Email:yim.chyvorn@yahoo.com

2BEDROOM APARTMEnT FOR Rent $450/M Good location BKK3 1Living room, 2Bedrooms, 2Bath Big Window, Sunlight, Motor Park Fully Furnished and Big Balcony Tel: 077 777 697 or 012 939 958 1BEDROOM APARTMEnT FOR Rent Loc: near Independent Monument $500/M with Full Furniture Tel: 077 777 697 or 012 939 958

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WESTERn ROOFTOP POOL Apartment for Rent Located in BKKI, 01&02&03 bed, roof top pool and gym, open living room, fully and modern furnished, western kitchen, nice balcony, very safety area, very good condition for living . Price: 1,200-$1,800-USD2,000/m Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00

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WhOLE BUILDInG FOR REnT Located a long Monivong Blvd, 04 stories ,building size: 12m x 15m, very good for Bank, ofce, hospital, school, showroom... Price: US $6000/month Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00 www.towncityrealestate.com

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MODERn APARTMEnT FOR Rent Located in BKKI, 01-02 bedrooms, Large living room, fully and modern furnished, modern kitchen, nice balcony, roof top gym, very good condition for living Price: US$1,200-US$1,400/month Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00 www.towncityrealestate.com

WESTERn APARTMEnT FOR Rent Located in BKKI, 1-2-3 bedrooms, large living room, fully and modern furnished, western kitchen, very big balcony, very quite and safety area, big parking lots, good condition for living . Price: $800-US$1,200-$2,000/m Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00

TRADITIOnAL VILLA FOR REnT In Beoung Keng Kang I (BKKI), 04 bedrooms, large and open living room, basic furniture, western kitchen, garden and trees, big parking and playground, quiet & safety. the best location for residence and ofce. US$4,000/m Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00

TRADITIOnAL WOODEn HOUSE For Rent At Chhroy Changeva area, river view, ground oor, 03beds, fully furnished, very lights, western kitchen, very safety and quite, very nice garden, very good condition for living. Price: US$1,700/month Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00 www.towncityrealestate.com

OFFICE BUILDInG FOR REnT Located a long Norodom Blvd, 400 sqm , parking lot, big elevator, big staircase, 24h security and many facilities around. Price: US $15/month per sqm. Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00 www.towncityrealestate.com

Whole Building for Rent Located a long Norodom Blvd, 03 stories ,building size: 16m x 20m, very good for Bank, ofce, restaurant, hospital, massage shop, showroom... Price: US $5000/month Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00 www.towncityrealestate.com

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WESTERn ROOFTOP POOL Apartment for Rent Located in BKKI, 02 bed, roof top pool & gym, open living room, fully and modern furnished, western kitchen, nice balcony, wooden oor, very safety area, very good for living . Price: US1,000/m Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00

WESTERn SWIMMInG POOL Apartment for Rent Located in Wat Phnom, 01&02&03 beds, very big pool and gym, open living room, fully and modern furnished, western kitchen, nice balcony, very safety area, very good condition for living .Price: 900-$1,200-1,800/m Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00

NICE GARDEn VILLA FOR Rent At Tonle Bassak area (Near ISPP), 03 bed, nice living room, Traditional design, basic furnished, very nice kitchen, very nice garden , parking and playground, quiet & safe. the best location for residence. Price: US$1,800/month Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00

TRADITIOnAL WOODEn HOUSE for Rent In Tonle Bassak area, 2 bed , real wooden design, very big and open living room, western kitchen, very nice garden, big parking and play ground, very good for residence and ofce, very quiet and safety area. Price: US$2,200/m Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00

OFFICE BUILDInG FOR REnT Located a long Norodom Blvd, 200 - 350 sqm , big parking lot, big elevator, big staircase, 24h security and many facilities around. Price: US $12/month per sqm. Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00 www.towncityrealestate.com

WhOLE BUILDInG FOR REnT Located a long Monivong Blvd, 05 stories ,building size: 12m x 28m, very good for Bank, ofce, school, hospital, showroom... Price: US $15000/month Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00 www.towncityrealestate.com

BRAnD NEW FACTORY FOR Rent A long road No 04 (Factory zone), Size: 6600 sqm, electricity and water are connected, very standard quality, good environment, very easy to nd workers... Price: US$1.8/sqm Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00 www.towncityrealestate.com

MODERn DESIGn APARTMEnT for Rent Located in Rose Condo, 12th oor, 03 bed, open & large living room, fully and modern furnished, modern kitchen, lots of light, nice balcony, nice pool & gym, very good condition for living. $1,800 /m Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00

COLOnIAL STYLE APARTMEnT for Rent Located a long riverside, 02 bed, elevator, open living room, fully and classic furnished, nice kitchen, nice and big balcony, river view, very safety area, very good condition for living.Price: 1,800/m Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00

MODERn VILLA FOR REnT In Bassak Garden City, 07 bed, large living room, very nice design, fully & modern furnished, western kitchen, nice balcony, big parking & playground, quiet & safe. the best location for residence.: $3,500/m Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00

MODERn SWIMMInG POOL Villa for Rent Located in Toulkork area, 05 bed, large living room, very nice design,fully and modern furnished, very big pool & garden, western kitchen, nice balcony, big parking and playground, quiet & safe. Price: $3,500/m Tel: 092 23 26 23

OFFICE BUILDInG FOR REnT Located a long Monivong Blvd, 60 - 105 sqm , big parking lot, big elevator, big staircase, 24h security and many facilities around. Price: US $7/month per sqm. Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00 www.towncityrealestate.com

BRAnD NEW WhOLE BUILDInG for Rent Located a long street 271, 11 stories, building size: 12m x 24m, very good for Bank, ofce, school, hospital, showroom, hotel... Price: US $15000/month Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00 www.towncityrealestate.com

BRAnD NEW FACTORY FOR Rent Phnom Penh Thmey area (on main street), Size: 1500 - 2500 sqm, electricity and water are connected, very standard quality, good environment, very easy to nd workers... Price: US$4/sqm Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00

BRAnD NEW MODERn Apartment for Rent Tonle Basac 01-02 beds &Penthouse, real modern interior designed, large living room, very light, fully & modern furniture, modern Kitchen, roof top pool & gym, Price: $1,200 2,000 and 3,500/m Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00

MODERn APARTMEnT FOR Rent Located near independent monument, 02 bedrooms, open living room and kitchen, fully and modern furnished, very safety area, very quiet, very good condition for living. Price: USD770/month Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00

MODERn SWIMMInG POOL Villa for Rent In North bridge area, 05 bed plus 01 ofce room, large living room, very nice design, fully & modern furnished, nice pool & garden, western kitchen, nice balcony, Price: US$3,000/month Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00

MODERn SWIMMInG POOL Villa for Rent Located in Daun Penh area, 6 bed, large living room, very clean, fully and modern furnished, very big pool, western kitchen, nice balcony, big parking, quiet & safe. Price: US$3,700/month Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00

WhOLE BUILDInG FOR REnT Located a long Kampuchea Krom Blvd, 04 stories ,size: 20m x 20m, very good for Bank, office, supermarket, hospital, showroom, school... Price: US $7000/month Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00 www.towncityrealestate.com

BRAnD NEW FACTORY FOR Rent Near Prey Sor Area (Factory zone), Size: 4800sqm, electricity and water are connected, very big land, possible for trucks access, very easy to nd workers... Price: US$1.8/sqm Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00

MODERn DESIGn APARTMEnT For Rent Located in Rose Condo, 20th oor, 05 beds, open and large living room, fully and modern furnished, modern kitchen, lots of light, nice balcony, very nice pool & gym, very good condition for living Price: $3,000 /m Tel: 092 23 26 23

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Sport
Karate shotokan event held with eye on Games
CAMBODIAS inaugural karate shotokan competition, titled the HE Sok Se Sophana Championship after the government adviser who sponsored the event, was held over the weekend at the indoor hall of the Olympic Stadium. While mainly young fighters contested categories during the two-day meet, senior karate figures were at hand to share their knowledge and experience of the discipline to set things on the right path for the 2023 SEA Games, which Cambodia will host. Five government ministers were also in attendance for Sundays closing ceremony, including Tourism Minister Thong Khon; Information Minister Khieu Kanharith; Economy and Finance Minister Oun Porn Moniroth; Education, Youth and Sports Minister Hang Chuon Naron; and Water Resources Minister Lim Kim Hor. YEUN
PONLOK, TRANSLATED BY CHENG SERYRITH

Sri Lanka breeze to T20 victory

RI Lanka, expertly shepherded by Kumar Sangakkara in his last T20 international, carried off the World T20 trophy with staggering ease. They triumphed against India by six wickets with 13 balls to spare, outplaying and out-thinking the favourites. Somehow Sri Lankan managed to win at a canter, despite taking only four wickets. Sangakkara, right, had scored only 19 runs in the tournament. But when it really mattered, he was unbeaten on 52 from 35 balls when the entire Sri Lankan squad sprinted on to the eld to embrace him. At the end Thisera Perera, with several muscular blows, had offered timely assistance. Earlier Mahela Jayawardene, also in his nal T20 appearance, caressed 24 from 24 balls and set his team on course. Both these jewels of Sri Lankan cricket were carried on the shoulders of grateful team-mates as Sri Lankas rst outright victory in an ICC tournament since 1996 began to sink in.

Oxford cruise to Boat Race victory in London

OXfOrD University beat Cambridge University by a crushing 11 lengths, the biggest victory margin since 1973, as they won the 160th Boat Race on Londons River Thames on Sunday. The decisive point in the contest came when Cambridges Luke Juckett lost control of his oar and was almost knocked over by onrushing water as he came out of his seat after a clash of blades between the crews near Harrods Depository. After Cambridge trailed in they lodged an official protest but race umpire Richard Phelps rejected the complaint from cox Ian Middleton, having warned the Light Blues to move away shortly before the clash. AFP

Sri Lankas Kumar Sangakkara leaps into the air as he celebrates victory in their ICC World Twenty20 nal against India at The Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka. AFP

Meanwhile, a numb Indian team, who had played so awlessly en route to the nal, could only look on at ecstatic celebrations and regret their remarkably tepid performance. The Indian innings was a very curious affair. It was almost entirely dependent upon Virat Kohli, who hit 77 from 58 deliveries, before he was run out off the last ball. Even Kohli was a tad circumspect at the start and he was cleverly denied the strike at the end. India have been unaccustomed to setting targets in this tournament and despite another polished innings from the man of the tournament they made a complete hash of it. At the start Ajinkya Rahane struggled but his torments were nothing compared to those of Yuvraj Singh. He came to the crease in the 11th over after Rohit Sharmas dismissal and proceeded to eke out 11 from 21 balls. It was painful to watch. Even when he managed to get bat on ball the outcome was only a single. THE GUARDIAN

Hamilton, Rosberg put zz back into F1

LEWIS Hamilton and Nico Rosberg fought out a nail-biting desert duel in the Bahrain Grand Prix and then claimed they had put the zz back into Formula One. The sport has been deluged with complaints this season that it has become a boring spectacle due to a raft of technical changes that have seen the classic throaty roars of F1 engines replaced by hushhush hybrids. But on Sunday Hamilton edged his German teammate to take his rst win at the Sakhir circuit and the 24th victory of his career, taking him level with the mark of Juan Manuel Fangio. Hamilton, who also won last weekend in Malaysia, nished 1.085 second ahead of Rosberg in another triumph for the Mercedes team who have won all three races this season. The 2008 world champion had to constantly fend off a series of bold passing moves by Rosberg, who had started on pole, to achieve the win while, down the eld, other teams allowed their drivers to ght in close combat. Lewis did a good job defending, but it was a massive ght out there and thats what Im here for, said Rosberg. For racing like that. I think it was a good day for the sport, which is important, because of recent little bits of criticism. I think theyre all going to be rather quiet tomorrow which is a very good thing. Its good that us as Silver Arrows, we made it happen. It was a tense ght between the two men which eventually left Rosberg still on top of the standings albeit with a reduced margin. Rosberg, the Australian Grand Prix winner, has 61 points with Hamilton on 50. Their closest challenger is Force Indias Nico Hulkenberg, who is in third place after three races on 28 points. Today, I knew I needed to get a good start and things generally went my way, except when the pace car came out, said Hamilton who pipped Rosberg to the rst corner and then steadily opened up a healthy nine-second lead. I think the last time I had a race like that would probably be Indianapolis, 2007. So, a long, long time. Nico drove fantastically well, he added. AFP

Yi Sarun takes coach role

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Comeback kings grab Davis Cup semis berths

SwItZerlAnD, Italy and France all staged thrilling comebacks on Sunday to reach the Davis Cup semi-finals. Roger Federer, the 17-time Grand Slam title winner, and Australian Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka won their reverse singles as Switzerland beat Kazakhstan 3-2 in Geneva. In their first semi-final since 2003 they will face Italy who defeated Great Britain 3-2 in Naples. France came back from 2-0 down to see off underdogs Germany 3-2 in Nancy and will face two-time defending champions Czech Republic who crushed Japan 5-0. AFP

Jones chips in to clinch title, claim Masters spot

AuStrAlIAS Matt Jones chipped in from rough on the first playoff hole to win the PGA Tours Houston Open title and claim the final spot in the Masters on Sunday. Jones, of Sydney, poured in a long birdie putt on the 18th hole to force a playoff with Matt Kuchar, then chipped in for birdie on the extra hole to claim his first USPGA Tour victory. AFP

HIS lifes burning ambition has been to coach kids and at last Cambodias tennis legend Yi Sarun has that wish granted. The 69-year-old inveterate veteran, and one of only three tennis players to survive the Khmer Rouge reign of terror during which 40 of his batchmates were slain, has now joined the Tennis Cambodia coaching staff as a senior member assigned to help nearly 80 kids in the coastal town of Kep. In his passion for tennis he is still like a teenager, ever ready to get on to the court at a moments notice. He is such a natural teacher, Tennis Cambodia secretary-general Tep Rithivit told the Post as Sarun efficiently got down to the business of coaching last weekend. Yi Sarun is a potent symbol of our great transition from those dark days to the glory days of the 60s we are striving to re-create and his participation in this grassroots project is the best way moving forward. We know how the kids feel to be in the company of a man who has sacrificed and suffered so much for tennis and there is such a lot for them to learn from his fascinating life story and his vast experience

Yi Sarun gives tennis lessons to kids in Kep last weekend.

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and tennis skills. It is never too late to seek the services of a great achiever like Yi Sarun, added the secretary. Sarun will be working in Kep during the weekends with Sok Ngo, who has been coaching the kids since the program began nearly two years ago. My greatest ambition in life was to coach youngsters. Now I have a chance to do that thanks to Tennis Cambodia and its secretary-general Tep Rithivit, Yi Sarun told the Post. I will be making up and down trips every week to Kep. It is physically demanding but that is something I can easily handle.

The kids were obviously thrilled at the prospect of Yi Sarun helping them out with their tennis careers and during the first session they were completely charmed by the grand old man of Cambodian tennis. He was at his peak during the early 60s after the late Tep Khunnah, the then captain of the national team and regarded even today as the father of Cambodian tennis, gave Yi Sarun his first major break to be part of the Kingdoms squad. Yi Saruns weekly routines will involve an evening session on Saturdays followed by morning workouts on Sundays.

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Football
pray for Real Kids leagues wrap up Dortmund miracle, Ronaldo returns
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n A thrilling climax, Scherini FC edged out Kew Park Rangers 6-5 in the nal to take top honours in the Boys U14 Premier section of the Barclays ISF Youth Football League, which concluded at the National Institute of Physical Education and Sports on Sunday. The game was driven to extra time after Scherini, an offshoot of ASPECA orphanage, and Rangers shared an amazing eight goals at the end of the nal whistle. In the frenzied extra time, Scherini came out better, scoring two goals to their rivals one for a 6-5 nal score. The third place play-off was equally exciting with The Blue Flag beating The Flying Tigers 2-1 on penalties after the game ended in an 8-8 deadlock. Bou Vandy of A New Day Cambodia emerged as the leading scorer in the division with 63 goals. Cains Advocates had it easy against Black Fins winning 2-0 in the nal of the Boys U14 Champions league. Bong Paoun got third place at the expense of Juice Master United in a 5-1 win. Sao Punlork of Bong Paoun was the seasons

Players of the Scherini FC team celebrate their victory in the Boys U14 Premier League division on Sunday. pHOtO SUPPLIED

leading scorer with seven goals. Mekong Reds were too good for Robas Rangers in the Boys U10 nal, winning 13-7 . The victory was doubly sweet for the Reds, whose star performer Chhang Chantheoun emerged as the top goal getter with an impressive 61 goals for the season. Two outts from the Seasid-

ers battled for third place with the rst string winning 8-3. The Girls U14 championship was claimed by ANDC Bulls who outplayed Sunrise 9-5 in the nal. Ho Sreynoch of Sunrise with 41 goals was leading scorer. Chak Kropop Pa Mankol nished third beating Taylormade 11-3.

BORUSSIa Dortmund insist they have not given up hope of a Champions League miracle in tonights quarternal, second-leg against Real Madrid, even with the Spaniards holding a 3-0 lead. Last seasons nalists Dortmund stand on the verge of a Champions League exit as they need to over-turn the huge decit at their Westfalenstadion after last Wednesdays defeat at Madrids Bernabeu. World player of the year Cristiano Ronaldo is set to start after he was forced off with a slight knee problem towards the end of the rst leg, having scored Reals third goal, and was also rested for Saturdays 4-0 win away to Real Sociedad. The 29-year-old Portugal star trained with the Madrid squad on Sunday and looks set to travel to northern Germany.

Chelsea seek Napoli repeat

Chelsea will hope to draw inspiration from their 2012 Champions League triumph when they attempt to overturn a 3-1 decit in their quarter-nal against Paris Saint-Germain tonight.

Javier Pastores 90th-minute solo goal in last weeks rst leg at Parc des Princes gave PSG a two-goal advantage that puts them rmly in control of the tie ahead of the second leg at Stamford Bridge. Only 24 per cent of the teams to have lost 3-1 in the away leg of a UEFA tie since 1970 have gone on to reach the next round, but Chelsea can take heart from the fact that they pulled off just such a feat two years ago. A 3-1 defeat at Napoli in the last 16 precipitated the sacking of coach Andre Villas-Boas, but his successor, Roberto Di Matteo, oversaw a 4-1 win after extra time in the return leg, before leading the west London club to victory on penalties over Bayern Munich in the nal. Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho has never lost a European quarter-nal, and defeat by PSG would be doubly difcult for the Portuguese to swallow in light of Di Matteos achievement in 2012 and last years Europa League success under interim manager Rafael Benitez. Both games tonight kick off at 1:45am Cambodian time.
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TWO-tIME Metfone C-League champions Boeung Ket Rubber Field looked back to their best with a 7-1 demolition job of Ministry of National Defence on Sunday at Olympic Stadium. Chukwuma Ohuruogu bagged a brace within the first half-anhour, and team-mates Khoun Laboravy and Mohammad Tijini added their own doubles in the second half while Yob Romaton also got in on the act. The result saw the Kampong Thom outfit move to a point off the league leaders Phnom Penh Crown and Naga Corp. DAN RILEY

Boeung Ket smash in seven past the Army

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Everton 3 Arsenal 0 West Ham 1 Liverpool 2

German Bundesliga Italian Serie A

Malaga 4 Granada 1 Elche 1 Getafe 0 Sevilla 4 Espanyol 1 Real Valladolid 0 Valencia 0 E Braunschweig 3 Hannover 0 Hertha Berlin 1 Hoffenheim 1 Lazio 2 Sampdoria 0 Atalanta 0 Sassuolo 2 Cagliari 1 Roma 3 Catania 1 Torino 2 Fiorentina 2 Udinese 1 Parma 1 Napoli 0 St Etienne 1 Nice 1 Valenciennes 1 Lyon 2 Monaco 3 Nantes 1

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