Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Cambodian king leaves on trip to China, France

Wednesday November 15, 2006

(Kyodo) - King Norodom Sihamoni left Cambodia on Wednesday for a trip to China and France, palace officials said.

In China, the king will meet with his parents during a five-day stay. He will then pay an official visit to France on Nov. 20-22, the officials said.

In September, the 53-year-old king accompanied his parents, former King Norodom Sihanouk and Queen Monineath, to China for his father's medical checkups and stayed there for two weeks before going to France on a private visit.

Sihanouk, 84, suffers from a variety of age-related illnesses including diabetes, and has been advised by his Chinese doctors to have a checkup in Beijing every three to six months.

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

HI KI-MEDIA AND ALL !

AFTER ONE WEEK OF TENSE AND RUDE DISCUSSION BETWEEN " THE PATRIOT & OWN SHADOW", OUR SURVEY CAME TO A FINAL CONCLUSION AS FOLLOWS:
1- ON KI-MEDIA PROFESSIONALISM OF CREATING AND REPORTING ABOUT POLITICS IN CAMBODIA:
-(i)FIRSTLY, YOUR REPORTS ARE RELEVANT AND CONFORM WHAT HAS BEEN WRITTEN IN THE PRESS ABOUT CAMBODIA POLITICS. THAT IS GOOD FOR ALL OF US KHMER LIVING INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE MOTHERLAND.
-(ii)IN YOUR TITLE IN ORANGE, YOU INTENDED TO SHOW YOUR POLITICAL PARTY' S CHOICE. IT IS NOT A PROBLEM BECAUSE FREEDOM OF BELIEF AND IT IS YOUR POLITICAL RIGHT TO SUPORT MR. SAM RAINSY' S PARTY.
-(iii) IN ORDER TO BE MORE PROFESSIONAL IN THE NET, IS KI-MEDIA LOOKING FOR A NEW DIRECTION?

2- ON KI-MEDIA READERS AND SUPPORTERS:

(i) WE CONCLUDED THAT MOST OF THE READERS AND SUPPORTERS LIVE ABROAD:US, AUSTRALIA, CANADA ETC...
(ii) DURING OUR ONE WEEK SURVEY, WE USED STRONG LANGUAGES AND WE APOLOGY IF WE MAY OFFENCE BUT IT WAS PURELY INTEND TO TEST THE WATER AND GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE KNOWLEDGE, EDUCATION AND CULTURE OF ALL OF US.
(iii) THE SURVEY SHOWS THERE ARE TWO CATEGORIES OF READERS:
- THE FIRST GROUP OF READERS ARE VERY SERIOUS ABOUT THEIR COMMENTS, VERY POLITE AND BALANCED VIEWS: THEY ARE CULTIVATED AND EDUCATED... BRAVO!
THEIR VIEWS COULD BE AS A LESSON FOR ALL AND THE SAKE OF THE COUNTRY. THEY ARE BRAVE AND PATRIOTIC. CAMBODIA IS PROUD OF THEM!!!!
- THE SECOND GROUP OF READERS ARE MORE OR LESS PATHETIC ABOUT GIVING COMMENTS ABOUT POLITICS IN CAMBODIA: TOO MUCH PASSION OF HATE BECAUSE OF POLITICS AND NOT ENOUGH MATURITY, EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE AND CULTURE. THEY MUST LEARN ABOUT THE SOCIAL WAY OF BEING A RESPECTABLE KHMER WITH OUR OWN WAY OF SAVOIR-VIVRE, OF COURTESY AND KINDNESS. PLEASE TRY TO FORGET ABOUT THE NEGATIVE ASPECT OF LIFE ABROAD AND GET MORE IN CONTACT WITH THE PREACHING AND LEARNING OF BUDDHISM. YOU WILL BE MORE RESPECTFUL BY YOUR OWN ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY.

IN CONCLUSION, WE AGAIN APOLOGY FOR THE ONE WEEK SURVEY THAT WE CONCLUDED RIGHT NOW.

LONG LIVE TO CAMBODIA AND CAMBODIAN LIVING INSIDE OR OUTSIDE!

STRONG LINKS AND BONDS OF SOLIDARITY BETWEEN KHMER AND KHMER!

MUTUAL RESPECT FOR THE SAKE OF THE MOTHERLAND!

THANK YOU FOR READING US! PLEASE FEEL FREE TO AGREE OR DISAGREE, OR TO INSULT. THIS IS JUST A SURVEY!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

KI may believe its bias helps SRP, but it does not. It may make SRP supporters happy, but not necessarily the swinging voters whom SRP badly needs to have a decent show.

The political bias is so blatant that it turns the swinging voters off.

SiS

Anonymous said...

KI reach mostly Cambodian outside the country, and we see the world clearer than in the black hold created by those stupid leaders!

We can not vote but we thank for KI for it new and commence!

You show your good work and feeling KI, keep your stand you can not chang or joint the evil kick the evil out of Cambodia mind!

Anonymous said...

Sure KI, Reasmei Kampuchea, or Koh Sontepheap all are bias in their news reporting and we don't have any control over them. That left us with two options: Don't read them or try to sort out the truth.

Anonymous said...

For comment #1.

Let me guess… you must consider yourself in the first group. This is one example of some Cambodians; spending too much time judging others without knowing his or own merit. Some of these people gave comments are Khmer Christian and Khmer Islam. You are implying that those non-Buddhist are low class and uneducated and they need to follow your believe, Buddhism preaching, to be good citizens. People with your kind of thinking had caused hatred in Cambodia. I hate to pop your bubble but you may need to go back and revaluate your survey. And don't the word "WE". Reader don't know what you are talking about.....

Anonymous said...

To PARTRIOT or YOUR OWN SHADOW
This is not a way to do the survey. You meant to put down all Khmers, not just the outside Khmers in foreign country.

Anonymous said...

What's a fucken survey? You survey my ass.

Anonymous said...

I believe that all opinions were have shared to each other will help each other understand more or less to the real issue facing Cambodia. Thanks for KI media for helping this bridge of knowledge. We are all living the free world, we have nothing to loose when we make our comment which came out from our heart to express our own opinion to others to know. We hate to see Cambodia is being stucted by the present leadership who have very limited quality but tried to destroy other people lives systematically through the teaching of their foreign advisers.
eg Why the king has suddendly travelled to China and France? Will he be the same like his half-brother carry cashes out to bank outside? Noone have every known this reality. In an accountable society, there must have a bank account with treasuries to control the monies and the king himself must have a salary set by a salary commission. If he save all his monies from his salary and the left over, that is his choice where to bank. But he used all monies without accoutability and took most part of the monies to bank ouside then that is not a good culture to practice.

Anonymous said...

I believe that all opinions were have shared to each other will help each other understand more or less to the real issue facing Cambodia. Thanks for KI media for helping this bridge of knowledge. We are all living the free world, we have nothing to loose when we make our comment which came out from our heart to express our own opinion to others to know. We hate to see Cambodia is being stucted by the present leadership who have very limited quality but tried to destroy other people lives systematically through the teaching of their foreign advisers.
eg Why the king has suddendly travelled to China and France? Will he be the same like his half-brother carry cashes out to bank outside? Noone have every known this reality. In an accountable society, there must have a bank account with treasuries to control the monies and the king himself must have a salary set by a salary commission. If he save all his monies from his salary and the left over, that is his choice where to bank. But he used all monies without accoutability and took most part of the monies to bank ouside then that is not a good culture to practice.

Anonymous said...

To KI, you should not do a survey like that. You make a lot of readers mad and turn them away from your media. If anyone attacks KI or readers next time, they will think that it is KI itself.......

Kings of other countries in the world spend most time helping their own people. King of our country spends time outside while his people are suferring.

Anonymous said...

This fucking guy a King of Cambodia? What he Knows? I don't think he know how to plays with his own dick. Sad, that Khmer have this kind of stupid King.

Anonymous said...

I'm sure going to France to help find a new home for his parents.

Deosn't The Old King seeks permanent resident out side of China?

I don't blame him. Who want to live in Communist country anyway? and Cambodia isn't safe enough or up grade enough.

Oops! what deos that tell The HS Government?

Anonymous said...

How much ( in term of tax money) the Khmer people have to pay for for the expense the king and the ex-king families and their entourages?
When PM Hun Sen got mad with Thomico, he said that about $600,000.00 for every quarter for just the ex-king expenses?
When the king gave money or something to his subjects ,Cambodians appreciated him, but in fact the king took their money and gave them back.Nothing to thank him, he must pay back included the interest to Cambodians.
PM HUn Sen threated to abolish the Khmer kingdom if the king did not sign the Vietnam-Khmner frontier treaty.
PM Hun Sen, you knew well that the king is useless for Cambodia, if you love Cambodia more than your own interest ,it's time to get rid of the suckers.