Original report from Siem Reap
02 November 2007
King Norodom Sihamoni Friday called on Cambodians to retain the country's historical and cultural heritage, which he called essential to social and economic development.
"Over the years, many of our friends and donor countries have been helping us in the preservation of our temples in Cambodia," the kind said, at an inaugural ceremony of a Siem Reap-based Preah Norodom Sihanouk Angkor Museum. "I would like to call on all the countrymen, Cambodian government and authorities to help preserve our cultural and historical heritage and the statues in this museum."
The museum was built with the assistance of Sophia University in Japan and was funded by Neon company.
The museum, named after the former king, Sihamoni's father, is worth $1 million and will house 271 statues near the Angkor temples. The building is equipped with high-tech security measures to prevent thievery.
"Over the years, many of our friends and donor countries have been helping us in the preservation of our temples in Cambodia," the kind said, at an inaugural ceremony of a Siem Reap-based Preah Norodom Sihanouk Angkor Museum. "I would like to call on all the countrymen, Cambodian government and authorities to help preserve our cultural and historical heritage and the statues in this museum."
The museum was built with the assistance of Sophia University in Japan and was funded by Neon company.
The museum, named after the former king, Sihamoni's father, is worth $1 million and will house 271 statues near the Angkor temples. The building is equipped with high-tech security measures to prevent thievery.
10 comments:
Your Highness (Somdach Euv), why are you calling on Cambodian to retain their cultural heritage? That is impossible because they lacked love for our culture which is necessary for such request. They preferred westerner cultural heritage. Therefore, it is better to call on Yuon Hanoi to preserve our heritage. At least Hanoi have more love for Khmer heritage than Khmer people does.
Wow! This Khmer King can talk! He can talk!
Thank you your Majesty once in awhile we the Khmer people want to know what is on your mind and what do you have to say. You can no longer remain silent on any issue! Please exercise your constitutional power and stand for Khmer people and protect the Khmer nation!
Likely he meant to say,Cambodia nelps preserve his Father Head.
The King DO NOT have omnipotent power to control the outcomes of economy or the weather, or predict future of the countrymen! HUn Sen, why don't YOU go back to REM state!
HE FORGOT TO MENTION THAT THE KING BROUGHT THE DARKENING CLOUDS OVER CAMBODIA. While he is having tea, good foods, and warm place and comfort from his love one, Khmers people are being displaced from their home. In the past 3 years, how many incidences that we knew that the citizens being evicted, NOT BY CHOICE. THE CITIZENS BEING COERCIVELY FORCED OUT LIKE THE KR STYLE! What or has the Norodom do anything to intervene?
The border conflicts among our neighbors are a HOT topic! Khmer people are abused/killed/terrorized on his/her soil by the VN/Thais/not much Laotians. But, What or has the Norodom do to intervene?
All I knew is that the King left the Country to have some more teas with the foreigners abroad. Are you telling me that the Norodom is "God King"? Come on people, wake up, Khmers people are DEPRIVED of his/her property ownership, no place to live, no basic needs for activity of daily living.
Last but not least, until I see the the able body in the CPP, then I shall believe that they are working the country. OTHERWISE HUN/NORODOM = LEECHES!(parasitic worms being)
Oh damn, I (12:53) taught that was Somdach Euv talking, hehehe.
Sihamoni called on people to preserve cultural heritage? That is like calling on the cat to preserve the mouse.
IDIOT KING KONG!
KING XIHAMONI:
His mother is ITALIAN YUON
his ancestors are KING CHEY CHETTHA II and princess YUON.
I understand why all their descendants have destroyed our country for YUON
Ho Chi Minh City
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Ho Chi Minh City
Thành Phố Hồ Chí Minh
Formerly Saigon (Vietnamese: Sài Gòn)
still used by residents
Coordinates: 10°45′N 106°40′E / 10.75, 106.667
Country Vietnam
Founded 1698
Renamed 1976
Government
- Type Municipality
- CPV HCMC Committee Secretary: Lê Thanh Hải
- People's Council Chairwoman: Phạm Phương Thảo
- People's Committee Chairman: Lê Hoàng Quân
Area
- Municipality 808.9 sq mi (2,095 km²)
Elevation 63 ft (19 m)
Population (Mid-2006)
- Municipality 6,424,519
- Density 7,943/sq mi (3,067/km²)
Area code(s) +84 (8)
Website: http://www.hochiminhcity.gov.vn/
Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnamese: Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh pronunciation (help·info) ) is the largest city in Vietnam and is located near the Mekong Delta. Under the name, Prey Nokor (Khmer: ), it was the main port of Cambodia, before being annexed by the Vietnamese in the 17th century. Under the name Saigon (Vietnamese: Sài Gòn; pronunciation (help·info)), it was the capital of the French colony of Cochinchina, and later of the independent state of South Vietnam from 1954 to 1975. In 1975, Saigon was merged with the surrounding province of Gia Định and renamed Hồ Chí Minh City (although the name Saigon is still frequently used, particularly by its citizens).
The city center is situated on the banks of the Saigon River, 60 kilometers (37 mi) from the South China Sea [1] and 1,760 kilometers (1,094 mi) south of Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.
The metropolitan area, which consists of Hồ Chí Minh City metro area, Thủ Dầu Một and surrounding towns, has more than 9 million people,[citation needed] making it the largest metropolitan area in Vietnam and Indochina.
Original Khmer name
The city was known by its original Khmer inhabitants as Prey Nokor (). Prey Nokor means “forest city”, or “forest land” in Khmer (Prey = “forest”; Nokor = “city, land”, from Sanskrit nagara). The name Prey Nokor is still the name used in Cambodia as of 2007, as well as the name used by the Khmer Krom minority living in the delta of the Mekong.
In 1620 the Khmer king Chey Chettha II (1618-28) married a daughter of Sai Vuong, one of the Nguyen lords (1558- 1778), who ruled southern Vietnam for most of the period of the restored Le dynasty (1428-1788). Three years later, Chey Chettha allowed the Vietnamese to establish a custom-house at Prey Nokor, near what is now Ho Chi Minh City (until 1975, Saigon). By the end of the seventeenth century, the region was under Vietnamese administrative control, and Cambodia was cut off from access to the sea. Trade with the outside world was possible only with Vietnamese permission.
The reason why we lost our Kampuchea krom and our royal family has YUON BLOOD.
True, 9:37, but we can't 21st century men based on 17th century history. The whole world was barbaric then. Name one country that isn't?
Today, Vietnam has one of the most respectable education in the region. Do you really think that they will do what they had done in the 17th century?
correction:True, 9:37, but we can't judge 21st century men based on 17th century history.
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