PHNOM PENH (AFP)--International donors Friday pledged nearly $1 billion to Cambodia, its government said, their most generous aid package ever to the impoverished Southeast Asian nation despite the global economic downturn.
In a statement ending a two-day donors' meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia's finance minister Keat Chhon announced pledges totaling $951.5 million in development aid for 2009.
Keat Chhon expressed "appreciation for these indications of support," and said some countries were still to make their pledges, including the U.S. as it remains in transition between presidents.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday opened the meeting promising foreign donors he would fight corruption with a new anti-graft law as soon as possible.
Donors last year pledged $689 million to the country, despite strong concerns over rampant corruption and demands by rights groups that donors get tough on the government's apparent refusal to reform.
While still among one of the world's poorest countries, Cambodia has emerged from decades of conflict as one of the region's rising economies.
It has posted annual economic growth averaging 11% over the past three years on the back of strong garment and tourism sectors.
But the International Monetary Fund recently said Cambodia's economy was expected to flounder next year as the world crisis deepened.
In a statement ending a two-day donors' meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia's finance minister Keat Chhon announced pledges totaling $951.5 million in development aid for 2009.
Keat Chhon expressed "appreciation for these indications of support," and said some countries were still to make their pledges, including the U.S. as it remains in transition between presidents.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday opened the meeting promising foreign donors he would fight corruption with a new anti-graft law as soon as possible.
Donors last year pledged $689 million to the country, despite strong concerns over rampant corruption and demands by rights groups that donors get tough on the government's apparent refusal to reform.
While still among one of the world's poorest countries, Cambodia has emerged from decades of conflict as one of the region's rising economies.
It has posted annual economic growth averaging 11% over the past three years on the back of strong garment and tourism sectors.
But the International Monetary Fund recently said Cambodia's economy was expected to flounder next year as the world crisis deepened.
31 comments:
Thanks to PM Hun Sen for working very hard for all Khmer people.
May Buddha be with him forever.
If buddha is with him.
It's against his principles of Life.
We will fight against Buddha.
Or not necessarily...
We don't need others killers than
Talibans and others groups of muslims
Khmer Canadian
Use this for education, social services, especially the elders and orphans who have no means to support themselves. The revenues from taxation and investments can go to the military and physical and technological infrastructure projects. There should still be money left to fatten the pockets of politicians and bureaucrats. Come on, this should be good for everyone! Do the right things, Mr. Prime Minister!
CPP's pockets are full again.
After the Siem's problem, they will
use the monies to pay soldiers.
Soldiers that will kick peasants out
of their homes.
Khmer Canadian
Please,Samdech Hun Sen know how he use the money don't worry,he know how to spend ,he doesn't need your any idea, he know since 1990s!
This time he get 1 billion that cool?
His government feel happy for four time now,and it is good for Cambodia people because our government got a lot of money $1billion !
from Sangkhum Khmer Niyum Republic!
Sangkhum Khmer Niyum democracy!
Sangkhum Khmer Niyum Vietco0ngs / Vietnamese!
Sangkhum Khmer Niyum China!
Sangkhum Khmer Niyum Americ!
The SRP will died if we can keep Ah Scam Rainxy away from the money. There is no way for him to keep his party rolling all these decades without stealing the aids money to fund his party.
I never known any SRP people killing any Cambodian, but
I knew CPP people did a lot of killing to Cambodians, abuse and
lands grabbing. more then 90% of CPP people are corruptions
and 100% CPP people working for yuon.
The whole world knew that CPP are the most corruptions.
CPP stole the votes.
The CG (donors) are blinders than Mr. Hun Sen. China flux into Khmer Society with ONLY ONE INTEREST TO DEVOUT THE NATURAL RESOURCES THAT WAS LEFT UNTAPPED.
Cambodia will be soon FULL of Holes once China allowed to explore the Ores that China is starving for in the last 5 years or so. The people of Cambodia definitely will not be the one to benefit from MINING EXPLORATION. ONLY the elite officials will be such as CPP & his Kloptocratic family ans strong tied to him.
SADLY, KHMERS PEOPLE VOTED FOR HIM.
Anonymous 12:46am, I believe you wanted to say, "The CPP will died if we can keep Ah Scam Hun Sen away from the money." There is NO WAY FOR HUN SEN TO HOLD TO POWER FOR 3 DECADES WITHOUT POLITICAL KILLING, INTIMIDATION, BRIBERY, AND UTMOST IS HIS UNWILLING TO RELINGQUIST OF FIXING THE CORRUPTED BODY IN HIS OFFICE.
12:46AM, YOU MIND ARE CORRUPTED AND VERY POLLUTED WITH DENIAL ACTS. WOULD YOU DO US A FAVOR? UNZIPPED YOUR FLY AND STICK IN A 120V/240V SOCKET AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND!
sound like even some donors were caught in the middle of this cambodian dilima, whether to trust or not to trust. perhaps, trust but verify is a good philosophy to live by. it is the country of cambodia and its beautiful, but somewhat helpless people that these donors wanted to help, however, the leadership is something else. perhaps, if i may suggest, donors must try to influent the gov't to implement reforms and more reforms as cambodia cannot afford not to make reforms and more reforms. in cambodia, there is no such thing as too much reforms. thanks to the KR genocidal policy and backward economy, etc... they made cambodia what she is today. i'm sure the people of cambodia are forever greatful to all the donor countries who have always care deeply not only for cambodia but for the good of the environment, the wildlife, and the world renowned cambodian arts and temple monuments that our great khmer ancestors had built and left for the world to marvel with. please, donor can put a lot of pressure and demands on the cambodian gov't to reform and to look after its people, and especially to put into place good governance practices and most importantly to really establish the justice system as the people of cambodia had been suffering for too long already and need the justice system to bring them hope and trust and peace of mind in cambodia. thank you very much and god bless.
How can this government improves anything from this donation of all these years? When they can't even pass a single "anti-curruption law"
All dumbass, think deeper. Who's on earth lend to a regime whose debt has become skyrocking and unable to repay but beg for default. Sic! Ah Hun Sen. Dig deeper, you'll find that those foreigners lend because the damn regime governed by the Ar Yongyoung blood sucker has already secretely sold the recent oil and gas discovery that belong to my people and my country. Go to hell Ar Hun Sen regime. Here's what in Ar Hun Sen's mind: I promise you that 99% of the money will be used to support the regime. The rest kindly goes to Cambodian.
A lot of dumbass thank those donors as if they are sent by god to help Cambodian. Again dig deeper, they are no different from Ah Hun Sen regime, for the fact that having known the regime has done nothing to raise the living standard of Cambodian, those blood suckers lend just for their own benefits, careless whatever the phuck the regime is doing with the money, yet at times pretend to raise their voice for concern. Sic! go to hell those donors!
Better to owe any of them by selling what we have than by getting their waepons to kill one another among us Khmers. Even some OPEC countries are still being influenced and courted by big money. The importance here is that the current government and officials must use these monies wisely, otherwise history and laws will catch up with them sooner or later.
wow more money, for the rich beggars in Cambodia
That's the point I wanted to make, you dumbass 2:17am. You tell me how wisely they used the money during their adiminstration. You tell me how better it is when you dumbass are earning a losss of 1 billion, instead of 10 billions. I guarantee you without foreign aids, the current regime won't sustain. Changes will take place although I don't guarantee the outcomes, but I'd rather take risks than waiting hopelessly to see my country industrialised. Anyhow, between the regime and the donors, I'd rather blame the donors for not doing their best to make sure the money go to Cambodian citizens. Go to hell donors! I'd rather get 0 penny from you and keep my natural resources in place than to get 1 penny while regime gets 99.
Btw, any Einstein tells me how much you earn when you're losing natural resources costing 100 billions and owing foreigners 1 trillion but witnessing a report of annual GDP growth rate of 10% while the 10% hidden meaning has nothing to do with income distribution. Phuck the regime!
Hello Mr. SmartAssss, 2:57:
I hope you are a Princeton or Harvard grad, because you sounded like one, and are very good at name-calling, if I may add. Are you saying you want the donors to stop giving money to Cambodia? Yes or No? I also enjoyed hearing you had a chance to relate to Einstein on the subject of economics!
Oh burned all the anti Khmer government pussies out there lol. Little jealous seeing how much money the Khmer government is getting from donors?
This is to you Sam Rainsy supporters who think you are all that. Sam Rainsy is on the government payroll too. Why do you think he wants position in the government? To help the people, maybe. To get some of those donor's money, Hell Yea. He doesn't do any business so where the hell does he get his money to send his daughter to that one prestigious university here in America lol?
At the end of the day, Sam Rainsy goes to bed with shit load of cash just like any other government officials. You don't see Sam Rainsy protesting against this huge sum of money pledged, do you? lol
That's what make you another dumbass 3:17am (so nicely timing- just 1 hour different from previous dumbass). 1: I don't need to be from those universities to figure this out. I tell you dumbass the turth I see a lot of dumbass from those universities just as dumb as you. 2: you do need to improve your English to fully understand what I write and to figure out the meaning of the contemporary English word "Einstein."
To another dumbass 5:15am, I feel pity for your dark world in seeing anyone and everyone raising comments against the regime as being politically motivated. For whatever ridiculous reasons coming from your dumb brain you're laughing for, just remember to open your mind big enough to absorb some new perspectives. Farewell dumbass
5:21 AM,
If you go back and read 2:17 AM post one more time, you should then realize that you were a jackass who could not carefully read and understand. My question to you again is, do you want the donors to stop giving aid to Cambodia? I need a Yes or No answer only. And please do elaborate and contribute your brilliant ideas! Don't just curse people out because they see things with different perstives from your own.
We think the foreign country not dump ,They smart they do the right thing for Khmer people $1billion,for samdech Hun Sen Government,If for He/Who that much better than Samdech Hun Sen will get at least $2-$4 billion instead!Believe US!
from Sangkhum Khmer Niyum Republic?
Sangkhum Khmer Niyum Comminist?
Sangkhum Khmer Niyum King?
Sangkhum Khmer Niyum Vietcong?
Sangkhum Khmer Niyum Vietnamese?
Sangkhum Khmer Niyum Democracy?
out of many Sangkhum Khmer Niyum,one Sangkhum Khmer Niyum!
(out of many,one)
Ok, here's my last word for you third time dumbass 6:00am. I don't just call people dumbass without appropriate reasons. I don't know your ages but I can say your brain is not yet mature enough to talk to me, nor I have time to carefully explain you with plain English meant for kid, just like you. My advince is as simple as this: Read more, study more, do your own research, in case you're too old to go to school.
6:22 AM,
I can't help, but need for you to see beyond your self-centered world:
Here is my post from 2:17 AM:
“Better to owe any of them by selling what we have than by getting their weapons to kill one another among us Khmers. Even some OPEC countries are still being influenced and courted by big money. The importance here is that the current government and officials must use these monies wisely, otherwise history and laws will catch up with them sooner or later.”
Now note well, jackass, I said “…the current government and officials MUST use these monies widely…” I did not say they have been using the monies wisely. Read and understand. Don’t just be like a little rabid attack dog.
Here is what you spout out of your foaming mouth in your 2:57AM post in response to the above post:
“That's the point I wanted to make, you dumbass 2:17am. You tell me how wisely they used the money during their adiminstration. You tell me how better it is when you dumbass are earning a losss of 1 billion, instead of 10 billions.”
Can you explain more what formula this is about? What were you trying to say?
“I guarantee you without foreign aids, the current regime won't sustain.”
Really, can you guarantee? They were there before any of donor or NGO, or even Mr. Rainsi started to see the sexiness of Cambodia’s politics! And Absolutely, they were okay before you developed your grand plan of regime change.
“Changes will take place although I don't guarantee the outcomes, but I'd rather take risks than waiting hopelessly to see my country industrialised.”
So, what now? You cannot guarantee?
“Anyhow, between the regime and the donors, I'd rather blame the donors for not doing their best to make sure the money go to Cambodian citizens. Go to hell donors! I'd rather get 0 penny from you and keep my natural resources in place than to get 1 penny while regime gets 99.”
Did you mean the government with all the ministries responsible for different aspects of the country’s functions when you said “regime?” If that was so, should not they get 100% instead of 99%? Now, if the donors planned to give directly and literally to the people, don’t you think they can also do that? Just like different NGO and charity/religious organizations have been doing?
And by the way, what gave you the APPROPRIATE REASON to response to my post with name calling when I did not even know and address anything to you in first place?
The purpose of the aids moneys to help fight poverty, not to fund Ah Scam Rainxy's party.
6:33am said "They (Hun Sen regime) were there before any of donor or NGO, or even Mr. Rainsi started to see the sexiness of Cambodia’s politics! And Absolutely, they were okay before you developed your grand plan of regime change." Well, Hun Sen can survive before UN, NGO were there because he got billion dollars of aid from Russia and Vietnam. Just read how much Cambodia owed Russia. Billions of dollars, dude. And its your children and mine who will be the ones who have to work our butts off to pay these debts.
Nonesense, Cambodia only owed 1.3billion to russia from the Lon Nol regime. No one is going to have to pay that back. Plus, Russia is ready to forgo the dept for better trade with Cambodia....
1:42 PM, dude,
Do you want the donors to stop giving money to Cambodia? Yes, or No?
Also, if Mr. Rainsi were the leader now, do you think he does not need any donor to give any money to Cambodia?
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