OK, who on KI-Media placed the swine flu curse on Hun Xen? Come on, fess up!

CPP ministers cursed blessed with Swine flu: Hun Xen, Tao Xeng Huor, Chhay Than

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen infected with A/H1N1

June 30, 2010
Xinhua

Cambodian government announced Tuesday that Prime Minister Hun Sen was found infected with A/H1N1 virus last Friday.

In a statement released Tuesday, Mam Bunheng, minister of health said the prime minister was found infected with A/H1N1 after the weekly Cabinet meeting that took place last Friday.

But he said the prime minister's health condition returns to normal after he was well treated by Cambodian eminent doctors.

According to the statement, other three senior government officials and two civil servants were found infected with the same disease including Yim Chhay Ly, deputy prime minister, and senior ministers Tao Seng Hour and Chhay Than.

The other two are civil servants.

According to ministry of health, to date, there have been 591 cases of A/H1N1, and six people have died since the outbreak of the virus last year.

Chhay Than's kowtow visit to China

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (R) meets with Cambodian Senior Minister and Minister of Planning Chhay Than in Boao, a scenic town in south China's Hainan Province, April 10, 2010. (Xinhua Photo)

Chinese vice president meets Cambodian senior minister

April 11, 2010
Source: Xinhua

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping on Saturday met here with Cambodian Senior Minister Chhay Than on advancing bilateral relations.

Chhay Than came to the resort island in south China for the annual session of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), a pan-Asian platform for dialogue on key issues affecting Asia and the world.

Chhay Than said he would like to take this opportunity to convey Cambodian leaders' greetings to the Chinese leaders.

Xi said China-Cambodia friendship, created and cultivated by the older generations of leaders, withstood the test of changes in international arena and was deeply rooted.

Thanks to deep political trust, effective cooperation and close coordination in international issues, China-Cambodia relations had became a paradigm of how countries of different systems can work together, Xi said.

Xi appreciated Cambodia for supporting China on issues concerning the country's core interests, including issues related to Taiwan, Tibet and Xinjiang.

Xi pledged China would work with Cambodia to further advance bilateral all-round partnership of cooperation.

Chhay Than thanked China for providing generous support to Cambodia's economic and social development.

He also spoke highly of China's positive role in leading the world out of economic recession.

Chhay Than was one of 2,000 political and business figures and experts from Asia and around the world who gathered at the island resort in south China's Hainan Province for the BFA annual session.

Vietnam, Cambodia boost cooperation in planning and investment [-One more step to the Indochinese Federation?]

03/04/2009
VOV News (Hanoi)

Vietnam and Cambodia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Hanoi on March 4 to strengthen bilateral cooperation in planning and investment.

Signatories to the document were Vietnamese Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc and Cambodian Minister of Planning Chhay Than.

Under the MoU, both ministries will closely co-ordinate in devising plans to improve advisory work for their governments. They will hold the exchange of high-level delegations annually, share experiences in planning, and organize short-term training courses for their staff.

This year, the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) will invite officials from the Cambodian Ministry of Planning to visit several border provinces on fact-finding trips to promote mutual understanding.

Last year, the Government of Vietnam provided VND90 billion in non-refundable aid to the Cambodian Royal Government to strengthen cooperation in the field of education and training, according to the MPI. In addition, Vietnam also granted more than 1,800 scholarships to Cambodian students in the field of education, culture, sports, and inspection.

In 2008, two-way trade between the two countries reached US$1.7 billion, up 42 percent compared to the previous year. Currently, around 39 Vietnamese projects capitalized at US$211.2 million have received business licenses from the government of Cambodia.

Astronomical inflation data conveniently withheld before election

Chhay Than, CPP minister of Planning

03 Feb 2009
KI-Media

The Cambodia Daily reported in today’s edition that Chhay Than, the minister of Planning, admitted that he intentional withheld inflation data from last year, because his ministry “did not want high prices to have an effect on the July 2008 national election.”

In fact, the actual inflation rate from January 2007 to 2008 was 183%, therefore CPI reports were suppressed in the following six months, especially when the inflation was at its peak during the election period. “We just wanted to keep the good feeling [of citizens] before the election and avoid the wrongful interpretation of politicians … We wanted a positive number for the people,” CPP minister Chhay Than was quoted by The Cambodia Daily as saying. “This is not the government’s intention to hide inflation,” the minister added. The World Bank indicated that inflation hit a record high of 25.7% in May 2008, slightly prior to the election.

According to local media, Khieu Kanharith, the CPP minister of Information, also admitted that the government suspended the publication of inflation data so that it would not reflect poorly on the ruling CPP government. Arjun Goswami, ADB country representative, criticized the lack of transparency in the presentation of statistics by the government. Sam Rainsy blasted the government’s decision to withhold inflation data as being “irresponsible” and a poor adherence to democratic principles.