Thursday, November 15, 2007
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy
The Australian embassy in Cambodia organized a celebration for the foundation pouring of a new embassy building in Phnom Penh on 14 November 2007. The new building is located to the south of the National Assembly and the ministry of Foreign Affairs. Australian ambassador Margaret Adamson explained that there are two reasons for this new construction: (1) A large number of embassy employees could not accomplish their work in the current embassy building which is very tight, whereas, over the years, the number of embassy employees has grown to about 70; (2) Ambassador Adamson said that Australia wants to increase the knowledge of Australia in Cambodia in order to reach cooperation between the two countries to achieve lasting peace, social and economic development in Cambodia. Amb. Adamson said that the new building will be inaugurated in 18 months.
