August 20, 2007Japanese actress and essayist Misako Konno will pay a five-day visit to Cambodia this week in her capacity of the United Nations Development Program's (UNDP) Goodwill Ambassador to understand better about the development issues in Cambodia.
During her visit, Konno will meet with president of the Cambodian Red Cross Madam Bunrany Hun Sen to understand more about the issues of HIV/AIDS and gender, go on to field visits in Siem Reap and Kampong Cham to see projects on biodiversity conservation, water sanitation and landmine, and then talk to women Commune Councilors, according to a UNDP press release issued on Monday.
She will also meet with Prime Minister Hun Sen to learn more about Cambodia's progress in achieving the Cambodia Millennium Development Goals, it said.
In her capacity as UNDP Goodwill Ambassador, Konno has been to Cambodia, Timor-Leste, Vietnam and Mongolia. This is her second visit to Cambodia. The first one was in 1999.
Konno is a known actress and active writer. She played one of the lead characters in a famous play "Sasame Yuki" (The Makioka Sisters). Her science essay "Sora Tobu Hotate" (The Flying Scallop) won the 1995 Japan Writer's Prize.
Source: Xinhua
During her visit, Konno will meet with president of the Cambodian Red Cross Madam Bunrany Hun Sen to understand more about the issues of HIV/AIDS and gender, go on to field visits in Siem Reap and Kampong Cham to see projects on biodiversity conservation, water sanitation and landmine, and then talk to women Commune Councilors, according to a UNDP press release issued on Monday.
She will also meet with Prime Minister Hun Sen to learn more about Cambodia's progress in achieving the Cambodia Millennium Development Goals, it said.
In her capacity as UNDP Goodwill Ambassador, Konno has been to Cambodia, Timor-Leste, Vietnam and Mongolia. This is her second visit to Cambodia. The first one was in 1999.
Konno is a known actress and active writer. She played one of the lead characters in a famous play "Sasame Yuki" (The Makioka Sisters). Her science essay "Sora Tobu Hotate" (The Flying Scallop) won the 1995 Japan Writer's Prize.
Source: Xinhua
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I am with you guys, but we have to be optimistic. I don't like Siamese very much either, when I have been abused by them in the refugee camp. Having a mass transport vehicle, Khmers can all benefits from it -- no matter who build it. The local will be the work force during the construction. The construction contractors will benefit from this plan as well.
I foresee that our native country will become modernized with influential countries like the EU, USA, Japan, and the Micro-dragon regions taking interests. If we to protect what we have left now, land and sea integrity - we needed these countries that is meddling in Cambodia affair to protect from the neighbors from the East, the West, and the North.
The Cambodia GDP is not even equate to a small company in America. In the last 2 years or so, the GDP is 1+ billion USD.
Can you imagine what a train systems can do to Khmer economy? If one can link all the railway to all provinces & major cities, we can save millions litres fuel for better uses. Transporting goods & products, the businesses will ballooning because of easy access to mass transit. IF I HAVE THE PRINCIPAL TO START A BUSINESS, I WOULD START A BUSINESS LIKE POSTAL OFFICES, FEDEX, OR UPS SERVICES.
CAMBODIA is still listed as having NO POSTAL SERVICES. BEFORE I DIE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE RAILWAY SYSTEMS LINKED TO ALL PROVINCES AS WELL AS LINK TO THE NEIGHBORS AS FAR AS THE ROOF OF THE WORLD.
Chandrasekka Seyma Sansom, BSN,RN
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