Poipet border crossing (Photo: Im Narin, Cambodge Soir Hebdo)17 Oct 2008
By Im Navin from Poipet
Cambodge Soir Hebdo
Translated from French by Luc Sâr
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A meeting held by army officers from the two camps took place on Thursday 16 October, meanwhile Cambodian shops were all closed.
At the same time that a meeting was being held on Thursday 16 October between the Cambodian and Thai army chiefs in charge of the Preah Vihear region, in Poipet, army commanders from both sides also held talks for two hours. They both engaged to “normalize the situation and trade between the two countries.”
According to Sean San Hour, the Poipet commune chief, it was time. He reminded that “99% of the town dwellers earn their livelihood from trade and business with Thailand.” He said that if the situation persists, the local population risks being hit with financial problems. For example, cart pushers transporting merchandises back and forth from Thailand now only earns 5,000 riels ($1.25) in average per day, whereas they earned 20,000 riels ($5) in the past.
Among the difficulties the population faces, there is also the issue of foods. In Cambodia, the majority of small street and market restaurants were closed following the exodus of a large number of civilians. On the other hand, on the Thai side, everything still remained open.
At the same time that a meeting was being held on Thursday 16 October between the Cambodian and Thai army chiefs in charge of the Preah Vihear region, in Poipet, army commanders from both sides also held talks for two hours. They both engaged to “normalize the situation and trade between the two countries.”
According to Sean San Hour, the Poipet commune chief, it was time. He reminded that “99% of the town dwellers earn their livelihood from trade and business with Thailand.” He said that if the situation persists, the local population risks being hit with financial problems. For example, cart pushers transporting merchandises back and forth from Thailand now only earns 5,000 riels ($1.25) in average per day, whereas they earned 20,000 riels ($5) in the past.
Among the difficulties the population faces, there is also the issue of foods. In Cambodia, the majority of small street and market restaurants were closed following the exodus of a large number of civilians. On the other hand, on the Thai side, everything still remained open.
2 comments:
Why we must care so much about the unfair business with Thailand? We should try to train our people to be more self dependent, so that we can have more voice to bargain the equality in business with Thailand.
Dear all value customer
could you please kindly stop using all thai product.
Shreak.
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