16 November 2009
Thai-ASEAN News Network
Trade activities at checkpoints between Thailand and Cambodia are continuing as usual amidst business operators' concern about the situation.
The border trade at Chong Sa-ngum permanent border pass in Si Sa Ket province today sees a large number of locals and tourists from both countries continuing to commute and trade.
A Thai egg trader at the border market revealed that many Cambodian traders were hesitant to cross the border since the start of the diplomatic standoff.
As a result, the sales of her goods have dropped by 50 percent during this period.
Cambodian merchants dismissed their concerns over possible closure of the Thai-Cambodian border, saying if Thailand decides to do so, they can order goods from China and Vietnam.
Chairman of Trat Provincial Chamber of Commerce, Prasert Siri, said that more than 300 fishing boats from Trat and neighboring provinces operate in Cambodia's territorial waters. Each boat can generate at least one million baht a month in revenue.
He expressed his concern that the ongoing dispute between the two countries will have an impact on the fishery business and consumers.
Meanwhile, officials from the Ubon Ratchathani Provincial Chamber of Commerce have taken advantage of the tense situation between Thailand and Cambodia to promote Thai-Laotian tourism via the Chong Mek checkpoint in Sirinthorn district.
Thailand's export to Laos via the Chong Mek border pass is worth five to six billion baht a year.
The border trade at Chong Sa-ngum permanent border pass in Si Sa Ket province today sees a large number of locals and tourists from both countries continuing to commute and trade.
A Thai egg trader at the border market revealed that many Cambodian traders were hesitant to cross the border since the start of the diplomatic standoff.
As a result, the sales of her goods have dropped by 50 percent during this period.
Cambodian merchants dismissed their concerns over possible closure of the Thai-Cambodian border, saying if Thailand decides to do so, they can order goods from China and Vietnam.
Chairman of Trat Provincial Chamber of Commerce, Prasert Siri, said that more than 300 fishing boats from Trat and neighboring provinces operate in Cambodia's territorial waters. Each boat can generate at least one million baht a month in revenue.
He expressed his concern that the ongoing dispute between the two countries will have an impact on the fishery business and consumers.
Meanwhile, officials from the Ubon Ratchathani Provincial Chamber of Commerce have taken advantage of the tense situation between Thailand and Cambodia to promote Thai-Laotian tourism via the Chong Mek checkpoint in Sirinthorn district.
Thailand's export to Laos via the Chong Mek border pass is worth five to six billion baht a year.
Did all of us listened or understood the meaning of the Khmer song "Samleng Ken".
ReplyDeleteThe people in these area are more or less our brother and sisters.
Thailand will cut their own throat if they want to close the border with cambodia...
ReplyDeleteThailand is crying baby...!
ReplyDeleteDemocratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime had committed:
ReplyDeleteTortures
Brutality
Executions
Massacres
Mass Murder
Genocide
Atrocities
Crimes Against Humanity
Starvations
Slavery
Force Labour
Overwork to Death
Human Abuses
Persecution
Unlawful Detention
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime had committed:
Attempted Murders
Attempted Murder on Chea Vichea
Attempted Assassinations
Attempted Assassination on Sam Rainsy
Assassinations
Assassinated Journalists
Assassinated Political Opponents
Assassinated Leaders of the Free Trade Union
Assassinated over eighty members of Sam Rainsy Party.
"But as of today, over eighty members of my party have been assassinated. Countless others have been injured, arrested, jailed, or forced to go into hiding or into exile."
Sam Rainsy LIC 31 October 2009 - Cairo, Egypt
Executions
Executed members of FUNCINPEC Party
Murders
Murdered Chea Vichea
Murdered Ros Sovannareth
Murdered Hy Vuthy
Murdered Khim Sambo
Murdered Khim Sambo's son
Murdered members of Sam Rainsy Party.
Murdered activists of Sam Rainsy Party
Murdered Innocent Men
Murdered Innocent Women
Murdered Innocent Children
Killed Innocent Khmer Peoples.
Extrajudicial Execution
Grenade Attack
Terrorism
Drive by Shooting
Brutalities
Police Brutality Against Monks
Police Brutality Against Evictees
Tortures
Intimidations
Death Threats
Threatening
Human Abductions
Human Abuses
Human Rights Abuses
Human Trafficking
Drugs Trafficking
Under Age Child Sex
Corruptions
Bribery
Illegal Arrest
Illegal Mass Evictions
Illegal Land Grabbing
Illegal Firearms
Illegal Logging
Illegal Deforestation
Illegally use of remote detonation on Sokha Helicopter, while Hok Lundy and other military officials were on board.
Illegally Sold State Properties
Illegally Removed Parliamentary Immunity of Parliament Members
Plunder National Resources
Acid Attacks
Turn Cambodia into a Lawless Country.
Oppression
Injustice
Steal Votes
Bring Foreigners from Veitnam to vote in Cambodia for Cambodian People's Party.
Use Dead people's names to vote for Cambodian People's Party.
Disqualified potential Sam Rainsy Party's voters.
Abuse the Court as a tools for CPP to send political opponents and journalists to jail.
Abuse of Power
Abuse the Laws
Abuse the National Election Committee
Abuse the National Assembly
Violate the Laws
Violate the Constitution
Violate the Paris Accords
Impunity
Persecution
Unlawful Detention
Death in custody.
Under the Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime, no criminals that has been committed crimes against journalists, political opponents, leaders of the Free Trade Union, innocent men, women and children have ever been brought to justice.
there are more to cambodia than you and i, really!
ReplyDeleteAH SIAM MUST DIE DIE DIE!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI want my Khmer boy life back!!!!!