TV Program Halted After Government Criticism

By Denise Hruby and Kuch Naren - December 9, 2012

The U.N.-funded television program “Equity Weekly,” whose stated aim is to promote good governance through short investigative journalism pieces broadcast on state-run TVK, was suspended last month, the U.N. Development Program (UNDP) said.


The suspension of the popular show followed criticism from the government over the content of a recent feature on economic land concessions.

“It was a joint decision between the Ministry of Information and UNDP to temporarily suspend the ‘Equity Weekly’ show,” a spokesperson from the UNDP said in an email. “Several stories elicited strong reactions from the government and the general public.”

The UNDP did not say which stories in particular had spurred strong reaction from the government. The UNDP spokesperson said U.N. officials will be meeting with TVK soon to discuss the future of the program, funding for which will continue.

Broadcast for about 40 minutes every Sunday evening since 2007, “Equity Weekly’s” uncensored content is more hard-hitting by far than TVK’s closely vetted news content.

In their final broadcast, the host of “Equity Weekly,” Khem Vuthy, spent 25 minutes apologizing for a report made on September 30, which discussed the positive and negative effects of 50,000 hectares of economic land concessions shared by at least six private companies in the Virachey National Park in Ratanakkiri province.

“We would like to start the show with a correction. On our show aired on September 30, during our story about the alleged land concessions in the [Virachey] National Park, we failed to notify the viewers on the screen that some of the video used was archive footage from a different location,” Mr. Vuthy said.
“This was an unintentional error from our part and we apologize to all our viewers for the misunderstanding and confusion that this may have caused.”

Conservationists and human rights groups have strongly criticized the recent surge in land concessions in Ratanakkiri and elsewhere, saying that some plantations cut deep into Cambodia’s remaining pristine forests, while they also affect local farmland and the forest-based livelihoods of indigenous people.
During the last episode of the show on November 11, the host also announced that the Ministry of Information had sent TVK a five-page letter with a complaint from the Ministry of Environment over the Virachey National Park land concessions program.

“[It’s] an appropriate time to review [‘Equity Weekly’] and try to set new objectives to adapt to the fast changing media landscape in Cambodia. The UNDP has suggested to have a joint review taskforce between UNDP and TVK teams to review the production process and explore the best possible ways to move forward,” the UNDP spokesperson added.

A source working for the TV show, who spoke on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity surrounding the show’s suspension, said that the contract between The UNDP and TVK to produce “Equity Weekly” programs runs until April 2013 and that staff will continue getting paid until then.
TVK Director-General Kem Gunawadh said that he had no knowledge of the matter.

“I did not hear about it yet because I received no information from [the] Ministry of Information,” he said.

Information Minister Khieu Kanharith could not be contacted for comment.

Ouy Bounmy, a senior producer for “Equity Weekly,” said the decision to cut the program had been made due to a scheduled break during the Asean Summit last month, as well as financial problems. He also said the suspension would only be temporary.

“[The suspension] is about funding shortage and we will resume in the next two weeks.”
Brian Lund, director of Oxfam America’s East Asia regional office, which is part of Oxfam International and also funds “Equity Weekly” alongside the UNDP, said he did not want to comment on the programming controversy.

“We are still supporting ‘Equity [Weekly]’ until April next year and probably beyond that because it is a valuable platform,” Mr. Lund said.

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EU Ambassador Says Listen to Envoy’s Advice

By The Cambodia Daily - December 11, 2012

The European Union’s ambassador to Cambodia yesterday urged the government to heed the advice of the U.N.’s visiting human rights envoy, who has come under increasing rebuke from officials for his unflattering reports.


Addressing a crowd of about 3,000, mostly garment factory workers, at Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park to mark International Human Rights Day, E.U. Ambassador Jean-Francois Cautain spoke up for the work of the U.N.’s local human rights office and of the U.N.’s human rights envoy to the country, Surya Subedi.
“We believe the work of this office has contributed tremendously to the promotion and protection of human rights,” Mr. Cautain said of the U.N.’s human rights office in Cambodia.

“Similarly, the work of the U.N. special rapporteur, professor Subedi, who is here…in Cambodia, provides a unique opportunity for the government of Cambodia to receive expert recommendations for improving human rights,” he continued.

Government officials have recently stepped up their public criticism of Mr. Subedi, who arrived here on Sunday for his eighth fact-finding mission since taking up the unpaid post in 2009.
At least two officials, including the head of the government’s Human Rights Committee, Om Yentieng, have accused the U.N. envoy of effectively working for the political opposition. In October, Mr. Hun Sen referred to the envoy’s last report on the government’s highly controversial economic land concessions as “flimsy.”
The E.U. is currently reviewing Mr. Subedi’s report on land evictions in order to decide whether or not to launch its own investigation into possible human rights violations committed by Cambodia vis-a-vis free trade rules with Europe.

Also present at yesterday’s demonstration was the U.S. Embassy’s charge d’affaires, Jeff Daigle, who reminded the crowd of U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit to Cambodia last month, during which he pressed Mr. Hun Sen on the country’s deteriorating human rights record.
“Protecting human rights is essential to strong rule of law, civilian security, economic development and, ultimately, lasting peace,” Mr. Daigle said.

“This was a key message of President Obama during his visit to Cambodia last month, when he urged progress on these issues and stressed that the promise of Cambodia’s great people would only be realized when human rights are fully respected and all voices are heard,” Mr. Daigle added.
The U.S. president urged Mr. Hun Sen to create an independent election committee, let opposition parties work freely and release all political prisoners—including imprisoned radio station owner Mam Sonando.
Rights groups claim that the government has been regressing on its human rights record in recent years, increasingly using the police and courts to clamp down on dissenters and peaceful protesters.
In February, Bavet City governor Chhouk Bundith shot into a crowd of demonstrating garment workers, hitting three women, one through the lung. Though charged and implicated by eyewitnesses, the courts have made no attempt to arrest Mr. Bundith and could still drop the case.
Nuth Sokhorn, one of the women shot, allegedly by Mr. Bundith, reminded the crowds gathered at Freedom Park of the case.

“We are three women who were shot by Chhouk Bundith, who is still free. Please find justice for us,” she said, before breaking down in tears.
Thun Saray, president of local rights group Adhoc, said several government officials had been invited to the event, including Phnom Penh governor Kep Chuktema and Mr. Yentieng, but were told they would all be busy.

Police presence around the park was light. But just a few blocks away near the corner of Monivong and Russian boulevards, about 100 riot police officers blocked about as many anti-eviction activists from staging their own march to Mr. Hun Sen’s Peace Palace to deliver a petition requesting his help in their land disputes.
As the police confronted protesters, one police officer was seen knocking a female protester to the ground then kicking her in the abdomen. Once the protesters decided to disperse at about 10:30 a.m., police officers detained Nhep Ly, a community empowerment officer for the Housing Rights Task Force, for taking photographs.

Mr. Ly was taken to Srah Chak commune police headquarters in Daun Penh district but released soon after.
“The police accused me of taking pictures of the protest without asking permission in advance from authorities, but I told them that I just took pictures of the general activity like the other photographers,” he said after being released from custody.

Commune police chief Kan Vannak declined to comment on the violence and detention of Mr. Ly.
(Reporting by Aun Pheap, Khoun Narim, Phok Dorn and Zsombor Peter)

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Great Huangs of history

Wednesday, 05 December 2012

Stuart Alan Becker

 

The book The Great Dictionary of Famous Chinese (published in 1921), lists 613 Huangs.

Here follows a partial list of of famous Huangs, including some of the descendants of Huang Qiaoshan (871-953).

Xia dynasty (2205 BC-1766 BC)  Huang Yuan (Prime Minister)

Shang Dynasty (1766 BC-1122 BC)  Huang Yin (Yi Yin ) (Prime Minister)

Zhou Dynasty (1122BC- 256 BC)  Huang Xie Lord of Chunshen (Prime Minister of Chu) 314 BC-238 BC

Qin Dynasty (221 BC-206 BC)  Huang Shigong (Strategist)

Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 9)  Huang Ba Duke of Jiancheng (Prime Minister) 130 BC-51 BC

Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220)  Huang Xiang (Famous Official) AD 53- AD117

Three Kingdoms Period (220-280)  Huang Zhong (General of Shu Han) AD220  Huang Gai (General of Wu)

Tang Dynasty (618-907) Huang Chao (Leader of Peasant Rebellion Army) ?-AD 884

Five Dynasties Period (907-960)  Huang Quan (Painter) c.903-965; Huang Jucai (Painter) 933-?

Song Dynasty (960-1279), Huang Tingjian (Poet and Calligrapher) 1045-1105

Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368)  Huang Daopo (female) (Weaver) c.1245-? ; Huang Gongwang (Painter) 1269-1354

Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) Huang Senping (Ong Sum Ping) (Noble of Sultanate of Brunei)  Huang Wan (Famous Scholar)  1477-1551; Huang Daozhou (Scholar, Painter and Patriot)  1585-1646 ; Huang Zongxi (Thinker) 1610-1695

Qing Dynasty (1644-1911); Huang Shen (Painter)  1687-1770; Huang Jingren (Poet)  1749-1783; Huang Yizhou (Classics Expert)  1828-1899; Huang Feihong (Wong Feihung) (Martial Artist & Physician) 1847-1924; Huang Zunxian (Poet and Statesman) 1848-1905

Modern Period (1911- Present) Huang Binhong (Painter) 1865-1955 ; Huang Xing 兴 (Revolutionary) 1874-1916 ; Huang Kan (Philologist) 1886-1935; Huang Kecheng (General of the China's People's Liberation Army) 1902-1986; Huang Zhou (Painter) b.1925; Huang Jiasi (Medical Expert) 1906-1984; Huang Ziqing, (Chemist) 1900-1982; Huang Jinhui (Wee Kim Wee)(Former President of Singapore) 1915- 2005; Huang Huahua (Present Governor of Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China) b.1946; Huang Gencheng (Wong Kan Seng) (Present Home Affairs Minister of Singapore) b.1946; Huang Jiading (Ong Ka Ting) (Former Housing and Local Government Minister of Malaysia); Huang Guangyu (Businessman) b.1969. The richest man in China according to Time magazine 30/04/2006.

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To contact the reporter on this story: Stuart Alan Becker at stuart.becker@gmail.com

Time to invest in people

Friday, 07 December 2012

Pamela Cox

 

For more than a decade, Cambodia has sustained impressive economic growth.

The World Bank expects real gross domestic product to increase by 6.6 per cent this year – a figure to be envied in today’s fragile global economy.

At this pace, Cambodia can rapidly become the industrialised and productive economy it aspires to be.

Is this the future that Cambodians can rightfully look forward to?

The answer is yes, but only if Cambodia invests in its most precious resource – its people – to enable each individual to realise his or her potential and productively contribute to the nation’s economy.

Until now, much of Cambodia’s investment has focused on infrastructure, agriculture and manufacturing – priority areas during the early stages of the country’s economic development.

But with economic progress, it has become increasingly clear that these efforts are not enough to help the country achieve equitable, sustainable growth and, most important, reduce poverty.

Today, despite the nation’s economic achievements, roughly 20 per cent of Cambodians – that’s 2.8 million people – are still poor.

Nearly 40 per cent of children under the age of five suffer from malnutrition, and 28 per cent in the same age group are underweight.

Over the past decade, workforce skills of adults improved at a slower rate than in other East Asia countries, and the proportion of skilled workers among earners stagnated.

When the economy is booming, it’s tempting to turn a blind eye to such statistics.

But for the sake of Cambodia’s future, these are the figures we must confront, and this is where the World Bank can help.

Ending poverty, and building shared prosperity, are central to the Bank’s mission. 

Investments in human development, particularly in the areas of health and education, need to be a priority in Cambodia to create opportunities for all, especially the poor and vulnerable.

Interventions in these areas work hand in hand to build a country’s human-resources pool even before schooling begins.

Growing evidence shows the importance of adequate nutrition and health care during early childhood, to lay the foundation for intellectual progress and life-long learning.

The government has taken significant steps towards improving access as well as the quality of education, and 96 per cent of children aged six to 11 now go to primary school.

The average test performance of primary- and secondary-school students has improved, and higher-education enrolments increased fourfold between 2001 and 2011.

The World Bank is supporting health and education in Cambodia.

With the government and our development partners, we are financing health equity funds and school scholarships, having provided 2.5 million health-care treatments for poor people since 2009 and scholarships for 63,000 poor secondary-school students since 2005.

But much more needs to be done to improve the coverage, quality and governance of these sectors.

Although Cambodia’s economy is growing, employers report a mismatch between the skills university graduates bring to a job and the skills the labour market demands.

A recent World Bank study found that 22 per cent of foreign employers in Cambodia identify skills as a severe constraint to businesses.

This means many Cambodians earn less than they could if they had adequate education and skills.

For the country, this leads to lower productivity, limiting Cambodia’s potential to attract investment and improve living standards for all.

As a global knowledge and financial institution, the World Bank works with governments and a broad array of stakeholders gathering best practices and providing solutions for the most difficult development issues countries and communities face.

It draws from the knowledge and experience of other nations, and is able and ready to assist, inspire and inform Cambodia’s efforts to achieve its development goals.

In Indonesia, for example, the World Bank supported a social assistance program designed to address three lagging Millennium Development Goals – maternal health, child health and universal education – using a successful, community-driven approach.

Communities themselves took charge and allocated block grants targeting 12 health and education indicators, enabling 1.6 million women and children to receive nutrition counselling and support; helping 365,000 children receive immunisations; eliminating 185,000 cases of underweight children; and providing assistance to about 380,000 poor school students.

Tajikistan also has a high percentage of underweight children resulting from malnutrition exacerbated by the 2008 food-price shock.

The World Bank supported a community and basic health project to provide food packages and micro-nutrient supplements to about 50,000 women, infants and children.

By mid-2011, the project had trained 1,000 primary health workers and 300 community volunteers to deliver education on breast-feeding, good nutrition and the care of sick children.

Delivering these results requires a tremendous, co-ordinated effort by governments, donors, the private sector, civil society and others.

During my visit to Phnom Penh this week, I discussed with the government and our development partners how the World Bank can support Cambodia’s development strategy, to ensure all Cambodians can participate in, and benefit from, their country’s future prosperity.

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Pamela Cox is the World Bank vice-president for East Asia and the Pacific.

Tribunal betrays the ideal of justice

Tuesday, 11 December 2012

Raoul Marc Jennar

 

Dear Editor,

Like most Cambodians, I was happy when the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia began their judicial process in 2007.

There is a pressing need for justice in Cambodia, because the Khmer Rouge was among the most criminal regimes in human history.

And, like most Cambodians,  I was happy when the final decision in the first case was handed down and Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, former chairman of the Khmer Rouge S-21 security centre in Phnom Penh, was sentenced to life imprisonment.

But today, like most Cambodian people, I am extremely disappointed by the Trial Chamber’s delay in dealing with Case 002.

This case involves the highest-ranking surviving members of the so-called Democratic Kampuchea regime.

They are charged with crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and genocide against this country’s Muslim Cham and Vietnamese populations.

The Trial Chamber held the initial hearing of Case 002 in June, 2011, 17 months ago, but the first verdict is far from being handed down.

May I remind the judges of the Trial Chamber that the Nuremberg war-crimes trials, which had to deal with 24 former leaders of Germany’s Nazi regime, took less than a year to decide the defendants’ fate?

Despite this unbearable slowness, the Trial Chamber recently made a decision to reduce the weekly number of hearings. This is a shame.

More important, it is an insult to the victims and survivors of the Cambodian tragedy who are waiting for justice.

It is also an insult to the people whose taxes in their home countries contribute to the ECCC’s budget.

Above all, it is an insult to all the people around the world who believe in internal penal justice and the absolute necessity to fight impunity.

Raoul Marc Jennar
A Cambodian citizen

Cambodia's tax revenue totals $683 million

Tuesday, 11 December 2012

May Kunmakara

 

The Cambodian government collected $683 million in taxes over the first 11 months of this year, according to data from the General Department of Taxation released last week.

An economist said the increase in domestic tax revenue emphasised that Cambodia still has room for improvement in tax collection and should aim to eliminate reliance on foreign aid. However, it warned that there needs to be more diversification of taxes imposed.

According to a statement from the GDT, revenues were collected from various taxes such as: tax on profits, withholding tax, salary tax, Value Added Tax, turnover tax, vehicle tax, patent tax and property tax.

Kang Chandararot, director at the Cambodia Institute for Development Study, said the rise of domestic tax revenue reflects the improvement of tax collection and increasing economic activity.

“It emphasises that we have a lot of hope to build a stronger base to repay foreign debt, and reduce reliance on foreign aid. We are happy to see the revenue grow in domestic tax,” he said.

“However, reducing our reliance on foreign aid requires us to improve and diversify our tax collection,” he added.

“We also notice that we have a lot of room to impose tax. At the same, we also need to make reforms to reduce some unnecessary expenses. I think tax collection expansion is a must for the economy,” said Chandararot.

The opposition party claimed the revenue was far from the potential figure, citing corruption as the reason for the disparity.

Yim Sovann, a spokesperson for the Sam Rainsy Party, said Cambodia currently collects around 12 per cent of its GDP from taxes, which is very low compared to other countries in the region, like neighbouring Thailand.

“Our domestic revenue does not match the actual amount which can be taken,” he said.

“We lose between $500 million to $1 billion per year because of corruption,” he added, saying that a lot of revenue has not been fully collected from economic land concessions, Cambodia’s 50 casinos, and tickets sold to visit Angkor Wat.

Last week, the government approved an increase in national budget expenditure to nearly 13 per cent for 2013 to more than $3 billion from this year’s $2.7 billion.

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday raised no concern over the budget rise, saying the revenue also continues to increase.

“If the expense is more than $3 billion, the revenue should be more than $3 billion.”

Sovann said the increase of expenditure puts a greater burden on the country, resulting in the government seeking foreign aid as a solution.

“The government cannot generate enough domestic revenue to meet the expenditure,” he said.

“Of course, they can increase the revenue if they strengthen the tax collection system. They always borrow around $1 billion [in foreign aid] to meet their expenses,” he added.

According to the draft national budget for 2013, Cambodia currently owes $3.6 billion in foreign debt.

បុគ្គលិកកម្មករ​ឯកជន​នឹង​ទទួល​បាន​ប្រាក់​ចូល​និវត្តន៍​ដូច​មន្ត្រី​រាជការ

 

 

 បុគ្គលិក​កាស៊ី​ណូនៅ​ប៉ោយ​ប៉ែត​ ធ្វើការ​តវ៉ា​កាល​ពីម្សិលមិញ​​។ សហការី

 

Tuesday, 11 December 2012

មុំ គន្ធា

 

 ភ្នំពេញៈ បុគ្គលិក កម្មករ និយោជិត មកពី​ក្រុមហ៊ុន និង​សហគ្រាស​រោង​ចក្រ​ឯកជន​នានា​ត្រូវ​មន្ត្រី​នៃ​ក្រសួង​ការងារ​អះអាង​កាល ពី​ម្សិល​មិញថា នឹង​ទទួល​បាន​ប្រាក់​សោធន​និវត្តន៍ នៅ​ក្នុង​ឆ្នាំ​២០១៥ ដូច​ជា​មន្ត្រី​រាជការ​រដ្ឋដែរ នៅ​ពេល​ពួកគេ​ចូល​និវត្តន៍ ប៉ុន្តែ​ជា​ដំបូង​គឺ​ត្រូវ​ទៅ​ចុះ​ឈ្មោះ​នៅ​បេឡាជាតិ​របប​សន្តិសុខ​សង្គម (ប.ស.ស)។

លោក ស៊ុំ សោភ័ណ្ឌ នាយក​រង​បេឡា​ជាតិ​របប​សន្តិសុខ​សង្គម​នៃ​ក្រសួង ការងារ​បាន​ឲ្យ​ដឹង​ថា​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​នឹង​ចាប់​ផ្តើម​លើ​គម្រោង​នេះ​នៅ​ក្នុង ឆ្នាំ​២០១៥ សម្រាប់​សហគ្រាស​ឯកជន​ទាំង​ឡាយ​ណា​ដែល​មាន​បុគ្គលិក កម្មករ​និយោជិត ចាប់​ពី​ចំនួន ៨ នាក់​ឡើង​ទៅ។
លោក សោភ័ណ្ឌ ​បាន​មាន​ប្រសាសន៍ថា៖ «ខ្ញុំ​មិន​អាច​ប្រាប់​លម្អិត​បាន​ទេ​នៅ​ពេល​នេះ​ថា តើ​កម្មករ ឬ​និយោជិត​ដែល​បាន​ចុះ ឈ្មោះ​ត្រូវ​បង់​វិភាគ​ទាន​ចំនួន​ប៉ុន្មាន និង​ថា តើ​ពួកគេ​អាច​នឹង​ទទួល​បាន​ប្រាក់​សោធន​និវត្តន៍​ចំនួន​ប៉ុន្មាន​ភាគរយ។ យើង​នឹង​ប្រកាស​នៅ​ពេល​ក្រោយ»។

លោកបាន​បញ្ជាក់​ថា ចំនួន​កម្មករ បុគ្គលិក​៨​នាក់ និង​លើស​នេះ ដែល​មក​ពី​រោងចក្រ សហគ្រាស​ឯកជន ត្រូវ​ចុះ​ឈ្មោះ​នៅ ប.ស.ស ដើម្បី​ទទួល​បាន​ប្រាក់​ចូល​និវត្តន៍ ដែល​ប្រការ​នេះ វាគឺជា​កាតព្វកិច្ច​របស់​ពួកគេ។

លោកបន្តថា៖ «ជំហាន​ទី១ យើង​ត្រូវ​ធ្វើ​ជាមួយ​រោងចក្រ​សហគ្រាស​ដែល​មាន​បុគ្គលិក​៨ នាក់​ឡើង​សិន ហើយ​បន្ទាប់​មក​សហគ្រាស​ដែល​មាន​បុគ្គលិក​តែ​ម្នាក់​ក៏​អាច​ចុះ​ឈ្មោះ​បាន ដែរ។ ពួកគេ​ត្រូវ​តែ​ធ្វើ​ការ​ចុះ​ឈ្មោះ ពីព្រោះ​នេះ​ជា​កាតព្វកិច្ច ស្ថិត​ក្រោម​ច្បាប់​ការងារ។
មកដល់ពេលនេះបុគ្គលិក កម្មករ និយោជិត ជាង​៧២ម៉ឺន​នាក់ បាន​ចុះ​ឈ្មោះ​រួច​ហើយ​ជា​មួយ ប.ស.ស ពួកគេ​មក​ពី​១៩ ​ខេត្ត​-ក្រុង មាន​តែ​ខេត្ត​៤​ទៀតទេ ​មិន​ទាន់​ចុះ​បញ្ជី​នៅ​ឡើយ ​ដូចជា ខេត្ត​រតន​គិរី មណ្ឌល​គិរី ព្រះ​វិហារ និងខេត្ត​ឧត្តរ​មានជ័យ។

លោកបន្តថា៖ «ពួកគេ​នឹង​ទទួល​បាន​ប្រាក់​សោធននិវត្តន៍​ជា​រៀង​រាល់​ខែ​បន្ទាប់​ពី ពួកគេ​ចូល​និវត្តន៍​រហូត​ដល់​ស្លាប់»។ លោក​ថា លក្ខខណ្ឌ​ច្បាប់​របស់ ប.ស.ស ដើម្បី​ទទួល​បាន​ប្រាក់​សោធននិវត្តន៍ គឺ​រៀបចំ​រួច​រាល់​ហើយ នៅ​រង់ចាំ​តែ​ធ្វើ​សេចក្តី​ប្រកាស​នៅ​ក្នុង​ឆ្នាំ​២០១៤។

លោកលើកឡើង​ថា ​៖ «យើង​មិន​អាច​ធ្វើ​ការ​ប្រកាស​នៅ​ពេល​ណា​ដែល​យើង​ចង់​ទេ ប៉ុន្តែ យើង​ត្រូវ​ការ​អ្នក​ជំនាញ​ធ្វើ ដើម្បី​គណនា​ថា តើ​មាន​ប៉ុន្មាន​ភាគរយ​ដែល​បុគ្គលិក​ម្នាក់ៗ​ចូល​និវត្តន៍​ត្រូវ​ទទួល បាន និង​ត្រូវ​បង់​វិភាគទាន ប៉ុន្មាន ហើយ​អ្វី​ខ្លះ​ដែល​ពួកគេ​ត្រូវ​ធ្វើ ប្រសិន​បើ​ពួកគេ​មិន​អាច​បំពេញ​​ទៅ​តាម​លក្ខខណ្ឌ​របស់​យើង​បាន»។

លោក រ៉ុង ឈុន ប្រធាន​សហភាព​សហជីព​កម្ពុជា បាន​គាំទ្រ​គម្រោង​របស់​ក្រសួង​ការងារ​ដែល​តម្រូវ​ឲ្យ​កម្មករ បុគ្គលិក​ឯកជន​ទទួល​បាន​ប្រាក់​ចូល​និវត្តន៍​ដូច​មន្រ្តី​រាជការ​នេះ។
លោកថ្លែងថា៖ «ខ្ញុំសូម​ស្វាគមន៍​គម្រោង​នេះ ដែល​បុគ្គលិក​កម្មករ​ឯកជន ក៏​អាច​ទទួល​បាន​ប្រាក់​ចូល​និវត្តន៍​វាជា​ជំហាន​មួយ​ដែល​កម្ពុជា​យើង​គួរ​ ធ្វើ​ដូច​ប្រទេស​នានា»។ លោក​បន្ត​ថា នេះ​គឺជា​ផល​ប្រយោជន៍​ដ៏ល្អ​មួយ សម្រាប់​បុគ្គលិក កម្មករ និយោជិត នៅ​កម្ពុជា៕ CC

ពលករ​ខ្មែរ​ជាង​១៦​ម៉ឺន​នាក់​នៅ​ថៃ​ ត្រូវ​ប្រឈម​នឹង​ការ​និរទេស​មក​ស្រុក​វិញ

 

 

 ពលករ​ខ្មែរ​ខុ​សច្បាប់​ដែល​ខាង​ថៃ​ចាប់​បញ្ជូន​មក​ស្រុក​វិញ​​​​​។ រូបថត ផា លីណា

 

 

Monday, 10 December 2012

មុំ គន្ធា-Stuart White

 

ភ្នំពេញៈ ពលករ​ចំណាក​ស្រុក​កម្ពុជា​ជាង​១៦​ម៉ឺន​នាក់​នៅ​ក្នុង​ប្រទេស​ថៃ ត្រូវ​ប្រឈម​នឹង​ការ​និរទេស បើ​សិន​មិន​បាន​ទៅ​ចុះ​ឈ្មោះ​ក្នុង​កិច្ច​ដំណើរ​ការ​ផ្ទៀតផ្ទាត់​ជាតិ​ សាសន៍ មុន​ថ្ងៃ​កំណត់​ថ្ងៃ​សុក្រ​សប្តាហ៍​នេះ​ទេ​។ នេះ​បើ​យោង​តាម​ប្រព័ន្ធ​ផ្សព្វ​ផ្សាយ​រដ្ឋ​របស់​ថៃ​រាយការណ៍​កាល​ពី ម្សិលមិញ។

ប្រព័ន្ធ​ផ្សព្វផ្សាយ​ថៃ MCOT បាន​ស្រង់​សម្តី​មន្រ្តី​ថា មាន​ពលករ​ចំណាក​ស្រុក​កម្ពុជា​តែ ៥៦ ​៧៧៦ នាក់ បាន​បំពេញ​ចប់​សព្វ​គ្រប់​នូវ​កិច្ច​ដំណើរ​ការ​ផ្ទៀងផ្ទាត់​ជាតិ​សាសន៍ នៅ​សល់​ពលករ​កម្ពុជា​ប្រមាណ​១៦៥ ៦៥៤​នាក់​ទៀត បូក​នឹង​ពលករ​ចំណាក​ស្រុក​ជាង​១លាន​នាក់​មក​ពី​ប្រទេស​ដទៃ​ទៀត ដែល​អាច​ទទួល​រង​ការ​ចាប់​ខ្លួន ការ​និរទេស និង​ការ​កេងប្រវ័ញ្ច ការ​ជំរិត​ទារ​ប្រាក់ និង​ទាសករ​បំណុល​។ នេះ​បើ​តាម​អ្នក​ជំនាញ​និង​សង្គម​ស៊ីវិល។

បើ ទោះ​ជា​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​ថៃ​បាន​ពន្យារ​ថ្ងៃ​កំណត់​នៃ​ការ​ផ្ទៀងផ្ទាត់​ជាតិ សាសន៍​ពីរ​លើក​រួច​ហើយ ដែល​ការ​ពន្យារ​ថ្មី​ៗ​បំផុ​ត គឺ​ពន្យារ​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី១៤ ខែ​មិថុនា ដល់​ថ្ងៃ​ទី ១៤ ខែ​ធ្នូ​ ក៏​ដោយ ក៏​ប៉ុន្តែ លោក Andy Hall នៃ​វិទ្យាស្ថាន​ប្រជាជន​និង​ស្រាវជ្រាវ​សង្គម​នៅ​វិទ្យាល័យ Mahidol នៅ​ប្រទេស​ថៃ បាន​ថ្លែង​ថា ពលករ​ចំណាក​ស្រុក​ប្រឈម​នឹង​ឧបសគ្គ មិន​រំពឹង​ទុក​មាន​ច្រើន​មក​ដាក់​ពាក្យ​សុំ​ទេ។

លោក​ថ្លែង​ថា​៖ «​វា​មិន​ពិបាក​ខ្លាំង​ទេ។ វា​គ្រាន់​តែ​ដោយ​សារ​អំពើ​ពុករលួយ»។ លោក​គិត​ថា ប្រាក់​សំណូក​អាច​មាន​ពី​២០០ ទៅ ៣០០​ដុល្លារ​អាមេរិក ក្នុង​ចំណោម​បញ្ហា​ដទៃ​ទៀត។ «វា​ច្រើន​សម្រាប់​ពួក​គេ ហើយ​វា​ជា​ដំណើរ​ការ ​បែប​ការិយាធិបតេយ្យ និង​ពុករលួយ ... វា​មិន​មែន​ជា​កំហុស​កម្មករ​ទេ។ វា​ជា​កំហុស​របស់​និយោជក និង​ជា​កំហុស​មន្រ្តី»។

លោក​បន្ត​ថា ការ​និរទេស​ក៏​ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ​ពលករ​ចំណាក​ស្រុក​ប្រឈម​នឹង​សេចក្តី​សម្រេច​ដ៏ ពិបាក ប្រសិន​បើ​ពួក​គេ​ចង់​វិល​ត្រឡប់​មក​វិញ។ ការ​ចូល​ទៅ​ប្រទេស​ថៃ​វិញ​ខុស​ច្បាប់​ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ​ពលករ​ងាយ​រង​ការ​កេង​ ប្រវ័ញ្ច​ពី​និយោជក និង​អាជ្ញាធរ ប៉ុន្តែ​ការ​ចំណាយ​ខ្ពស់​ក្នុង​ការ​វិល​ត្រឡប់​មក​វិញ​ដោយ​ស្រប​ច្បាប់ នឹង​ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ​ពួក​គេ​ជាប់​បំណុល។ ​លោក​បន្ត​ថា វា​គ្រោះថ្នាក់​ណាស់​។ ពលករ ប្រៀប​ដូច​«ចុះ​ទឹក​ក្រពើ​ឡើង​លើ​ខ្លា»។

លោក Phil Robertson អនុ​ប្រធាន​ផ្នែក​អាស៊ី​នៃ​អង្គការ​ឃ្លាំ​មើល​សិទិ្ធ​មនុស្ស​បាន សង្ខេប​ពី​ស្ថានភាព​របស់​ពល​ករ​ចំណាក​ស្រុក​នៅ​ថៃ​យ៉ាង​ច្បាស់ តាម​អ៊ីមែល​ថា៖ «ការ​បង្ក្រាប​លើ​ពលករ​ចំណាក​ស្រុក​នៅ​ថៃ​មាន​ន័យ​ថា ជា​ការ​រំលោភ​សិទិ្ធ​មនុស្ស​ពី​អាជ្ញាធរ​ថៃ គឺ​ការ​វាយ​ដំ​រូប​កាយ និង​ការ​ធ្វើ​ទារុណកម្ម ការ​យាយី​ផ្លូវ​ភេទ ​និង​ការ​កំហែង​យក​ប្រាក់​ជា​លក្ខណៈ​ប្រព័ន្ធ ជា​អ្វី​ទាំង​អស់​ដែល​នឹង​កើត​មាន»។

លោក​បាន​បន្ថែម​ថា៖ «​កម្ពុជា​បាន​ធ្វើ​កិច្ចការ​ល្អ​ក្នុង​ការ​ជួយ​ពលករ​ចុះ​ឈ្មោះ ប៉ុន្តែ​មិន​សូវ​ល្អ​សោះ ក្នុង​ការ​ជួយ​ការពារ​សិទិ្ធ​ពួក​គេ​ពី​ការ​រំលោភ​បំពាន»។

ទោះ​ជា​ យ៉ាង​ណា លោក មឿន តុលា ប្រធាន​កម្មវិធី​ការ​ងារ​នៅ​មជ្ឈមណ្ឌល​អប់រំ​ច្បាប់​សម្រាប់​សហគមន៍​បាន​ ថ្លែង​ថា និយោជិត​កំពុង​ទទួល​ជំនួយ​តិច​តួច​ពី​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​កម្ពុជា។
លោក តុលា បាន​បន្ថែម​ថា៖ «​អ្នក​ទាំង​នោះ​មិន​បាន​ចុះ​ឈ្មោះ យើង​សង្ស័យ​ថា តើ​អ្នក​ទាំង​នោះ​កំពុង​ព្យាយាម ហើយ​មិន​អាច​ចុះ​ឈ្មោះ​បាន​ឬ​យ៉ាង​ណា? យើង​សង្ស័យ​ថា ​ស្ថានទូត​កម្ពុជា​មិន​បាន​ជួយ​គ្រប់គ្រាន់ ក្នុង​ការ​អនុញ្ញាត​ឲ្យ​ពួក​គេ​បាន​ទៅ​ចុះ​ឈ្មោះ​ឡើយ​»។ លោក​​ថា វា​ធ្លាប់​កើត​មាន​ពី​មុន​រួច​មក​ហើយ។

តាម​លោក មឿន តុលា ឲ្យ​ដឹង​ថា ការ​និរទេស​ពលករ​ចំណាក​ស្រុក​ជា​ច្រើន​ពី​ប្រទេស​ថៃ​ គ្រាន់​តែ​ជា​រោគ​សញ្ញា​នៃ​កង្វះ​ការងារ​នៅ​កម្ពុជា។ លោក​ តុលា បាន​បញ្ជាក់​ថា ដោយ​គ្មាន​ប្រព័ន្ធ​អប់រំ​ល្អ​ប្រសើរ ការ​បណ្តុះ​បណ្តាល​វិជ្ជាជីវៈ ​និង​ឱកាស​ការងារ ក្រៅ​ពី​ការងារ​កេង​ប្រវ័ញ្ច បញ្ហា​នៃ​ការ​និរទេស​នឹង​បន្ត​មាន។

លោក​ តុលា បន្ត​ថា៖ «​ប្រសិន​បើ​ពួក​គេ​ត្រូវ​និរទេស ដូច្នេះ រដ្ឋាភិបាល​គួរ​មាន​ផែនការ​ធ្វើ​សមាហរណកម្ម ពួក​គេ​ចូល​ទៅ​ក្នុង​សង្គម​វិញ។ ប្រសិន ពួក​គេ​ត្រូវ​បាន​និរទេស​មក​វិញ ដោយ​គ្មាន​ផែនការ​នេះ​ទេ វា​នឹង​គ្មាន​អ្វី​ផ្លាស់​ប្តូរ​ឡើយ​ ដូច្នេះ ពួក​គេ​នឹង​ព្យាយាម​ធ្វើ​អន្តោ​ប្រវេសន៍​ថ្មី​ទៀត»។

មន្រ្តី​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​កម្ពុជា​បាន​ថ្លែង​ថា ការ​ចរចា​នេះ​អាច​ស្ថិត​ក្នុង​ដំណើរ​ការ ប៉ុន្តែ​មិន​ច្បាស់​អំពី​សេចក្តី​លម្អិត​ទេ​។

លោក អ៊ុំ មាន រដ្ឋ​លេខាធិការ​ក្រសួង​ការងារ បាន​ថ្លែង​ថា លោក​មិន​ច្បាស់​អំពី​ការ​និរទេស​នេះ​ទេ ប៉ុន្តែ​ថា៖ «​ខ្ញុំ​គិត​ថា មាន​តែ​លោក សេង សក្តា អគ្គ​នាយក​នៃ​ក្រសួង​ការងារ​ទេ​ដែល​ដឹង ព្រោះ​គាត់​បាន​ហោះ​ហើរ​ទៅ​ប្រទេស​ថៃ​កាល​ពី​សប្តាហ៍​មុន ប្រហែល ដើម្បី​ពិភាក្សា​អំពី​បញ្ហា​នេះ»។

ក្នុង​របាយ​ការណ៍​ MCOT ​រាយការណ៍​ថា លោក Prawit Kiengpol ​អគ្គ​នាយក​នៃ​អគ្គនាយក​ដ្ឋាន​ការងារ​ថៃ បាន​ជំរុញ​លោក សេង​ សក្តា ឲ្យ​ត្រៀម​ទទួល​យក​ពលករ​ចំណាក​ស្រុក​កម្ពុជា​ជា​ច្រើន​នាក់​។ ​ជាមួយ​នោះ​លោក សក្តា បាន​ស្នើ​សុំ​អាជ្ញាធរ​ថៃ​ឲ្យ​បន្ត​ជួល​ពលករ​កម្ពុជា​ជា​ថ្មី​ឲ្យ​បាន​ឆាប់ ដោយ​បន្ថែម​ថា អាជ្ញាធរ​កម្ពុជា​នឹង​ចេញ​ឯកសារ​ចាំបាច់​ឲ្យ​បាន​ឆាប់​។
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