The Mirror, Vol. 14, No. 670
“The British Embassy to Cambodia said that within the amount of US$1.1 billion aid that the government receives from donors for 2010, the British government will provide £21 million to support development plans in Cambodia.
“The spokesperson of the British Ambassador to Cambodia, Mr. Neng Vannak, wrote in an email on 22 June 2010 that the amount of aid that the British government plans to provide to Cambodia is about £21 million, approximately US$33 million.
“He added that the aid of the British government will support health care and the improvement of accountability of Cambodian public finance.
“Besides announcing the amount of aid for the development in Cambodia, Mr. Vannak added that England is a country that is encouraging and attracting investments and boosting commercial ties in Cambodia.
“Mr. Vannak added that in 2009, English investors invested US$5.4 million. Most of the investment concentrated on the financial sector, construction, agriculture, and the garment industry. But the embassy has not yet released information for 2010.
He went on to say that relating to the commerce in 2009, the export of Cambodia to England amounted to about £177.23 million [approx. US$276 million], while the import from England to Cambodia was only £4.02 million [approx. 6.06 million]. The spokesperson of the British Embassy announced the £21 million aid for Cambodia after the Minister of Economy and Finance, Deputy Prime Minister Keat Chhon, declared early in the month that donors promised to provide about US$1.1 billion to support development plans in Cambodia. At that time, he just said that Japan is the country that promised to provide most aid.” Rasmei Kampuchea, Vol.18, #5234, 26.6.2010
This article was first published by The Mirror, Vol. 14, No. 670 - Saturday, 26.6.2010
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$21 million too much. Even( July-02-2010 )
$21 million too much. Even if it isn't mismanaged or stolen, and actually ends up helping poor people, that only serves to relieve the wealthy corrupt elite of the burden of looking after their poor.
Poverty isn't caused by lack of resources, but lack of co-operation, organisation, and decent society. Khmers treat each other like shit and thus are in a state entirely of their own making, and I don't appreciate my hard-earned being thrown into the pit.