Monthly Archives: September, 2012
FWUCs Development in Cambodia
FWUC stands for Farmer Water User Community, a legal entity initiated and supported by the state to encourage farmers and agricultural water users to work collectively in order to operate and maintain the irrigation systems in Cambodia. An inventory done by CEDAC in 2009 found out that there are around 2,500 schemes exist in this …
FWN organized its Second General Assembly
Kampong Thom: From 17-19 September, 2012; the 2. General Assembly of Farmer and Water Net (FWN) was organized by FWN and the Irrigation Service Center (ISC). FWN is the first national network of FWUCs from eight provinces; namely: Kampong Thom, Kampong Cham, Banteay Mean Chey, Siem Reap, Kampong Speu, Kandal, Prey Veng and Preah Sihanouk. …
My Impression from Malaysia
From 10-13 September, 2012; I spent time with my family visiting Malaysia on the way back from Singapore. I was in KL several times before and my first stop over visit was in early April, 1996. This time, I brought along my father and other family members, in a tour package. We passed the border …
My Impression from the Garden City
I was once or twice in Singapore’s airport on a transit trip, but have never been visiting the City State. We have planned to bring my father to come here and Malaysia for his first trip to a foreign country, in his life. When told him that we will visit Singapore soon, my father reacted …
Beer and Development
Frankly speaking, I did not know that beer drinkers in Cambodia pay so much to the state’s coffer. According to the report of the Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy, during the inauguration of the sixth brewery in Cambodia in May 2012, drinker pay for every can/bottle of beer 10% VAT and 20% special …
The Rebirth of the German Alumni Association
The Cambodian-German Association (CGA), an Alumni association of Cambodian students studied in Germany, was founded in 1994. The association has more than 400 members, who spent their time studying and living in Germany during the period of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and the Federal Republic Germany (FRG) in the 80th and early 90th. …
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