Excerpts of the Impromptu Speech of Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet at the celebration of the “25th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, 24 January 1999 – 24 January 2024” [Unofficial Translation]

(1) Although established in 1999, the army has a history of contributing to the liberation of the country from genocidal regimes and preventing the return of this regime Although the army command was established 25 years ago on January 24, 1999, the Army’s officers have been involved in all stages of the nation’s development, from…

Excerpts of off-the-cuff remarks of Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet in the meeting to review the work results for 2023 and work directions for 2024 of the Ministry of Information [Unofficial Translation]

[1] (1) Support measures to adjust and strengthen the internal structure and human resources I would like to support the Ministry of Information’s practical measures to revise the internal structure, to strengthen human resources and to organize the use of existing human resources, while allocating and building capacity of existing resources or using the existing…

Selected excerpts of the speech of Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet at the closing ceremony of the 2023 stocktaking and direction setting for 2024 of the Ministry of Women’s Affairs [Unofficial Translation]

[3] (1) No single standard that applies to every countries I would like to clarify the points made by the Minister (for Women’s Affairs) about the implementation of some measures […] related to the female acters. As in the case of a few nephews who were arrested in connection with over-acting in advertising on social…

Selected excerpts of the impromptu speech of Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet on the occasion of meeting with Grade-A students in the 2022-2023 school year [Unofficial Translation]

[1] (1) The 9th traditional meeting between the Prime Minister and Grade-A students I am very happy to meet all the 1,691 Grade-A students. This is the first time for me to meet with the students (who passed the Baccalaureate with) grade A, but this is the ninth time in the tradition of such meeting…

Excerpts of off-the-cuff speech of Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet at the inauguration of Samdech Techo Hun Sen Bridge- Koh Yor and the gathering of workers of Neang Kok Special Economic Zone [Unofficial Translation]

[1] (1) 85.72% of Koh Kong voted for CPP leadership […] I thank the support of the people of Koh Kong […] in the whole of Koh Kong province, 83% of the registered voters went to the polls, of which, 85.72% voted for the Cambodian People’s Party […] this has expressed clearly the satisfaction and…

Excerpts of Prime Minister Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet at the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the end of the civil war, the successful implementation of the win-win policy, and the fifth anniversary of the construction of the Win-Win Monument

We thank peace, thank the win-win politics, and are grateful to the founding leader, and operators of the win-win politics who bring about the complete peace and national unity! [1] This (win-win monument) place is a favorable location. However, the achievements that we see today do not come naturally. (1) Both the location and the…

Excerpts of off-the-cuff remarks of Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet at the inauguration of the Choeung Ek Wastewater Treatment Plant built with grant from the Government and people of Japan [ Unofficial excerpts and translations]

Today, I am pleased to participate in the inauguration ceremony of the Choeung Ek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Phnom Penh, a project to develop a sewage system in Phnom Penh, a grant from Japan. The groundbreaking ceremony was presided over by Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, former Prime Minister of the Kingdom…

Excerpts from the speech of Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet at the release of the national report on the final results of the 2022 economic census [Unofficial excerpts and translations]

[1] (1) Data is a map/compass indicating geographical situation and geographical position […] we all know that data (and in this case the data of economic census has) an important (role) as a map or compass for us […] for (firstly,) it lets us know the geographical situation, (which) does not refer only to the…

Excerpts from the off-the-cuff remarks of Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet at the closing of the 2023 annual conference of the Ministry of Commerce and the work directions for 2024 [Unofficial excerpts and translations]

[1] (1) Maintain/strengthen the existing market, expand the new market and ensure the quality and reliability of the goods Maintain and strengthen existing markets, expand new markets as an approach that we must try and implement at all times. Saying is easy but hard to do. Firstly, maintaining the existing market. It is not that…