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(1) These educational facilities will benefit generations to come
May I congratulate the people, the farmers, the students, and the teachers for the new achievements we have realized today, not only for this generation, but for generations to come. Preah Sihanouk Province is a province with potential, and building human resources is an important task. We can say that it is a common case in the world for provinces with large economic ports […] Among the coastal provinces in the country, it is the leading province in deep-water ports […] We need to develop other ports in Koh Kong and Kampot […] and the investment in Preah Sihanouk Port is not only to make it an international port, but also to prepare it to serve as a regional logistics hub […] The people of Preah Sihanouk province are the ones who have the capability and the ability to seize opportunities to serve development (in the province). What we are inaugurating today will contribute to (everything) that (happens), not only these buildings, but the benefits that will be felt for decades to come, especially promoting the economy of Preah Sihanouk province to become a major economic force, that can be helping the entire nation […]
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(2) People share knowledge and experiences – human quality created more human quality
My congratulation to the Hun Sen – Veal Renh High School that won the 5th prize as a model public service unit in 2024 […] This is a competition for the award of achievement to produce tangible results in schools, namely human resources. When human resources are better, the results of productions in the factory/workplaces will also be better. (When talking about) human products, (we must consider) the quality of students, the quality of teachers, and education. The benefits of human quality are sharing from one generation to another […] There has been notice that when a new mobile phone series comes out, the old one breaks […] People are not like that. Once they finished their 12 years education – primary and secondary schools, they have experiences that can be shared and taught. Graduated from the secondary school, those who wish to become teachers take the entrance exam to study at the pedagogy school, where they learn to improve their skills before taking up teaching. Human quality creates more human quality. Create new ones. Please continue to strive to promote this competition […]
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(3) The strength lies in nothing but people
The World Bank Managing Director for Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos […] has got the same vision as the Royal Government that the strength lies in nothing but people […] The World Bank continues to help, with the priority goal of cooperation between Cambodia and the World Bank focusing on human resource development, especially early childhood development, just as we focus on primary, secondary, and kindergarten. We agree that education and strengthening human capital from childhood are important. Without a strong foundation from below (we cannot hope to be strong from above) […] To study at university, you need to have a strong foundation of 12 years education […]
(4) Orientating students to decide which career to choose early
We discussed and agreed that strengthening basic education is not only strengthening the schools of the Ministry of Education, we must strengthen the training base of schools under the Ministry of Labor, namely vocational training, as well. Since the beginning of my mandate, I have assigned the two ministries the task of studying experiences from other places, to properly orient the educational path, seeing that some students dropped off school at grade 9 and went to work. That has been the case not only in our country […] Singapore has even set a quota on how many people to study polytechnic and how many study general knowledge to serve economic development. We are taking the same path. We must think about orientation […] Let our children/nephews/grandchildren have the ability to think and decide (which career to choose) from the beginning.
(5) Setting goal for students to choose careers after getting to 9th grade
We have this pattern of orientation too, but only until the students finished the 12th grade […] I thought that we should give this guidance from the beginning. We set the goal that in the future, we want them to make a decision (on their career) after they get to the 9th grade. In the 7th and 8th grades, we will start explaining to them, advising their parents to understand the importance of vocational training, for instance […] One of the reasons why vocational training is not so attractive so far has been because of the rigid preparation, which means that if they go to a vocational training school, they won’t be able to go to college because they don’t have a baccalaureate degree. The new preparation must allow them to change to the baccalaureate later. For example, studying in the 9th grade at a TVET (Technical Vocational Education and Training) school. The curriculum must be supplemented so that they have basic skills and general knowledge to be able to obtain a baccalaureate degree. Later, when they want to transfer, they can do so […]
(6) Strengthening next generation opportunities through health, knowledge, and job
Providing and strengthening opportunities for the next generation to meet the needs of the labor market has three principles – to keep them healthy, to give them knowledge, and to find/create job opportunities for them or create an environment for them to earn a living […] The Royal Government has, in the previous many terms, including the 7th term, put forward a policy regarding health as the first priority. We are strengthening the health infrastructure, creating various programs to help poor people who cannot afford it. The state provides funds for them. We organize health insurance for civil servants and (observing the) occupational hazards, taking care of the health of workers, while organizing training courses for 1.5 million people, providing them with scholarships […] so that they can improve their qualifications, and creating and expanding the scope of work and jobs […]
(7) Dealing with criticism by ignoring them and being brave and inaugurating more achievements
In previous mandates, Samdech Techo increased the budget by more than 500 million (US dollars) to build more than 1,000 (school buildings) across the country. There are more than 900 buildings that have not yet been inaugurated […] In a little while, I will probably take time to meet teachers, and will prolong meeting with workers again to next year […] An uncle said to me once “don’t you feel tired? You work every day and people curse you for not doing anything.” I said to him “I’d rather be tired physically, not mentally” […] A person would never be perfect. Teachers are never too […] But we have a clear position, which is to be correct, fair, and transparent […] The method of dealing with criticism is, first, ignoring them. Second, be brave and inaugurate more achievements. If they accused us of not caring about the people, we will launch programs to help the people more, provide scholarships to students more, help people who lack the ability to go to the hospital […] Love does not win friendship. They talked through the platform, but I make friends through actions with the people […]
(8) Ignoring disturbing voice, listening/accepting real voice of constructive criticism
No one is perfect or everyone loves him/her. What matters is to be authentic. You can say whatever you want, but what we do is for the people who are close to us and benefiting from what we have done […] We can hear two voices – first, the disturbing noise, and second, the real voice, which is the voice of the people. What does s/he want? What do teachers want? This is the real voice t be heard […] Between the disturbing noise and the real voice, I listen to the latter – the voice of the people who have real problems […] We must accept constructive criticism, which is also considered the real voice […] I saw someone filming on TikTok showing soldiers eating on the ground. S/he says that the frontline soldiers have no homes, sleeping under trees, eating on the grass. Have you ever been to the border? A border soldier can confirm this. Being a soldier in this era is much more advanced than the war time […]
(9) Soldiers carry no dining table on patrol and no air conditioning at the front line
Wherever they went, they prepared the place – if not from stone or concrete, they have their housing made from wood or bamboo, etc. They prepared the location. Normally, soldiers on patrol never carry a dining table with them. Who has ever been a soldier? Do we go on patrol with a dining table? […] At their permanent location, they have concrete trenches. There are enough preparations there. I admit that there is no air conditioning in the front. The front-line soldiers do not have air conditioning. I am responsible for that […] The Royal Government gave them food supplements, almost twice as much as those in the rear […] Land was distributed to prepare for housing for the families of the soldiers. The Ministry of Land, Urban Planning and Construction did a lot that […] During the rainy month, in addition to the army’s food policy, Samdech Techo gave them raincoats, and jackets for cooler weather […]
(10) As maritime delimitation has not yet been negotiated – “nothing has disappeared”
The border that the French era left us with Laos and Vietnam, in some places, there are no (border) posts. With Thailand, we have this 1907 treaty on the land border. We have not negotiated the maritime delimitation yet. We are still negotiating. We have our demands from 1972, under the Lon Nol era. Some people are trying to (tell) us to bring the case to court […] I just want to clarify that the water border/Koh Kut, the overlapping area […] has not disappeared. The maritime delimitation has not been negotiated and/or agreed upon […] So you cannot talk about “this has disappeared or that is wrong” […] Let us go back to working hard with responsibility […]
(11) Work harder to build and protect the territory through measurement, negotiation, and development along the border
Since we have not marked the border with Vietnam, from Snuol up to the Dragon’s-Tail shape border point […] there is only 16% left and we are negotiating […] (from which we have moved) from there were no posts (to now) there are posts, from there were no roads (to now) there are roads, and from there were no people, to now there are people. As of present, in many areas, where we have no people, we will build roads to connect (them to the main area) and people will go and join in protecting the territory. So, if they criticize us for losing territory, we work harder to build and protect the territory through measurement, negotiation, protecting our interests, marking the border, strengthening national defense, and development along the border […]
(12) Listening to the more than 8.4 million voters, and the 6.4 million who voted for the Cambodian People’s Party
We continue to be responsible for protecting the land. For the Cambodian people, today and in the future, we will not give up this duty. We do everything in our power to lead and be responsible […] I have no time (to be bothered) but to listen to the concerns of the people, to check on the people’s needs and solve them. We stay close to the people, who gave me the opportunity to lead the government so as to serve the people. I listened to the more than 8.4 million people who went to vote, and the 6.4 million of them who voted for the Cambodian People’s Party […]
(13) Turning Sihanoukville into a potential based on peace and stability and correct policies
As we are inaugurating the school today, at the end of the month, we are going to inaugurate the Kampot tourist port for tourist ferry service from Kampot to Kampong Som and from Kampong Som to Kampot […] In the previous mandate, Samdech Techo decided to approve hundreds of millions of investments in infrastructure in Preah Sihanouk province. This time, we (approved) nearly 1 billion (US dollars) for the construction of a deep-sea port development […] We have just approved the implementation of the master plan for the development of the four coastal provinces, taking Preah Sihanouk province as the base to connect the ecosystem of the industry. I want the GDP of Sihanoukville province (to increase significantly) […] to turn this land into a potential, depending on, first, peace, stability, and second, the right policies […]
(14) Study to become a resource to society and of families
[…] We must study hard and seize opportunities so that you do not become a burden to society, but rather a resource to society. If you are people with virtue, morality, and knowledge, you are a resource to society and your families. On the contrary, if you are people who commit inappropriate acts, such as drugs and delinquents, you are a burden to your families and yourselves. Please do not become a burden for society […] The new school is good, but it’s not certain that the students will be better if they don’t study […] A new school doesn’t mean that everyone will pass. You will as long as they study hard […]
(15) “We Cambodians can do it” ends the more than 500 years of war, unite the nation, build nation strong, and ensure sovereignty
[…] The term “We Cambodians can do it” also refers to the joint effort to build from scratch until we achieve independence, […] a free market, democratic country that has sent troops to keep peace in many parts of the world, and the people are becoming recognized citizens; […] and from a country whose resources, heritage, and culture is known to no one, we have become a country with cultural resources that have been designated as world heritage sites […] This is the pride that we have built together. It means that the Cambodians can do it. By doing this, we can end more than 500 years of war, unite the nation, build our nation strong, and ensure our sovereignty in all fields […]