Excerpts of off-the-cuff speech elaboration of Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet at the closing ceremony of the 2023 stocktaking and the 2024 directives-setting of the Ministry of Planning [Unofficial excerpts and translations ]

[1](1) Planning work and data collection and analysis is especially important[…] Accurate data leads to accurate planning. Comprehensive data helps us develop a plan that is feasible and sustainable. Whatever one is doing needs to be scientifically founded. We cannot use fortune-tellers to predict what to do next year. We need to have a long-term…

Excerpts of off-the-cuff speech of Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet at the inauguration of the achievements of the Techo Sen National Center for the Disabled Persons (TSNCDP) and the National Paralympic Committee of Cambodia (NOCC) [Unofficial excerpts and translations]

[1] (1) Paralympians win not just the trophies but raise the image and flag of Cambodia All these achievements are not only (from competitions) within country […] we have won them from the international competitions and risen our national flag on the ASEAN and Asia level competition and we will be able to reach the…

Excerpts of the adlib comments of Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet at the closing ceremony of the annual review meeting of the rural development work results in 2023 and the directions setting for 2024 [Unofficial excerpts and translations]

[2] (1) Strengthen local/rural development – key to ensure socio-economic sustainability and resilience […] The Royal Government of the 7th legislative term sets out a pentagonal strategy with five strategic goals to ensure economic growth, job creation, poverty reduction, institutional efficiency, ensuring sustainable social, and economic development, with a strong focus on strengthening local/rural development…

Selected excerpts of the impromptu speech of Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet at the ceremony to announcing “the Winners of the Model Public Service Units in Education and Health in 2023 and the Launching of Contests for 2024″ [Unofficial Translation]

[2] (1) Every term, place and time the government expands positive achievements and reduces negative things As in the short video clip we watched, we see the efforts to strengthen and expand the achievements of the people […] they are not on paper, but the actual results on the ground, and this result is based…

Excerpts from the elaboration of the speech of Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet at the closing of the 2023 annual review and directives setting for 2024 of the Ministry of Inspection [Unofficial Translation]

(1) Inspection work is to keep our house clean – the core principle of the 7th legislative-term Royal Government […] In the pentagonal strategy as well as the previous rectangular strategy, the core issue was governance. What does governance mean? (It means) preparing our house clean before going out to see other people’s house. Prepare…

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 from off-the-cuff speech of Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet at the meeting with workers in Prey Speu area, Khan Por Senchey, Phnom Penh [Unofficial excerpts from the off-the-cuff speech and translations]

(1) The more children and the healthier they are, the stronger future for Cambodia […] The more children, we have, and the healthier they are, the future for Cambodia will be stronger. We need more people. In the 500 years of wars, the number of our population greatly reduced, especially since the 1970s. Many people…

Excerpts from the speech of Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet to workers from Kandal Stung and Takhmao districts [ Unofficial excerpts and translations ]

(1) Making policy, disseminating and making evaluation This meeting (in person) is to connect the emotions, speak directly, listen live, especially the promotion of some policies […] first, policy-making is based on a comprehensive study. (We need to check) what do you need? where have you been? where else do you want to be? what…