Excerpts of the impromptu address of Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet at the official inauguration of the Phka Tchouk (Lotus) Center, a Child Protection Unit of the Cambodian Children’s Foundation [Unofficial Translation]

[1] (1) Scott Nesson – an acquaintance for about 12 years I listened to Scott Nesson’s report on the progress of the new center and the foundation. I have been in acquaintance with Scott Nesson for about 12 years. In 2013, we first met at the Prime Minister HE Sun Chanthol’s house. HE Sun Chanthol…

Statement and response by Prime Minister Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet to the comments from the Joint Session of the National Assembly and the Senate on the implementation of the National Social Protection Program

Respected President of the AssemblyYour Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,Dear Members of the Assembly! Allow me to respond to the comments made by Your Excellency and Lok Chumteav, on the Royal Government’s social protection system, and also the participated clarifications and details from the Royal Government’s technical and policy departments. Before handing over the platform to…

Selected excerpts of the adlib address of Prime Minister Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet on the reception of 200 investment companies and meeting with workers in the Special Economic Zone, Preah Sihanouk province [Unofficial selections of excerpts and translations]

[1] (1) Number of workers ups on the ground, getting income directly and many more get benefits indirectly The largest number of workers I had met in the past was more than 10,000 people. Today, it is over 30,000. In this area, we have an increasing number of factories […] This is the true development…

Excerpts of the adlib address of Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet during the meeting with workers at the inauguration of a daycare center at Marvel Garment Factory [Unofficial excerpts and translations]

After meeting with and talking to the workers who are parents of children here and the staff of the daycare center about their incomes, expenses, benefits received, family life, maternal and infant well-being, health services, government support for women in pregnancy and children, and policies that the government has put forward for workers, on the…

Selected excerpts of the impromptu speech of Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet at the inauguration of the “Digital Platform for Registration of Informal Economists” [Unofficial Translation]

[3] (1) Micro and small businesses with an income of less than 250 million riels per year are subjected no obligations I have previously stated this principle on the one-year anniversary of the Royal Government. Micro and small businesses with an income of less than 250 million riels per year […] when they are registered…

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 adlib comments of Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet at the official inauguration of the Techo Sen Hospital Koh Thom, Kandal Province [Unofficial Translation]

[1] (1) Air and water transportation and health – three achievements of Kandal Province (Deputy Prime Minister) His Excellency Sun Chanthol made a presentation on January 7, 2022, almost 2 years ago (of how the hospital would look like) […] I first thought that the it was just a normal district referral doctor […] upon…

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…