[…] The Pak Snaeng area was a tough area during the war. In 1990s, after the Paris Agreement was implemented, an Australian was abducted and brought to kill by the Khmer Rouge in Anlong Veng as war still continued in 1998. Now the (1) Pak Snaeng has become a new development area prepared for the people formerly residing in the restricted areas associated with the Angkor infrastructure […] I say this departure is a wise decision. Should they continue to live there (in the Angkor Wat site area), their residences are legal […] living there, you are not allowed to own the land. Therefore, you cannot expand the family and business. So, it is just a matter of time who go first and later, […] since departure must be done because the so-called first priority area is related to the infrastructure of Angkor […]
[…] Lots of artifacts have shown up at this time. Lok Chumteav Pheung Sakna (Minister of Culture and Fine Arts) took some of them to show me. There have been publications about (2) found artifacts such as the head of the goddess dragon. Many start to appear. Now the time for those who steal the heads of the spiritual statues or the heads of goddess dragons to sell abroad is over. It used to make it difficult for us. Thus, the power of Angkor helps us by revealing those treasures, which scatteringly hidden before, and which the thief could not find. Now it seems they have taken appearances on its own. When we excavate here and there, we have discovered them one after the other. We collect and store them in the museum of the invaluable treasures […] they are all related to the need to ensure that our Angkor Wat is fully qualified as a World Heritage Site and/or the World Heritage Site of humanity […]
[…] I also do not allow our people to live without something to depend on. Therefore, I set out a policy, (3) although this policy does not apply only within the framework of my term […] and though I could, but I do not want to, be Prime Minister for another 10 years […] the policy does not stop today or tomorrow. When I leave, there will still be successors, and I will continue to be an important leader in taking control over the political development of the country and the defense of the nation as the president of the ruling party. We hope that in 2023, the Cambodian People’s Party will be re-elected. Hopefully our people will continue to vote for the CPP for prosperity in the family […]
I should speak to the people in Kampong Thom province (and) other provinces that even though I came to Siem Reap, I did not give up following situation in the whole country, including foreign affairs, […] what (4) happened in Kampong Thom, as far as flood is concerned, requires us to release rice (as food assistance) […] I will go to Kampong Thom on 29 (October 2022) […] at first, we thought it was a normal flooding, but it seems the water receded slowly. When the water recedes slowly, the flooded rice could not survive […] we must help people to restore their livelihood […]. For Pak Snaeng, firstly, I want to make it clear to the people that when you move to this new settlement, the transporters are assigned to the 4th Army Division and the 2nd Division. Secondly, General Kheng Samet will take care of cleaning and leveling the land, and those coming to settle in this place will be provided with a poverty card – 1, and a card for pregnant women with the urban category […]
Let me hereby confirm that a little while later, the (5) Angkor Thom district hall must be moved to Pak Snaeng along with our people. Even the place where the district chief works must be moved because it is in the (restricted Angkor Wat site) area. We will move out two district halls – Banteay Srei district hall and Angkor Thom district hall. Banteay Srei district hall will move to Run Ta Ek. The Angkor Thom district hall must come here (to Pak Snaeng). To have a district hall nearby will make it easy for you. I am calling on those who have not yet decided to make wise choices. Living in the restricted area, you are allowed no possibility to build anything, and no land ownership. Of course, Preah Dak is an old commune, we did not move it, but did not allow any other construction […]
[…] The (Information) Minister has been with me since 1979. He is one among other young intellectual group […] these young intellectuals have been working with us since when we began, and continue till this day. (6) It is hard to find in this world where a political party (that can) live together for almost half a century. The other parties, having been together for two or three years, are all falling apart […] the CPP has been together for half a century (so far). Some have been with me […] counting from 1970s to now, more than 40 years already. No political party has the same way of life as the CPP. In other parties, people only know how to bite (when it comes to interests) […]
[…] I hope to visit (the Pak Snaeng resettlement) every year after you have built houses and settled in. I will walk through the village. At that time, I woud be happy if you let me in to your houses, whether I will still be the Prime Minister or not […] well, look here, (7) the four-star face (Kheng Samet), the Deputy General Commissioner of the National Police in charge of the Samdech Techo Siem Reap Engineering Team. He is working here on the site. Now the team is in charge of rebuilding the road up to the temple of Preah Vihear, because it used to do this job in the past […] the road was damaged by rain […] the technical engineering team of General Kheng Samet will take the job […]
