- Healthy rice seeds yield good amount of rice; CPP share bad and good time with people; Floods have affected as many as 20 provinces/capital; Flood recession slow speed is good for flood recession rice and/or early dry season rice
[…] As a result, it has been confirmed that about 95% of the rice seeds distributed have germinated well. It is considered that we have produced and kept good rice seed. It may sound joking to some that I said “I would not let the government, which I have been the Prime Minister for almost 38 years, be called a seedless government.” The word “seedless” here does not refer to “human gene” but we must do everything we can to prevent the case of having no reserved rice seed […] I am introducing and instructing the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to discuss with the private sector as well as check the situation on the possibility of producing rice seeds for sale, distribution or exchange to the people so that our people can have healthy rice seeds to grow and yield good rice, so that on one side it is productive and the other side it has a market. We use good seeds, we will also get good results, and we use good seeds, there is a market, it is more profitable for our people […]
I thank the efforts made by relevant authorities in providing needed assistance to the people […] people are aware about the closeness of the CPP leadership with the people, both in difficult times and in convenient times […] the CPP has been sharing bad and good times with the people at all times. We are not with the people only at happy time. The important thing is that we grieve at bad time together. Whenever there was a problem, they saw the faces of CPP officials and the face of Prime Minister Hun Sen. We have been together for more than 43 years, almost 44 years. When we left the genocidal regime of Pol Pot, our people could have noted of the responsible attitude of the Cambodian People’s Party, which led the Royal Government. We do not let our officials go away at a time when people are struggling […]
This year, the damage caused by floods seems to be greater than the one we had in 2000. Initially, we thought that only Kampong Thom was the heaviest hit province. Finally, we all see that from Banteay Meanchey, Battambang, Pailin, Pursat, (to Kompong Chhnang) all suffered severe floods. The floods have affected as many as 20 provinces/capital. With the responsibility of the authorities and the personal responsibility of our people, the situation has improved. On the flight here, though I had had a little nap of about 10 minutes, not even disturbed by the sound of helicopter engine, before landing I have had a bird eye’s view of land under water still […]
Everywhere the water seems to recede slowly. Slow recession of water provides an opportunity for our people to restore what has been destroyed when the flood came. The main thing that we worry about when we provided rice seeds to the people is that water was running out at the time that people sow. However, flood recession slow speed this year is good. When some rice varieties arrived and now more rice varieties came, people can start growing them as early dry season rice. It is true that some places cannot replant rice. There are many affected families, but some families are in places where we cannot provide them with rice seed. We can find other seed varieties for them so that they can benefit from cultivating other subsidiary crops […]
- “Life of a farmer, destiny of a peasant”; 14 January 1985 – “We will let no one starve to death that we do not know and do not solve”; There must be preparations in area around the Sen River
Today’s support is just to bridge our people out of the immediate hardships. Importantly, I hope that our people use this rice seed to restore family life. I have observed that at this stage our people are lucky because the authorities have made efforts to help compared to what happened in the past. I always remind something about “the life of a farmer, the destiny of a peasant.” They always live in unusual situation. I saw my father’s tears came into his eyes as the rice plant destroyed by flood. In that circumstance, my family had had no choice but to borrow from other families, borrow from Chinese traders, using as capital to continue with rice cultivation. Sometimes, the natural calamity caused too severe destruction that we could not even pay the land tax […]
So far, we have had to intervene, which there have been series of it already. I still remember on 14 January 1985, the first day as I am officially elected by the National Assembly as the Prime Minister, after being acting Prime Minister for a while, and after (the country experienced) both droughts and floods in 1984, in my address delivered to the National Assembly, I said that the angels were testing my abilities how I would solve people’s difficult problems. I appeal to the members of the National Assembly to help the people. Then I said, “we will let no one to starve to death that we do not know and do not solve.” This theory has been going on until now […]
It is not a theory applicable to a single circumstance and stage. We have faced the challenges of this flood many, many times. In Kampong Thom, we had had the effect of Typhoon Ketsana in 2010, and in 2011 there were also floods coming from both the upper part (Preah Vihear) province, and the Tonle Sap Lake. At that time, I came to Baray district. Well, for Kampong Thom, there must be preparations in area around the Sen River. As soon as there is water in the Preah Vihear province, the water will come from there down to the area and will break open covering the field here. Let us find a way to solve that problem. It is very difficult for us, as you all know, to deal with natural disasters, not only in the case of Cambodia, but also even in the most developed countries, they cannot solve the problem […] we try to prevent people from dying by evacuating to higher ground, and providing them with food, medicine and everything else possible […]
- The people’s support has been a big incentive; The 2023 “budget for people and growth”; Thanks leaders of the Candlelight Party for condemning those insulting HM the King
[…] I would like to thank the people of Kampong Thom separately, and collectively for people across the country, who voted for the CPP during the June 2022 Commune/Sangkat elections. The CPP won a landslide victory throughout the Kingdom of Cambodia. I hope that on July 23, 2023, our people will continue to vote for the Cambodian People’s Party so that we can live with and serve the people. The people’s support has been a big incentive for us to keep going. Clearly, we have been on a reciprocal principle […] I believe in our people’s judgments that you would not give your votes to anyone but the Cambodian People’s Party who have always been with you, especially in bad times […]
According to the report, there are 43,000 families who received poverty cards […] the Cabinet meeting approved the draft budget law […] I call it “a budget for people and growth.” Why I call it like that. For the people, it means that in 2023, we will focus on solving the problem of sustaining human life, the Covid-19 problem on the one hand, and on the other hand, the people who are affected by inflation. Civil servants, the armed forces, from village officials, retirees will all receive their salaries increase […] We have been giving cash support to the people, whose living conditions have been affected by Covid-19. I do not know how many countries (in the world) do this. We will continue to provide more than 40,000 families, in addition to selecting some of the families affected by the war (elsewhere) or the overseas economy and to preventing those living near the poverty line from falling further […]
I should clarify that a few days ago, this happened. The (person we dubbed) traitor had seriously insulted HM the King. In Kampong Chhnang I called for the Candlelight Party to come out and confirm whether insulting the King is right or wrong? The leaders of the Candlelight Party then issued a statement condemning those who intended to insult HM the King. (By that person – it means they are) referring to the three generations of traitors. There was only one person who insulted HM the King during that time. It is possible that in our country there must be a clear regime. Defined as a constitutional monarchy, the country does not allow insulting HM the King. At this point, I should express my appreciation and thanks to the leaders of the Candlelight Party who have made that clear and by that we can go along. I think the person is going to be isolated since even the party he formed has now condemned his action. Well, he may keep making noise but please note that no one can associate with this traitorous thief […] this may be for other politicians to consider in their actions […]./.
