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SEA Games
Gold
Cambodia clinched the kingdom's first gold medal
in an international competition in nearly 40 years
last month when the petanque team took gold at the
21st South East Asian (SEA) Games, held in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia.
Duch Sopjhoan and Ke Leng, the two women gold medallists
in their early thirties said they were overjoyed
and happily dedicated their victory to Cambodia
and the Cambodian people.
It was Cambodia's first gold medal in an international
competition since 1965.
The games proved very profitable for the kingdom.
Cambodia bagged seven medals in total _ one gold,
one silver and five bronze.
They included a silver in boxing and two bronze
in Taekwando. The petanque team was responsible
for snaring all remaining medals.
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The TVK studio, located
next to the Ministry of Information.
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| Petanque is a game
similar to bowls played with heavy metal balls. Competitors
vie to bowl a metal ball closest to a marked game line.
The Cambodian team was able to outdo all the other teams
to clinch the gold medal. |
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Japanese Government assistance
has helped TVK become a technological leader.
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TVK beams
worldwide
National broadcaster TVK has officially announced
that its new Satellite Unit is now operational and
both rural Cambodians and audiences in 126 countries
across four continents can now access the best in
Cambodian entertainment.
The September 20 announcement followed a successful
two-year trial of the satellite.
Vice Director General of TVK, Mr Him Suong, said
he was echoing Prime Minister Hun Sen in announcing
that the new technology would have "positive
impacts on poverty reduction and sustainable development".
He said TVK broadcasts for nine hours a day, from
Monday to Friday, and 17 hours on Saturday and Sundays.
Programs span all aspects of Cambodian life, including
farming and culture.
The lineup will be further supplemented this month
with the addition of an extra two-hour program with
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English subtitling.
The show's lineup will range from news to music and educational
entertainment.
Besides making television accessible to hundreds of Cambodians
in rural areas previously out of signal range, the new
satellite means TVK will now also be seen in Europe, Africa,
parts of Asia, Australasia and the Pacific.
The satellite station cost the government $270,000 plus
an ongoing quarterly fee of $156,250 to Thaicom-3 for
the lease of their satellite.
Mr Him Suong asked new viewers to tell the station about
the quality of reception as TVK appreciated audience feedback.
The settings needed to receive the new TVK service are
Satellite Thaicom-3 are:
Orbit location 78.5 degrees East; Down-link frequency
3447.5Mhz; Low-band Frequency 1702.5Mhz; Symbol Rate 6.312
Msyms and FEC ½.
Literacy work reviewed
Literacy levels and opportunities for education in Cambodia
have improved enormously but there is still a lot of work
to be done, a conference held at the Faculty of Pedagogy
in Phnom Penh to mark the 31st International Literacy
Day heard recently.
More than 200 people attended the conference, including
representatives from the Ministry of Youth, Sport and
Education (MoEYS), UNESCO, UNICEF, World Vision and PADEK
(Partnership for Development in Kampuchea).
Education Minister, Mr Tol Lah, said the number of literacy
classes held across the kingdom and students who attended
them rose by 120 classes and 9,500 students respectively
last year, and there were 1000 more teachers now under
official contract than the year before.
“There was a strong correlation between literacy
and poverty, Ms Desires Jongsma, Head of the Education
Section for UNICEF Cambodia told the meeting, quoting
statistics from a 1999 MoEYS study.
She said the UNICEF and UNESCO funded study showed that
people able to read are more responsive to change and
absorb new information better.
Infant mortality, vaccination rates and school attendance
rates, for instance, were markedly better if the mother
was educated. “HIV/AIDS education also had a stronger
impact among educated communities,” she said.
A report released in May last year estimated that six
out of 10 Cambodians aged 15 or above were either totally
illiterate or semi-literate, meaning they can read but
not write. |
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