WHILE CAMBODIA REMAINS OCCUPIED BY VIETNAM 1979-2008:THE UNITED NATIONS SAY THIS :Oct. 21, 1986 The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution A/RES/41/6, by vote of 116-21 with 13 abstentions, calling for a withdrawal of Vietnamese forces from Cambodia. SOLUTIONS: America calls Vietnam to restore Cambodia Independence .President Reagan's address to the 43d Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, New York . September 26, 1988. "Mr. Secretary-General, there are new hopes for Cambodia, a nation whose freedom and independence we seek just as avidly as we sought the freedom and independence of A fghanistan. We urge the rapid removal of all Vietnamese troops ...." TO ALL KHMER LET US GET ORGANIZED AND REVOLT AGAINST THE VIETNAMESE OCCUPATION OF CAMBODIA AND AGAINST THE CLOSE COLLABORATION OF THE KHMER MONARCHY WITH
Story on Vietnamese bride service draws criticism Mark Lin’s business card advertising his licensed marriage brokerage service in Singapore A Straits Times story on a Vietnamese bride service in Singapore has drawn criticism from a Vietnamese diplomat and international journalists for treating the issue with indifference and even encouraging the practice. An October 24 Straits Times article with the headline “Vietnam brides: Agency slashes fees” reported that the Vietnam Brides International Matchmaker company was charging half-price for Singaporean men seeking Vietnamese spouses, attributing the discount to the global financial crisis. According to the story, Mark Lin of Vietnam Brides International Matchmaker was charging SG$4,000 to fix up potential Singaporean husbands with potential Vietnamese brides. Three Vietnamese women had been hanging around at the agency for weeks waiting for husbands, the article said. “Business has never been so bad - not even during the SARS outbreak in 2003,” the article quoted Lin as saying. Many readers say that by not criticizing the practice of overseas matchmaking, which many see as akin to human trafficking, the article had in fact condoned it. Many have said that by using the price cut as the headline, the article was serving as advertising for the business. A journalist from a leading international news agency recently wrote to Thanh Nien: “It's horrible to see them [Vietnamese would-be brides] ‘discounted’ like they are a sack of rice or a pair of shoes.” “Unfortunately, money talks loudly and overrides social and moral considerations. Since I really love the Vietnamese people, it hurt me to see the article,” the journalist said. “I felt bad for the women they featured. I guess there must be mixed feelings in Vietnam about this issue, on one hand, I would like to think that some of the ladies find love and a better life in Singapore, but I know Vietnamese are a very proud culture (and have many good reasons to be proud).” Speaking with a Thanh Nien correspondent on a recent Singapore trip, former deputy head of the parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee Ton Nu Thi Ninh said she was stunned to see such a respected newspaper running a very insensitive story on a very sensitive topic. Ninh said that even though transnational marriage brokerage services between Singaporean men and foreign women were legal in Singapore, she said the practice “sold” women into marriage. In Vietnam, individuals and organizations are forbidden to carry out marriage brokerages. Though only non-profit women’s associations can establish marriage support centers and marriage consultation services, the Vietnamese Ministry of Justice has recommended that the government legalize marriage brokering so central authorities could oversee and control the matchmaking. Ninh said the article had simply cashed in on gullible women, especially the three mentioned in the article, who were all pictured without their faces blurred. Such articles in Vietnam always blur the women’s faces. The Straits Times’ reporter Theresa Tan, who wrote the article, said in an email to Thanh Nien that she did indeed consider the fact that Singaporean men pay a marriage broker to find Vietnamese brides a social problem. “That's why we report on such issues,” she said. She said the paper was under no obligation to change the names or blur the faces of the girls involved as they had all agreed to the article. The Vietnamese government is now considering proposals to clamp down on illegal marriage brokering after several high-profile cases this year and last. Authorities are also considering revising Vietnam’s laws on marrying foreigners. The Straits Times is a Singapore-based daily newspaper. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]: RE: Boang Thom, Congratulations!!Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:40:23 -0800 Democrat Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote :Hor Nam Hong's , Ong Yin tieng, SOK SIPHANA, Khieu Kanharit are from the Dog meat eating culture.Because ,in dog meat eating culture, children know only this language:No one care with what you said because we know that your skull is filledwith dog's shit."Corruption, corruption, corruption". said World Bank Président JamesWolfensohn to Cham Prasidh.80% des exportations and 270 000 jobs at the garment factories thatemployed 90% Vietnamese illegal workers disguised as as Cambodians,coming torob all jobs reserved for unemployed poor oppressed Cambodians in their owncountry. Cham Prasidh & SOK SIPHANA ( Yuon married to Khieu Khanarit 'yuonrelative) allowed the mafia to export the same amount of unemployed Cambodian citizensmen,women, girl, children as cheap labor, slave, prostitutes in Malaysia,Thailand and abroad . When World Bank président James Wolfensohn signs this song to Hun Sen andhis Yuon's advisors Corruption, corruption, corruption".========================================================>From DOG MEAT EATING association or Democrat Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:38:56 -0800> Subject: Re: Boang Thom, Congratulations!!> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> > > Clarification:> > "... who encourage me to continue to be proud ..."> > should have been:> > "... whose rationality encourages me to continue to be proud ...".> > Soriya> > On Nov 26, 9:58 pm, Soriya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > Ref:http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc/browse_thread/thread/a29782cb7...> >> > Boang Thom,> >> > Congratulations on such a wondeful article!! I agree with you on> > everything you say here. Only if most Cambodians are like you!!> >> > This is your segment that makes me laugh out loud again & again:> >> > "... krao pee ta tumpehk chiang kumnou ning ta konhchass Chau> > Bury ...".> >> > Thank You Thank You. Laughing is good for our health.> >> > You're one of the few Cambodians in here CamDisc who encourage me to> > continue to be proud to tell people the truth that I'm from Cambodia,> > not to lie to them that I'm from China or Hong Kong as they initially> > think.> >> > Boang Thom, take comfort in that all other responses to your article> > so far are insults & curses, not arguments against your article. None> > of them provides any argument against your opinion. As usual, the only> > thing they know is to insult & to curse.> >> > Buddha Bless Cambodia.> >> > Soriya> </html_________________________________________________________________ Color coding for safety: Windows Live Hotmail alerts you to suspicious email. http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_safety_112008 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc Learn more - http://www.cambodia.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
