Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Introduction
In the USA, Memorial Day for the dead every May is commemorated instead of Remembrance Day in November. But here in Bermuda, Canada, United Kingdom and elsewhere in the British Commonwealth of Nations, Remembrance Day, at the Cenotaph on Front Street in थेसिटी Hamil every November 11 is a very solemn day. For Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps (BVRC, 1894-1946) Association Members, Friends, Families and Community members who are interested, it begins with an appearance at the BVRC War Memorial at Victoria Park, Hamilton, for a Parade and Service of Remembrance, with laying of wreaths and roll of honour. Then at 11 am, it is a parade for all surviving Bermuda veterans of World Wars and Korean War (none served in the more recent Gulf Wars or in Afghanistan or Iraq), in both the BVRC and other Bermuda military units such as the Bermuda Militia Artillery, etc. at that time.
Bermuda veterans of World Wars 1 and 2 and Korean War of the 1950s were mostly in the Bermuda Home Guard or serving abroad in the British Army (Mostly Caribbean Regiment or Lincolnshire Regiment), Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Merchant Navy, Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force and Royal Canadian Navy. They included John Ward, a veteran of the 9th Submarine Flotilla.
If well enough to appear, they do so wearing their medals and march down part of Front Street.
The Remembrance Day Service pays tribute to those who served locally or overseas in the two wars above and died or survived, and those who guarded freedom at home. In Bermuda, as at November 11, 2008, there were 183 living registered veterans and 78 widows of veterans. The Home Guard were joined by Bermudians in Royal Naval Dockyard who kept to the Atlantic supply lines open, ensuring the British received essential supplies.
Accompanied by the Bermuda Regiment Band and Corps of Drums, the Salvation Army, North Village and Somerset Brigade Bands, and the Bermuda Islands Pipe Band, they reflect on their comrades who fought for freedom. At 11 a.m. guns fired at Fort Hamilton and Ordnance Island, St. George's, to signal the two-minute silence, held every year on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month to commemorate the end of the First World War.
Wreaths were laid by Governor Sir Richard Gosney, Premier Ewart Brown, Hamilton Mayor Sutherland Madeiros, Opposition Leader, the president of the War Veterans' Association, the Defence Board chairman, the Regiment's commanding officer, the Commissioner of Police and the Chief Fire Officer.
They were followed by former members or on behalf of the Bermuda Home Guard and Bermuda Contingent of the Caribbean Regiment. A service takes place in the Bermuda Cathedral in the event of wet weather.
Remembrance Day events are also broadcast on the Government TV station CITV from 10.30 a.m (CableVision Ch. 2 and WOW Ch 102).also remembers the Island's war heroes, at a Remembrance Day Parade in the Town Square opposite the War Memorial. Those present include the Mayor, The Royal Artillery and Ex-Artillerymen's Association, Bermuda Island Pipe Band, The Bermuda Regiment Band & Corp of Drums, Bermuda Sea Cadets, St. George's Girl Guides, Bermuda Fire Service, Bermuda Regiment Wreath Bearers, Bermuda Regiment Gun Troop, and the Boy Scouts all participate in the ceremony.If veterans served with a British unit - as most of them did - they also get the HM Armed Forces Veterans Badge, and a War Pension from the United Kingdom. Eligibility to this prestigious badge was widened following Remembrance Day 2005 to include all those who served between the end of the Second World War and December, 1954, thus encompassing the Korean War and military campaigns in Malaya undertaken by British forces. Another local veteran, also honored, served in Korea with the US Army. Unlike in the UK, USA, Canada, etc. there are no retirement homes or hospitals specifically for World War veterans. Some Bermuda veterans have had to pay more than $100,000 out of their own money if they have it to overseas hospitals for operations, owing to a lack of affordable medical insurance and no social conscience in Bermuda from taxpayers' resources. If they don't have the funds, they don't get treated overseas.
However, in Bermuda, registered veterans and their widows get a Bermuda War Pensions benefit of $800 a month, plus full coverage on all prescription drugs, medical tests at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital and partial coverage for medical visits to local medical general practitioners and specialists.
In England, on every Sunday before Remembrance Day in London, the Foreign Secretary, currently the Right Hon. Jack Straw, MP, on behalf of the Foreign & Commonwealth ओफ्फी London, England, which administers Bermuda, lays before the Cenotaph (later copied by Bermuda) in London Territorie. He is accompanied by the UK's Prime Minister, and leaders of the Opposition - those from the main Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties.
The wreath is supplied to the FCO by the Directors and Staff of, and hand-made at, Kew Gardens, Britain's finest gardens, from flowers and botanicals in its collection from all the Overseas Territories including some prized Bermudiana. It always includes sprigs of two endemic Bermuda species, the Juniperus bermudiana (Bermuda Cedar) tree and Chiococca bermudiana (Bermuda snowberry) shrub.
Bermuda veterans of World Wars 1 and 2 and Korean War of the 1950s were mostly in the Bermuda Home Guard or serving abroad in the British Army (Mostly Caribbean Regiment or Lincolnshire Regiment), Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Merchant Navy, Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force and Royal Canadian Navy. They included John Ward, a veteran of the 9th Submarine Flotilla.
If well enough to appear, they do so wearing their medals and march down part of Front Street.
The Remembrance Day Service pays tribute to those who served locally or overseas in the two wars above and died or survived, and those who guarded freedom at home. In Bermuda, as at November 11, 2008, there were 183 living registered veterans and 78 widows of veterans. The Home Guard were joined by Bermudians in Royal Naval Dockyard who kept to the Atlantic supply lines open, ensuring the British received essential supplies.
Accompanied by the Bermuda Regiment Band and Corps of Drums, the Salvation Army, North Village and Somerset Brigade Bands, and the Bermuda Islands Pipe Band, they reflect on their comrades who fought for freedom. At 11 a.m. guns fired at Fort Hamilton and Ordnance Island, St. George's, to signal the two-minute silence, held every year on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month to commemorate the end of the First World War.
Wreaths were laid by Governor Sir Richard Gosney, Premier Ewart Brown, Hamilton Mayor Sutherland Madeiros, Opposition Leader, the president of the War Veterans' Association, the Defence Board chairman, the Regiment's commanding officer, the Commissioner of Police and the Chief Fire Officer.
They were followed by former members or on behalf of the Bermuda Home Guard and Bermuda Contingent of the Caribbean Regiment. A service takes place in the Bermuda Cathedral in the event of wet weather.
Remembrance Day events are also broadcast on the Government TV station CITV from 10.30 a.m (CableVision Ch. 2 and WOW Ch 102).also remembers the Island's war heroes, at a Remembrance Day Parade in the Town Square opposite the War Memorial. Those present include the Mayor, The Royal Artillery and Ex-Artillerymen's Association, Bermuda Island Pipe Band, The Bermuda Regiment Band & Corp of Drums, Bermuda Sea Cadets, St. George's Girl Guides, Bermuda Fire Service, Bermuda Regiment Wreath Bearers, Bermuda Regiment Gun Troop, and the Boy Scouts all participate in the ceremony.If veterans served with a British unit - as most of them did - they also get the HM Armed Forces Veterans Badge, and a War Pension from the United Kingdom. Eligibility to this prestigious badge was widened following Remembrance Day 2005 to include all those who served between the end of the Second World War and December, 1954, thus encompassing the Korean War and military campaigns in Malaya undertaken by British forces. Another local veteran, also honored, served in Korea with the US Army. Unlike in the UK, USA, Canada, etc. there are no retirement homes or hospitals specifically for World War veterans. Some Bermuda veterans have had to pay more than $100,000 out of their own money if they have it to overseas hospitals for operations, owing to a lack of affordable medical insurance and no social conscience in Bermuda from taxpayers' resources. If they don't have the funds, they don't get treated overseas.
However, in Bermuda, registered veterans and their widows get a Bermuda War Pensions benefit of $800 a month, plus full coverage on all prescription drugs, medical tests at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital and partial coverage for medical visits to local medical general practitioners and specialists.
In England, on every Sunday before Remembrance Day in London, the Foreign Secretary, currently the Right Hon. Jack Straw, MP, on behalf of the Foreign & Commonwealth ओफ्फी London, England, which administers Bermuda, lays before the Cenotaph (later copied by Bermuda) in London Territorie. He is accompanied by the UK's Prime Minister, and leaders of the Opposition - those from the main Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties.
The wreath is supplied to the FCO by the Directors and Staff of, and hand-made at, Kew Gardens, Britain's finest gardens, from flowers and botanicals in its collection from all the Overseas Territories including some prized Bermudiana. It always includes sprigs of two endemic Bermuda species, the Juniperus bermudiana (Bermuda Cedar) tree and Chiococca bermudiana (Bermuda snowberry) shrub.
फ्नोम पेन्ह प्रेपरेस फॉर वाटर फेस्टिवल
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday ordered Phnom Penh authorities to prepare for the annual Water Festival, which draws millions of visitors to Phnom Penh every year.
The festival, which marks a change in direction of the Tonle Sap river and commemorates a naval victory of the Khmer empire over Cham adversaries, begins Nov. 1 and lasts three days.
Authorities expect five million people to attend this year’s festivities, which include a lighted nighttime flotilla and daytime boat races, with around 300 teams competing.
“I would like to call on Phnom Penh municipal authorities and the provinces around Phnom Penh to provide good safety for our people,” Hun Sen said. “All kinds of armed forces must defend the safety of Phnom Penh. During the Water Festival, people from the rural areas are coming into Phnom Penh more and more.”
Phnom Penh will deploy about 6,500 security personnel to maintain public order.
“We have enough police and military police forces to maintain public security and order during the Water Festival,” Touch Naroth, chief of Phnom Penh police, said. “We have prepared our patrols and intervention forces to help pedestrians along the streets. First, we will prevent any offenses, and second, we will avoid traffic jams and traffic accidents.”
Pickpockets and lost children top the problems that must be dealt with, he said.
Hun Sen also urged people to be mindful of sanitation, as well as the spread of HIV and the H1N1 virus, which has killed three Cambodians so far this year. Health authorities have said the festival could be a major incubator for the flu virus.
The festival, which marks a change in direction of the Tonle Sap river and commemorates a naval victory of the Khmer empire over Cham adversaries, begins Nov. 1 and lasts three days.
Authorities expect five million people to attend this year’s festivities, which include a lighted nighttime flotilla and daytime boat races, with around 300 teams competing.
“I would like to call on Phnom Penh municipal authorities and the provinces around Phnom Penh to provide good safety for our people,” Hun Sen said. “All kinds of armed forces must defend the safety of Phnom Penh. During the Water Festival, people from the rural areas are coming into Phnom Penh more and more.”
Phnom Penh will deploy about 6,500 security personnel to maintain public order.
“We have enough police and military police forces to maintain public security and order during the Water Festival,” Touch Naroth, chief of Phnom Penh police, said. “We have prepared our patrols and intervention forces to help pedestrians along the streets. First, we will prevent any offenses, and second, we will avoid traffic jams and traffic accidents.”
Pickpockets and lost children top the problems that must be dealt with, he said.
Hun Sen also urged people to be mindful of sanitation, as well as the spread of HIV and the H1N1 virus, which has killed three Cambodians so far this year. Health authorities have said the festival could be a major incubator for the flu virus.
थे फिनान्सिअल सेक्टर इन कम्बोडिया एम्प्लोय्स
“Phnom Penh: All banks and micro-credit institutions in Cambodia employ 14,698 Cambodian persons, according to a report from the National Bank of Cambodia.
“The report of the National Bank issued recently said that banks and micro-credit institutions provide jobs for 14,698 people.
“The report shows that all commercial and other special banks create jobs for 9,550 citizens in total, while micro-finance institutions employ 5,148 people.
“According to this report, all banks in Cambodia recognized by the National Bank provide a variety of numbers of jobs. The banks employ between 13 to 6,128 persons, while the micro-finance institutions employ freom 6 to 1,024 persons.
“Based on the report, the job market in the banking and micro-finance sectors has achieved a moderate growth rate. In 2007, all commercial and other special banks provided 6,869 jobs, while in 2006, they could employ only 4,624 persons. Micro-finance institutions employed just 3,511 persons in 2007, and only 2,503 persons in 2006.
“By now, there are 24 commercial banks, 6 specialized banks, 18 micro-finance institutions, 26 rural credit operators, and about 60 organizations handling credits.” Rasmei Kampuchea, Vol.17, #5031, 27.10.2009
Newspapers Appearing on the Newsstand:Tuesday, 27 October 2009
Deum Ampil, Vol.3, #321, 27.10.2009
India Promised to Provide US$15 Million in Loans to Cambodia [for economic and social development]
The Ministry of Health Warned Clinics That Offer A/H1N1 Vaccine [saying that the vaccine has to be approved by the Ministry of Health]
[Anonymous] Robber Stabbed a Man [to death] to Rob His Motorbike – He Escaped Safely [Siem Reap]
Kampuchea Thmey, Vol.8, #2082, 27.10.2009
Samdech Dekchor’s Statement [about Thaksin] Does Not Affect the Cambodian-Thai Relationship [according to Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vijjajiva]
A Philippine Man Was Convicted to Serve 25 Years in Prison, and Fined to Pay Riel 80 Million [US$20,000] for Cross Border Drug Smuggling [Phnom Penh]
Samdech Euv [the former King] Does Not Want to Celebrate His Birth Day [on 31 October 2009, but he does not provide any reason]
Bombs Exploded against the Government in Baghdad, Killing 147 People
Koh Santepheap, Vol.42, #6789, 27.10.2009
The Phnom Penh Authorities Prepare 6,530 Uniformed Forces to Maintain Order during the Water Festival [from 2 to 4 November 2009]
Six Communes in Russey Keo District Are Flooded by Rain [Phnom Penh - the Russey Keo Deputy governor, Mr. Kob Sles, blames climate change - but according to other sources, residents blame the unchecked filling of natural ponds and lakes by property developers for the disaster]
A Monk Beat a Nun to Death, then Took Off His Robe and Hid in a Temple [he was arrested - Banteay Meanchey]
Rasmei Kampuchea, Vol.17, #5031, 27.10.2009
The Financial Sector in Cambodia Employs 14,698 People
Cambodian Troops Increase Alert at the Border after the War of Words between Samdech Dekchor Hun Sen and [Thai Prime Minister] Abhisit
Sam Rainsy Led Villagers to Remove Border Markers [set by the Cambodian and Vietnamese border committees] and the Government Accused Him of Destroying State Property
Sereypheap Thmey, Vol.17, #1816, 27.10.2009
[Sam Rainsy parliamentarian] Son Chhay: The Prime Minister Has Never Appeared in the National Assembly to Question Him According to the Law Since 1993
Have a look at the last editorial – you can access it directly from the main page of the Mirror.And please recommend us also to your colleagues and friends.
“The report of the National Bank issued recently said that banks and micro-credit institutions provide jobs for 14,698 people.
“The report shows that all commercial and other special banks create jobs for 9,550 citizens in total, while micro-finance institutions employ 5,148 people.
“According to this report, all banks in Cambodia recognized by the National Bank provide a variety of numbers of jobs. The banks employ between 13 to 6,128 persons, while the micro-finance institutions employ freom 6 to 1,024 persons.
“Based on the report, the job market in the banking and micro-finance sectors has achieved a moderate growth rate. In 2007, all commercial and other special banks provided 6,869 jobs, while in 2006, they could employ only 4,624 persons. Micro-finance institutions employed just 3,511 persons in 2007, and only 2,503 persons in 2006.
“By now, there are 24 commercial banks, 6 specialized banks, 18 micro-finance institutions, 26 rural credit operators, and about 60 organizations handling credits.” Rasmei Kampuchea, Vol.17, #5031, 27.10.2009
Newspapers Appearing on the Newsstand:Tuesday, 27 October 2009
Deum Ampil, Vol.3, #321, 27.10.2009
India Promised to Provide US$15 Million in Loans to Cambodia [for economic and social development]
The Ministry of Health Warned Clinics That Offer A/H1N1 Vaccine [saying that the vaccine has to be approved by the Ministry of Health]
[Anonymous] Robber Stabbed a Man [to death] to Rob His Motorbike – He Escaped Safely [Siem Reap]
Kampuchea Thmey, Vol.8, #2082, 27.10.2009
Samdech Dekchor’s Statement [about Thaksin] Does Not Affect the Cambodian-Thai Relationship [according to Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vijjajiva]
A Philippine Man Was Convicted to Serve 25 Years in Prison, and Fined to Pay Riel 80 Million [US$20,000] for Cross Border Drug Smuggling [Phnom Penh]
Samdech Euv [the former King] Does Not Want to Celebrate His Birth Day [on 31 October 2009, but he does not provide any reason]
Bombs Exploded against the Government in Baghdad, Killing 147 People
Koh Santepheap, Vol.42, #6789, 27.10.2009
The Phnom Penh Authorities Prepare 6,530 Uniformed Forces to Maintain Order during the Water Festival [from 2 to 4 November 2009]
Six Communes in Russey Keo District Are Flooded by Rain [Phnom Penh - the Russey Keo Deputy governor, Mr. Kob Sles, blames climate change - but according to other sources, residents blame the unchecked filling of natural ponds and lakes by property developers for the disaster]
A Monk Beat a Nun to Death, then Took Off His Robe and Hid in a Temple [he was arrested - Banteay Meanchey]
Rasmei Kampuchea, Vol.17, #5031, 27.10.2009
The Financial Sector in Cambodia Employs 14,698 People
Cambodian Troops Increase Alert at the Border after the War of Words between Samdech Dekchor Hun Sen and [Thai Prime Minister] Abhisit
Sam Rainsy Led Villagers to Remove Border Markers [set by the Cambodian and Vietnamese border committees] and the Government Accused Him of Destroying State Property
Sereypheap Thmey, Vol.17, #1816, 27.10.2009
[Sam Rainsy parliamentarian] Son Chhay: The Prime Minister Has Never Appeared in the National Assembly to Question Him According to the Law Since 1993
Have a look at the last editorial – you can access it directly from the main page of the Mirror.And please recommend us also to your colleagues and friends.
Military beefs up defences
TROOPS in the northwest are stockpiling munitions following heightened tensions between Thailand and Cambodia in recent weeks, officers of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) confirmed Monday.RCAF General Men Saroeun, in charge of air defence in Military Region 5 based in Battambang province, said his forces had recently received significant supplies of new small arms and artillery. “We now have modern weapons to defend our nation,” he said. “We have what the Thai soldiers have. This is our strategy to defend our border.”Tanks were seen being transported along National Road 5 last week in Battambang province, and an RCAF general, speaking on condition of anonymity, said missiles with a range of up to 60 kilometres had also arrived. In addition to 16 new tanks delivered to Military Region 5, he said, more than 700 RCAF officers have been issued K-54 pistols, marking the first time since 2000 that low-level commanders have been issued sidearms.Chhouk Ang, commander of Border Police Battalion 911 in Banteay Meanchey province, said he received word from his superiors to be on alert in the wake of the spat between Hun Sen and Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. “While we remain watchful at all times, we have put our forces on alert to prevent Thai forces from entering Cambodian territory,” he said.But Koy Kuong, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said the re-arming was unrelated to tensions between Thailand and Cambodia, which intensified last week after Prime Minister Hun Sen invited fugitive ex-Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to serve as his economic adviser.“This has nothing to do with relations between Cambodia and Thailand. The Thai Foreign Ministry has said that Cambodia and Thailand have a good relationship and that Thaksin’s case is a personal issue,” he said, adding that such rearmaments are a normal part of military operations.
October 29, 2008 is the Coronation Day of His Majesty the King Norodom Sihamoni, the King of Cambodia for his fourth year anniversary. All government civil servent have a one day holiday in order to celebrate the Coronation Day of His Majesty the King Norodom Sihamoni.
May I take this opportunity to wishing His Majesty all the best, long lived and healthy to be the lead and shadow and the symbol of the peace, unity and eternity of the nation.
Please noted that in article 7 and 8 of the Constitution of Cambodia stated that:
Article 7-
The King of Cambodia shall reign but shall not govern.
The King shall be the Head of State for life.
The King shall be inviolable.
Article 8-
The King of Cambodia shall be a symbol of unity and eternity of the nation.
The King shall be the guarantor of the national independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Cambodia, the protector of rights and freedom for all citizens and the guarantor of international treaties
Article 9 -
The King shall assume the august role of arbitrator to ensure the faithful execution of public powers.
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