(9) Four coastal development efforts; more road and rail infrastructural developments
This year, we are laying out a plan for four coastal provinces, stemming from the Sihanoukville to promote industry. Sihanoukville is a multi-purpose development province, where industry and commerce are the foundations, which aim to expand the logistics special economic zone to promote more industry […] at the same time, as we promote tourism, we need to prepare the environment, set a big goal to promote more industry, commerce and technology in Sihanoukville. we need to expedite these goals in 2025, and start implementing our master plan […] the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the Ministry of Public Works and the Royal Railway Company are working on the negotiation to conclude the railway development plan to promote logistics.
As for the road system and the air system, we have the Siem Reap International Airport, which is not only a tourist airport, that we launched this year. Now it is the high season and the port is crowded. We want to it to do more. We are expanding National Road No. 6 to solve the travel problem on land. I have instructed studying another rail line. The first railway from the airport to the city has been studied but I suggest the study of another line, which is shorter, from the (Angkor) Kjung Yu road, only 13 kilometers from the existing road […]
(10) Four points for furthering self-development and improvement
I hope you will continue to improve your ability to be self-sufficient and develop a better future. Please continue to learn. (Firstly) Learn everywhere, learn from everyone, and learn from yourself […] there are two foundations to keep in mind regarding learning from yourself – (1) open up your mind that you are not perfect, and with that, set a goal that you need to be perfect in what you do […] if one thinks one is perfect, one does want to learn anything else and/or is not interested in improving and not setting a goal to improve oneself to be perfect […]; and secondly, the lessons you learn here in school are considered lessons in life. Big work can only succeed when small work succeeds […] Discipline is major. Foreigners call it SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) with a checklist […];
Thirdly, one has to have perseverance, persistence, as success takes time […] one has to develop oneself, and use the knowledge one has developed in line with the development of the country. Do not use your knowledge and skills to harm the interests of the country, and/or others […]; and fourthly, use knowledge in making decisions. As an intellectual or a student, everything you do must be thoughtful. We learn to be independent, right? We can research and make our own decisions because we are responsible for ourselves. Though we may take advice from others, but in the end, we are the ones who make our own decisions, and not relying on others to make decisions for us […]
(11) Koh Kut – mixing politics with technology would harm national interests
In the last few days, even on the occasion of the water festival, opposition politicians have not given us any peace. It is about the sea, the island Koh Kut. (They) say why the government has been so quiet. Some who called themselves analysts – including the one who shouted the loudest and who were once imprisoned for posting false information about the border making a promise six years ago that he would stop posting information that lacked consideration about the border anymore (but) now they are doing it again – say the government must have had itself implicated and does not dare to speak out (on the issue) […]
Please allow me to send a message to our compatriots […] the reason why the government does not speak out (about the Koh Kut issue) is based on – firstly, its political maturity and, secondly, its responsibility to the nation and people in protecting territorial integrity and national sovereignty […]
Regarding political maturity, there are three reasons – firstly, we adhere to the principle of not bringing fire into the house […] the opposition party or anti-government group (in Thailand) raises this issue to attack the Thai government […] alleging that the Thai government has lost Koh Kut to Cambodia […]; secondly, the government adheres to the official mechanism as a method of resolving the border issue, and not the Facebook or media mechanism […] based on the agreed mechanisms, such as […] the JBC – the Joint Land Border Affairs Committee, and the JTC, the Joint Technical Committee that negotiates on the border, demarcates the land border and delimits the sea border […]; and thirdly, we will be carrying out actions based on a pragmatic basis, which mean we must research the matter clearly and be practical […]
In particular, the maritime border has not been agreed upon yet. We have negotiated many times, but there is no agreement. If there is no agreement, what have we lost? They keep saying that (the government committed) treason (because Cambodia has) lost the island. What loss is there when there has no agreement yet? How can we sue this matter to the ICJ? If we did, they would ask what would be the matter be? There is no matter […] the Thai opposition group accuses the Thai government of losing Koh Kut to Cambodia. Now they (the Thai government) are arguing. Suddenly, in Cambodia, (the opposition) say that the Cambodian government lost Koh Kut to Thailand. Now let me or us ask, where did it go? There are only two acters here. Or were there a third actor, or did the island sink into the sea? Their accusations are illogical […] the border commission is still negotiating the OCA (overlapping claim areas) issue. I will not explain it this morning. I will leave the topic to the energy and mining annual conference this evening […]
[…] On the second reason, in addition to maturity, we have a responsibility to the nation. The border issue is a long-term issue that requires patience […] therefore, the Royal Government, firstly, is determined to absolutely protect the territorial integrity and national sovereignty of Cambodia […]; secondly, is committed to resolving the issue peacefully through technical mechanisms based on international law, including the use of international law on border delimitation, various treaties, and geographical border techniques […]; and thirdly, through the Secretary of State for Border Affairs, the government is prepared to negotiate […]; therefore, border negotiations take time and responsibility, and we are prepared at all times […] without allowing loss of territory or national sovereignty […]
(12) Some may have to retattoo the land area of Cambodia
Some people say if there is nothing secret, why the government doesn’t release documents and negotiation strategies? Listen to what they said it. It’s like a pure ignorance […] what should we do to maximize the benefits […] to get benefits that can be accepted by both sides […] some people have tattooed Cambodia’s land area of 181,035 square kilometers on their backs. Are there anyone tattooed here? If you do, you may have to change it […] in fact, some of the people have had their backs tattooed […] after the measurement, in 2012, our land area has been recorded a new figure of 181,436 square kilometers, and not counting the islands yet […] this document is not secret. Samdech Techo published thousands of copies and posted it when he did a presentation in National Assembly for 5 hours […]
(13) Using Koh Kut to incite failed because people understand and value stability
Whatever these politicians and/or analysts inside the country are doing, they must not incite protests like the one they did on August 18, aimed at overthrowing so and so. Seeing that some 20,000 boat crews are walking throughout the Phnom Penh city, they have had this idea to challenge them to protest (like what happened in Bangladesh). Their plan is when tens of thousands of people come to celebrate the boat festival, they use that time to hold a demonstration. They tried to talk about Koh Kut and all this nonsense, but they couldn’t […] they have failed because our citizens understand and value stability and the time when the country needs to be united. It is not the time to think about fighting each other for no reason. Don’t bring fire from outside to start it in and burn down your own house without any national benefit. I thank our citizens […]./.
