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Wednesday 28 January 2009

An opposition MP asked the Minister of Finance to explain to the parliament


Radio Free Asia
By Huy Vannak
27th January, 2009
Translated from Khmer by Khmerizarion

The leader of a group of opposition MP's on Tuesday has written a letter to Minister of Finance and Economy by requesting him to personally explain to the parliament about the government's policies to tackle the economic downturn which has resulted from the global economic crisis.

This is a second attempt by the opposition MP's to push the Cambodian government to take measures to tackle the effects of the global economic crisis.

Mr. Son Chhay (pictured), leader of the group, said: "We've seen that the global financial crisis has affected our economy such as the loss of employment in the textile industry, in the tourism industry and other sectors such as the construction sector etc which necessitate the government's measures to help tackle further losses of jobs. Other than that, the government must have a financial stimulus package to prevent the economy fron slipping into a financial crisis, especially in the banking sector and the lending sector."

On the 16th of January, Mr. Sam Rainsy, leader of the opposition Sam Rainsy Party, has written a letter to the Council of Ministers, especially to Prime Minister Hun Sen personally, to request the government to appropriate $500 million of a financial stimulus package to help stimulate the local econmy.

Minister of Finance Keat Chhon cannot be contacted for any comments, but Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith said that the government has earmarked a budget package to help in any eventual economic crisis.

Mr. Hang Chuon Narong, Secretary of State of Ministry of Finance, told Bloomberg News Agency that Cambodia has no cash reserve to help its citizen. What Cambodia can do is offiering tax cuts to textile industries and infrastructure sectors which are instrumental in stimulating the economy.

A new World Bank report released in 2009, forecast that, even though Cambodian economy has not been affected much, Cambodia cannot avoid the resultant effect of the global financial crisis.

Mr. Van Sou Eang, Chairman of Textile Industry Association, predicted that by this April at least 70,000 jobs will be lost, if they don't receive orders from their foreign customers.

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