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Monday 18 April 2011

58 Cambodians killed, 484 injured in road accidents during Khmer New Year

A man killed in an accident.

PHNOM PENH, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Road accidents had killed 58 Cambodian people and injured another 484 during the celebration of the traditional Khmer New Year last week, according to a report from the Ministry of Interior's Public Order Department on Monday.

The report showed that a total of 211 road accidents happened nationwide from April 13-17. Of the accidents, 33 percent were due to over-speed driving, 26 percent due to reckless driving, 20 percent due to alcohol driving and the rest due to overtaking and traffic law violation.

Last year, 49 people were killed and 530 others injured in accidents over the Khmer New Year's holiday.

Road accident in Cambodia is the second largest danger after HIV/AIDS. In 2010, road accidents killed 1,709 people in Cambodia.
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Cambodia celebrates traditional New Year's night with fireworks, concerts

PHNOM PENH, April 14 (Xinhua) -- Colored explosion of fireworks has lighted up the sky over Wat Phnom, the capital's historical and cultural tourism site at Thursday's night to celebrate the first day of the traditional Khmer New Year.

The fireworks had been shot for about 15 minutes, catching the eyes of hundreds of thousands of the New Year revelers.

Meanwhile, concerts have been performed at three different places - one at Wat Phnom, another at Wat Botum Vatey Park near Independence Monument and the other at the Prime Minister Hun Sen' s Park at the riverside in order to entertain the New Year revelers at night.

Cambodia observes Khmer New Year for three days on April 14-16. It is one of the country's most important cultural festivities and is a holiday that's a nice reunion between relatives, close and distant alike.

During the occasion, families bring food, cash, and praying things to offer to Buddhist monks in pagodas in order to dedicate to their ancestors and wish for longevity, good luck, happiness and prosperity in the New Year.

Also, the New Year celebration is the time for young girls and boys gather and enjoy playing a variety of traditional games, dancing and singing in vicinities of pagodas and tourism sites throughout the country.
Editor: Xiong Tong

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Accident caused by Ah kanchas PROM MANH, Ah Yai Singer mother fucker!! This mother fucker should be a good role model to people? Insead of acting like gangster...

Anonymous said...

Ah Choy maraiy Prom Manh suppose to be a good role model to the people, not acting like gangster...mother fucker!

Anonymous said...

Ah Yai Singer Prom Manh's son pull out the pistol and threaten other people like gangster in the public, after an accident, there were american tourist in the car too...My god! What a shamed!!

Anonymous said...

Damn, Prom Manh pissed someone off. Is Prom Manh really that bad?

Anonymous said...

Prom Manh is old now he should retire from singing Ah Yai. I want to take his place in the next few years, here my short song to all of you for fun. If I don't hear any comment from you guy,I'm not gonna be your next singer. Here we go..

សក្រវារ៏ឱណាផ្កា កណ្ដៀមសួយ សរសេរ សំបុត្រមួយផ្ញើមក ក្ដែខ្មរ នៅស្រុក ត្បូងឃ្មុំ ឃុំខ្សាច់ស ផ្ញើហៅ ក្ដែខ្មរ អោយទៅ ជាក្នុយ។

Anonymous said...

Today, highways, especially motorists cannot be trusted anymore as drivers, they don’t care about the Safety signs or traffic rules, and speed is passion for them. Thanks for sharing your ideas.
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