Comments on: Little Phnom Penh http://jinja.apsara.org/2006/10/little-phnom-penh/ Art, life, art of life in Cambodia. Fri, 02 Mar 2018 03:28:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anonymous http://jinja.apsara.org/2006/10/little-phnom-penh/comment-page-1/#comment-905 Anonymous Sun, 15 Oct 2006 23:26:00 +0000 http://jinja.apsara.org/index.php/2006/10/12/little-phnom-penh/#comment-905 As a KhmerAmerican and a resident of the city of Long Beach for quite some times now, I am very excited and delighted to have this community together-ness spotlight shining on Cambodians. It will give KhmerAmerican a sense of place and community. The decision had been long overdued, but it here and a very hot topic. A decade ago, I noticed that there were a lot more Khmer owned businesses in Anaheim Street and its vicinity, now I don't see as much. Khmer owned businesses are slowly turning to somewhere else. To have Cambodia Town would steer Khmer owned businessed to return. This will add a benefit of tax revenue for city of Long Beach, not to mention a sense of place of KhmerAmerican. Every Khmer or KhmerAmerican should "Samaki" or unite to help make Cambodia Town a reality. The leaders of KhmerAmerican must put their personal feelings aside and focus on this issue. There is a great need for strong leaders and unity to make Cambodia Town a reality. <br/><br/>Cham of Long Beach As a KhmerAmerican and a resident of the city of Long Beach for quite some times now, I am very excited and delighted to have this community together-ness spotlight shining on Cambodians. It will give KhmerAmerican a sense of place and community. The decision had been long overdued, but it here and a very hot topic. A decade ago, I noticed that there were a lot more Khmer owned businesses in Anaheim Street and its vicinity, now I don’t see as much. Khmer owned businesses are slowly turning to somewhere else. To have Cambodia Town would steer Khmer owned businessed to return. This will add a benefit of tax revenue for city of Long Beach, not to mention a sense of place of KhmerAmerican. Every Khmer or KhmerAmerican should “Samaki” or unite to help make Cambodia Town a reality. The leaders of KhmerAmerican must put their personal feelings aside and focus on this issue. There is a great need for strong leaders and unity to make Cambodia Town a reality.

Cham of Long Beach

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