Apr 10th, 2007 by Jinja
Trade Fair Part 02: Print & Publishing
SIPAR publishes childrens’ books mostly in Khmer, and a catalogue is available in Khmer, French and English.
Reading Book will distribute your Khmer language publication to the furthest provincial corners of Cambodia.
Tags:cambodia,literature
Apr 9th, 2007 by Jinja
“Buy Cambodian Products” Trade Fair Part 01
Took a stroll through the Trade Fair at the part opposite Wat Botum, noontime Sunday. In the glaring heat there was a brisk trade in ice cream. Few visitors meant I could get some good shots of the booths. (Click on the picture for more product info, if I’ve got it.)
I enjoyed seeing small businesses get out and show their stuff. I think that sometimes in Cambodia there is often a default expectation that quality merchandise tends to come from other countries. Plenty here to disprove that notion.
Today’s subject is widgets – physical ones.
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| Some solar charged lamps available for rural folks who need a cheap rental light source. Saving 200 riel a day may not sound like a lot, but for the countryside it could be quite handy.
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| Angkor Hand Pump Enterprise No 20, Street 578, Sangkat Boeun Kok II Khan Tuok Kork, Phnom Penh, Cambodia 012 917 350 / 016 829 135 |
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Tomorrow: publications.
Tags:cambodia, technology
Apr 8th, 2007 by Jinja
Street Kids Shoot Back
Long the subject of tourist photos, the Friends drop-in center bordering Siem Reap’s Old Market has an exhibition of photos by their kids.
It’s fun to see these candid shots from the other side of the viewfinder – mainly of sunburnt, exhausted tourists, as much a spectacle as the temples they’re visiting.
If you’re in Siem Reap, give it a look! One of the more innovative photo projects I’ve seen in a while. Simple and effective.
Funding also provided by Japan Cooperation.
Mar 30th, 2007 by Jinja
Hugo Award for Cambodia Story?
Geoff Ryman‘s short story ‘Pol Pot’s Beautiful Daughter’ (published in the October/November issue of Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine) has been nominated for a Hugo Award.
(Curiously, his recent Cambodia novel, ‘The King’s Last Song‘, is still awaiting the go-ahead to be printed in the USA.)
You can read an excerpt at the link below:
In Cambodia people are used to ghosts. Ghosts buy newspapers. They own property.
A few years ago, spirits owned a house in Phnom Penh, at the Tra Bek end of Monivong Boulevard. Khmer Rouge had murdered the whole family and there was no one left alive to inherit it. People cycled past the building, leaving it boarded up. Sounds of weeping came from inside.
Then a professional inheritor arrived from America. She’d done her research and could claim to be the last surviving relative of no fewer than three families. She immediately sold the house to a Chinese businessman, who turned the ground floor into a photocopying shop.
The copiers began to print pictures of the original owners.
More: http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-5807081/Pol-Pot-s-beautiful-daughter.html
You can order a print, e-book copy or MP3 file below.
http://www.mindunbound.com/blog/2006/11/pol_pots_beautiful_daughter_fa.html
Tags:cambodia,fiction,fantasy,literature
Mar 29th, 2007 by Jinja
Kumomo Tree Charity Project
[Courtesy Tharum]
In rural Cambodia, hundreds of villages are still deprived of functional primary and secondary schools. American Assistance for Cambodia (AAfC) founded the Rural Schools Project in 1999, has led the effort to construct over 300 primary and lower secondary schools. One of the schools will be built from the advertisers’ booking fee through the Kumomo Tree Charity Project.
“I am honored you have chosen us as one of the charities to support and give you our blessing to list us, as well as your creative skill and community spirit,” said Mr. Bernard Krisher, Chairman of AAfC. For every successful ad space booked, Kumomo collects a booking fee from the advertiser and contribute to the Cambodian Rural School Project fund, while any remaining goes directly to the space owner.
It took the team of 12 a full 6 months to realize the Kumomo concept and it’s finally launched to the public 2 weeks ago. Once the fund hits USD13,000, the check will be issued to AAfC. The team hopes to deliver the first check within the next 3 months. About Kumomo Kumomo is a free ad space booking marketplace to buy and sell advertisement space. It is not totally limited to online ad space but also physical ad space or any unconventional space that you can ever think of. There is no cost for publisher to list their ad space.
Kumomo collects a booking fee for charity purposes while the remaining ad revenue goes directly from advertiser to space owner. It is a commission free booking platform with no cash holdback. For more details, visit www.kumomo.com
Tags:cambodia
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