Malaysia's central bank expects improvement in domestic economy ,TV9

The Malaysian central bank said on Wednesday that it has expected the domestic economy is improving, as shown by the favorable domestic indicators in the second quarter this year.

Malaysian central bank's governor and chair man Zeti Akhtar Aziz said that the favorable indicators included slower decline in industrial production and export contraction moderating.

Improving labor market conditions, as well as better consumer and business sentiments, would improve domestic economy further in the second half of this year, said Zeti at her office here.

She said that the accelerated implementation of the fiscal measures, lower inflation, continued access to financing, and the accommodative monetary environment would provide further support to domestic demand.

Zeti added that the stabilization of the global economy was also expected to contribute to the improvement in the domestic economy in the second half of this year.

Japan's foreign policy likely to change if DPJ wins: scholar ,TV9

by Richard Smart

As Japan prepares for an election on Aug. 30, it seems that nothing but a miracle will be able to keep the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in power as a tide of change looks likely to sweep the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) into governance.

If the DPJ does win the election, it is likely, argued Jeff Kingston, a professor of Asian studies at Temple University, that there will be changes in Japan's foreign policy and international relations, particularly the nation's relationship with the United States.

"I don't think that the DPJ will do anything to inflict irreparable harm on the bilateral alliance with the United States," said Kingston in an interview with Xinhua.

"I think the Obama administration is ready to update the relationship and make it somewhat more equal. However, in this new multipolar world the United States expects more of its allies, so in the case of Japan, Washington will expect not soldiers, but engineers, educators and doctors, things like that, to contribute to the rebuilding process in the Middle East," Kingston said.

The DPJ, however, seems more likely than the LDP to generate tension with the United States. In particular, the DPJ "will expose the secret agreement that allows the U.S. to routinely violate the three non-nuclear principles."

Japan's three non-nuclear principles are not possessing, producing or permitting the bringing-in of nuclear weapons on its soil. However, over recent years, documents from the United States and statements by former government ministers have pointed to the existence of a pact that allowed the United States military to carry nuclear weapons in Japanese waters. Revealing the documents is unlikely to have disastrous consequences, but it will mark a change in the way Japan deals with its ally.

How the DPJ deals with U.S. hopes for support in its Afghan mission is also a potential stumbling block, as the DPJ has stated that it will not extend Japan's refueling mission in the Indian Ocean to support U.S. troops once the deal expires next year.

Kingston, however, said that this will not be the end of the world.

"If Japan makes some gesture in the direction (of the Afghan war) then that will be taken as sufficient," he said.

In the DPJ's manifesto, the party said that it hopes to "take the lead in eliminating nuclear weapons," but Kingston said that this is unlikely to lead to an end to the U.S. nuclear umbrella, and will have little effect on ties with the U.S.

"The Japanese government has long wanted the NPT (Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty) to be a reality, but in that sense, they are on the same page as Obama, so that shouldn't be a problem," Kingston said.

Eliminating nuclear weapons has taken on a new sense of urgency in Japan since the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) developed a nuclear program last year. Kingston argued that the DPJ may be better equipped than the LDP to make progress in the six-party talks, which include the DPRK, South Korea, China, the United States, Japan and Russia.

The professor said that while the LDP has focused on resolving the abduction issue -- to the annoyance of other members of the negotiations -- "there is hope the DPJ can get out from behind the abductee problem."

Another area that has caused Japan a large number of problems is the nation's legacy from World War II. Many LDP politicians have visited Yasukuni Shrine -- where 14 class A war criminals are enshrined -- and there are still a lot of prisoners of war and forced laborers demanding compensation and an apology from the Japanese government.

While Kingston saw the DPJ suggestion of creating a new secular war memorial where ministers could pay their respects to the war dead as being a positive development, he is less sure on the suggestion that the DPJ may try to provide compensation to former POWs (prisoners of wars) and forced laborers.

The DPJ "will almost certainly be unable to meet the expectations of the victims, and anything they do will be too much for Japan's right-wingers, who think that what Japan did was fine. History remains very divisive and now the LDP is set to lose power, they can really pull their gloves off and show their true views on history, which we get a taste of every once in a while," Kingston said.

On these issues, as with many others, it seems that winning the election will be the start of a challenging period for the DPJ, and not the end of a difficult time.

Poland Observes 70th Anniversary of World War II ,TV9

By Stefan Bos Budapest

A general view of ceremonies marking the 70th anniversary of the beginning of WW II at the Monument of Westerplatte Defenders, in Gdansk, northern Poland, 01 Sep 2009

European and American leaders have gathered to observe the 70th anniversary of the German military invasion of Poland, which is generally regarded as the start of World War II. Tuesday's ceremonies come amid controversy between Poland and Russia over the war, in which some 50 million people died.

At a somber ceremony Polish leaders met at dawn on Gdansk's Westerplatte peninsula, where 70 years ago German forces began to attack Poland.

An honorary guard looked on as officials placed wreaths at the foot of the monument to the defenders of Westerplatte at 4:45 am local time, the exact time that the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein began shelling this tiny Polish military outpost.

And, as Red and white Polish flags fluttered, giant lights beamed video footage of the German invasion at a wall of the monument.

Backed by tanks and other heavy equipment, soldiers marched through Polish towns terrifying local citizens. The invasion is generally regarded as the beginning of World War II, which eventually involved almost all nations and killed tens of millions of people.

Tuesday's ceremony came amid a war of words between Russia and Poland over the invasion. Poland is furious that Russian military and intelligence officials appear to lay significant blame on Poland for the outbreak of the Second World War.

President Lech Kaczynski attends ceremonies marking the 70th anniversary of the beginning of WW II at the Monument of Westerplatte Defenders, in Gdansk, 1 Sept 2009

The Russian Intelligence Service is reportedly planning to publish documents showing what it calls Poland's aggressive intentions towards the Soviet Union ahead of World War II, and says at least one Polish minister was a German agent.

This follows a documentary on Russian state-run television alleging that Poland had made agreements with Nazi Germany, which planned an invasion of the Soviet Union.

Poland and other former Soviet satellite states say however that the invasion came after Soviet Union leader Josef Stalin reached an agreement with Germany that included dividing eastern Europe into spheres of influence.

Just over two weeks after the start of the German invasion in the west, Soviet troops entered Poland in the east and later occupied the Baltic states as well as parts of Finland and Romania.

Poles still view the Red Army invasion as an act of aggression, especially the Katyn Forest massacre, in which some 22,000 Polish soldiers, police and intellectuals were murdered by Soviet forces in 1940.

During Tuesday's commemoration, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk indirectly referred to the controversy with Russia and the German invasion.

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a candle at the Cemetery of Defenders of Westerplatte in Gdansk, 01 Sep 2009

He says people meet here to "remember who started the war, who the culprit was, who the executioner was in the war, and who the victim was of this aggression."

While Moscow has acknowledged wrongdoing under Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, it also claims that some 27 million Soviet citizens died in the war against Nazi Germany.

But Adam Burakowski, a political analyst at the Polish Academy of Sciences, has told the Polish Radio External Service that the victim count also included Poles and other non-Russians who were made Soviet citizens after the war.

"Considering the recent Russian attempts to re-write history, for example by suggesting Polish complicity in German aggression, we could expect Russians to publish their own estimates of Soviet war victims shortly," he said. "Probably, they could count citizens of pre-war Poland [eastern Poland, annexed to the USSR by the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact] as Soviet citizens, and this way enlarge the total amount of their losses. In my opinion, it could be an abuse."

In an apparent effort to defuse tensions on the eve of the anniversary, Vladimir Putin has written an article which appears in the Monday edition of Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborca. In it he expressly condemns the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the treaty of non-aggression between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. Mr. Putin was to meet his Polish counterpart later Tuesday.

The tensions with former Soviet satellite states has saddened Soviet veterans, including Yakov Vinnichenko, who told Russia Today television he was involved in liberating concentration camps.

"The attitude in these states is certainly different than it use to be, and not for the better," saod Vinnichenko.

There were calls for reconciliation during ceremonies that were attended by former enemies, including German, Polish and American leaders.

United States President Barack Obama, who was not at Tuesday's ceremonies, sent a message saying that today there is "a different era in which the United States and Poland are close allies."

He also noted that as a member of the Western NATO military alliance, Poland is now protected by a creed that says an attack on one is an attack on all.

Yet for elderly people, the wounds of war, still remain.

Indonesia's president orders solar energy development ,TV9

Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono supported moves for increasing the production of efficient solar-cell energies and has ordered solar-cell energy to be explored in the country, the Jakarta Post reported on Tuesday.

Managing director of state-owned solar cell producer PT LEN Industri, Wahyuddin Bagenda was quoted as saying that "The president is hoping that the price will be reasonable for the public. That was the most important issue."

Wahyuddin said in a press conference at the Presidential Office following a meeting with Yudhoyono PT LEN could install solar cells with a capacity of 6 megawatts and could offer this renewable energy at 3 U.S. dollars per watt.

This capacity however fell short of the government's actual annual requirement of 10 MW, Wahyuddin said

"Based on our analysis, if we increase the installed capacity to 50 MW, we'll be able to sell the solar cells at 1.2 dollars per watt. The global price currently stands at around 1.7 dollars per watt," he said.

The Bandung-based firm will need around 17 million dollars investment to develop the 50-MW power plant.

Thailand to protest Cambodian patrol in disputed area [-Why is it OK for Thailand to patrol, but not Cambodia?],TV9

Writer: WASSANA NANUAM
Bangkok Post

The Defence Ministry plans a strongly-worded protest over a Cambodian patrol entering a disputed maritime area near Koh Kut in Trat province, a source says.

The protest will be lodged through the Foreign Ministry.

Two Cambodian warships were seen patrolling in the disputed area last week.

The patrol was in breach of an agreement on disputed and overlapping areas which requires the two countries to inform the other of any plans for a patrol and for the patrol to be a joint operation.

The source said the Cambodian patrol was probably in response to the Thai navy's move to set up a new base on Koh Kut to reinforce its patrol missions following a report that Cambodia had allowed a French oil company to carry out surveys in the disputed area.

Meanwhile, the navy has apologised to Cambodia after a patrol plane strayed into Cambodian airspace.

The Phnom Penh Post yesterday cited Cambodian general Bun Seng as saying the commander of the Chanthaburi-Trat airbase had written that the incident was due to bad weather affecting the aircraft's navigation system."We accepted the letter of apology by the Thai military but we have warned Thailand's airbase that we will not take responsibility for a second repeated airspace violation," Gen Bun Seng said.

Navy spokesman Prachachart Srisawat said it was not unusual for planes from Thailand and Cambodia to accidentally cross over into each other's territory.

Vietnamese firm to build fertilizer plant in Cambodia,TV9

The Vietnam Five Star International Group on Friday said it will start work on a joint-venture fertilizer plant in Cambodia later this year.

The group will put up 90 percent of the chartered capital in a joint venture with the Investment and Development Joint Stock Company of Cambodia (IDCC) holding the remaining 10 percent.

Construction of the plant, located in Kien Svay District’s Samrong Thom Commune, is expected to be completed within 20 months.

Once completed, the US$65-million plant will produce 350,000 tons of fertilizer a year.

ADB, South Korea to Help Improve Cross-Border Roads ,TV9

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Republic of Korea announced on Tuesday they are supporting road and border improvements in Cambodia to help reduce poverty, increase economic opportunities, and boost ongoing efforts to strengthen trade and tourism in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS).
ADB’s Board of Directors approved a loan equivalent to US$16.3 million for the project which will rehabilitate 113 km of a National Highway in the northwest of the kingdom, and upgrade a cross-border facility with Thailand. The Ministry of Strategy and Finance of Korea is extending a loan equivalent to US$25.6 million through its Economic Development and Coopera- tion Fund (EDCF), according to Manila-based ADB press statement on Tuesday.
The pot-holed gravel road, that is impassable in the wet season due to flooding, cuts through two of the poorest provinces in the country Banteay Meanchey and Oddar Meanchey. It links up with another major route which is a key conduit for goods and people between northwest Cambodia and northeast Thailand, and also forms a feeder connection to the GMS east-west corridor.

“Roads are the lifeblood of transport in the GMS but poor surfaces raise costs, cause lost
economic opportunities and contribute to high accident rates. The upgraded road and border facility will reduce travel times, improve traffic safety, increase access to markets, and provide new job and business opportunities,” it read. “It will be another step to strengthen connectivity and develop economic corridors across the GMS?a bloc of 6 nations committed to closer ties that support sustainable growth, boost employment and reduce poverty.
“The project will support the GMS strategy by improving connectivity between Thailand and Cambodia, thereby enhancing sub-regional transport and trade,” said Shihiru Date, transport specialist in ADB’s Southeast Asia Department.
The improved facilities are expected to aid cross-border tourism as the restored road connects to a key east-west route to Siem Reap – site of the world famous Angkor Wat temple. Opport- unities for contract farmers, who cultivate high-value fruit for export to neighboring countries should also expand, while the all-weather surface will improve access to health and education facilities. The project will include an HIV prevention and anti-human trafficking program, as new cross-border roads represent a potential threat for the spread of communicable diseases, and the trafficking of women and children.
ADB’s loan, from its concessional Asian Development Fund, comprises 34 percent of the total project cost. It has a 32-year term with an 8-year grace period carrying a 1 percent interest charge, and 1.5 percent for the balance. The Government of Cambodia will contribute counterpart funds of US$6 million, while the Ministry of Public Works and Transport will be the executing agency. The estimated completion date for the project is December 2013.

Political comments on the relationships with Japan following the Japanese opposition’s election victory,TV9

Japan’s opposition party recently won the election with a mandate to lead the country. This change leads to diverging comments from Cambodian politicians, in particular regarding the bilateral relationship between Japan and Cambodia, because Japan is the largest donor country to Cambodia.

Up until now, Japan is the largest donor country to Cambodia. Will the new Japanese government affect the bilateral relationships between Cambodia and Japan or not?

The Cambodian government believes that there will be no effect on the bilateral relationships between the two countries, but for Cambodia’s opposition parties, the new Japanese government will pay closer attention to aids provided to Cambodia.

Khieu Kanharith, government spokesman, indicated that the relationship between Japan and Cambodia is a relationship at a governmental level, i.e. not a relationship at a party level. Khieu Kanharith added that: “Furthermore, PM Hun Xen maintain relationships with all political parties. Therefore, Cambodia hopes that there will be no change in regards to the bilateral relationships, and neither will there be any change in the aids that the Japanese government pledged to Cambodia.”

Koy Kuong, spokesman for the Cambodian ministry of Foreign Affairs, explained that Japan has a history of helping to bring peace in Cambodia since 1993. Also, Japan is an ASEAN partner and it is a close partner of Cambodia as well. Therefore, he believes that the relationships between the two countries will not be reduced. Koy Kuong explained that the political party change in the leading of the country is Japan’s internal issue. “However, the foreign policy of the new government will improve with other countries,” Koy Kuong added.

Cambodia’s opposition party believes that it is the opposite. Yim Sovann, SRP spokesman, commented that he used to meet with MPs of the Democratic Party of Japan (the winner of Japan’s election), and they want to see a more efficient use of Japanese aids, in particular, they want to see Japanese aids benefiting Cambodian people directly and that they do not fall into the hands of corrupt officials. Yim Sovann presumed that, from now on, Japan will pay closer attention to its aids to Cambodia.

Kem Sokha, HRP party president, also made similar comments to Yim Sovann regarding the policy of the Democratic Party of Japan which recently won the election. The DPJ’s goal is to strengthen democracy and the respect of human rights. Regarding diplomatic relations, Kem Sokha did not want to say directly that there could be a reduction of relationship between the new Japanese government and the current ruling party of Cambodia. However, Kem Sokha noted that the DPJ does not maintain close relationships with the CPP, unlike the case of the former ruling Japanese party.

1 Over 200 Mln USD Invest in Cambodia Mobile Phones in First Half,TV9

Cambodia claimed Tuesday that investment in the country's mobile phones sector has increased to 234 million U.S. dollars for the first six months of this year.

According to the Ministry of Telecommunication and Posts, total investment in the sector amounting to 234 million U.S. dollars as of June this year, whereas last year, within the same period of time, the total investment was only 35 million U.S. dollars.

Officials at the ministry also said the number of mobile phone users is remarkably increased with about five millions of the country's total estimate of 14 million populations.

The ministry officials contributed the increase in the sector to the huge demands from Cambodians who enjoy their communication through mobile phone because it consumes less time than traveling to meetings with other people while their businesses are in larger demands.

Other contributing causes to the increase in mobile phone usage are the country's economic growth and the better living standard of the people.

In recent years, telephone and internet are the latest growing modern technology in Cambodia.

Nine mobile phone companies are running businesses in Cambodia, according to the ministry.

Preface,TV Channel 9

Welcome to TV9

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CTV9 is born in 1992

Cambodia Television Station Channel 9 is licensed as a 100% Cambodian private sector company.
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