My Last day at The APO

I was sad when I look at the calandar on my desk. Today is 20 February 2009 is my last day at the APO secretariat, where I did internship for five months since October 2008.

According to the contract agreement between APO and FASID, I have a good opportunity to do internship at Asian Productivity Organization (APO). I was attached to industry department, which is the biggest department, and plays important role in industry activities in member countries, under the guidance of the APO Program Officer and the general supervision of the Director, Industry Department. My main purpose of internship was to get more practical experience on how the APO conduct project implements for the member countries. Before the internship started, I had a chance to get to know my internship supervisor, director, and APO staffs and talked to them about my assignment in the APO.

Finally, I wanna to say Sayonara to all staffs member. I will miss you all.

Public Investment in Cambodia

The public investment in Cambodia has been increased significantly due to political stability, and economic growth. After suffering from more then two decades of civil war, most of infrastructure in Cambodia were destroyed, and around 85% of total population lives in the rural areas, and many of them live under poverty line (ABD, 2006). After restoration of order in the country the Government has followed a program focused on rehabilitation and development of basic infrastructure, with the aim of improving the socio-economic conditions for further step of development (CDC, 2005). In order to re-establish the infrastructure, the Royal government of Cambodia has requested to donor to provide grain loan, aid for sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction. Royal Government of Cambodia, and donor was set the priority issues of infrastructure provision for development. There are more than 85% of total population and most of then live under poverty line, so rural development is necessary to raise rural economic growth. This consists with MDG goal.

Bio-mass energy in Cambodia

Energy prices are a main concern for SMEs in developing countries. The vast majority of manufacturing SMEs in Asia use traditional boilers that consume nonrenewable fuel such as coal, diesel, fuel oil, natural gas, etc. in their production processes. This nonrenewable fuel makes production expensive, resulting in high output prices. Moreover, this fuel leads to high levels of emission of greenhouse gases, the main cause of global warming.

Recently, most SMEs in Cambodia have suffered from the high price of fossil fuels, resulting in less competitiveness in internal or external markets. To survive, they need to reduce operating costs or modify their production systems. However, Cambodia has millions of tons of energy sources in the form of rice husk, waste wood, coconut shells, horticultural and agricultural waste, palm oil waste, organic solids, bagasse, etc., which are the main sources of biomass energy and can be used in boilers to replace fossil fuels. Therefore, start using biomass as an energy source and reaped monetary benefits.

Koh Tral

The Governor of Cochinchina Saigon SUBJECT: Islands in the Gulf of Siam I have the honor to inform you that I have to re-examine the issue of islands in the Gulf of Siam whose possession is disputed between Cambodia and Cochin.The location of this string of islands, de-seeded along the Cambodian coast and some of which are so close to the coast that atterrissements which currently seem to be welded to the shores of Cambodia in the relatively near future, calls logically geographically and the need for these islands, a matter for the Administration of that country.If I am not allowed to continue much longer the state of affairs requires that the inhabitants of these islands to address, or the price of a long voyage, is the price of a long detour through the territory of Cambodia, the administration of Cochinchina. Accordingly, I have decided that all the islands north of a line perpendicular to the coast from the border between Cambodia and Cochinchina and forming an angle with 140'c northern Meridien, according to the map attached, will be administered by Cambodia. The protectorate assume, in particular, the burden of policing of these islands.All the islands south of this line, including the island of Phu Quoc, (called Koh Tral in Cambodian) continue to be administered by Cochinchina. It is understood that the line set by the bypass north of the island of Phu Quoc (Koh Tral) passing 3 kms from the extremes of the north coast of this island.The powers of administration and police on these islands will be clearly divided between Cochinchina and Cambodia in order to avoid any disputes in the future.It is understood that this is only the administration and police, and that the issue of territorial dependence of these islands remains fully booked.You'd like to make arrangements so that my decision to receive its immediate implementation.Please accused received the letter.Signed: BREVIE