Second, I’m a Social Worker myself here in the US, having common interest as you appear..

Thank you much for now, will read more of your article later..

Saratte Lim

I really appreciate your comment and feedback.
You may right about my critical writing which readers may feel that I am too criticle and always be negatvie.
In fact, regardless it appear that i am too critical, i still hope that Cambodia have much chance of improving than other neigboring countries like Burma, Lao or other conflicting states. I could see some progress and expectation of emerging young generation.

With this expectation, i am also too concerned about the buraucratic system of government. I tried to see the positive sights but it was shadowed by current misguided development policies which caused eviction, land grabbling, human rights viloation, and ongoing corruption and impunity. These issues are hardly heard by national media or discussed widely at school or academic institution with the fear of security and intimidation. Once there are no dicussion or awareness, i am afraid that these problem will just happen for granted and the young will just learn that this problem is normal. If you have ever involved with the victime of evition where their home were removed and they are relocated to far remote area where basic facillitations (school, hospital, water, electricity and empolyment opportunity) are not yet installed, what should you say about it? It is just one examples when i have experienced to visit their community and fights for their rights. Yet we, as civil society, are powerless while the states ignored to see it as a problem for citizen. I would not even go further of current event where my home was also cut by half due to road expansion project without any compensation. People just have no mean of how to address their problem while police and court are influenced by states. The government keep claiming that all their activities are for state development, but whom development for if poor citizens are the one to sacrify.

Well, you keep looking at the trend, the evitions still take place regardless the victims’ appeal! those who spoke up are jailed or intimidated, so what does it imply? You may also raised that other countries also face all the problems Cambodia faced now for the economic development to be possible. But why can’t economic development improved without suffer citizens? That is my main theme and i would like all government to review their policy so that the vulnerability can be reduced.

Well, i know the positive things are covered and promoted by the government everyday if you would read the national news (radio, TV or national programs), so i am trying to give another side of view where some Cambodians or foreigners would not expose to.
Though, it does not mean i am always give a bad sight of Cambodia, but i try to raise this for us to think of solutions.

Well, anyway, i appreciate your comment so much. You may also look at some of article which you would not find it positive too:

-Understanding Japanese Spirits of Success

-Civic Responsibility and Education: Hirokami higashi school Case
-and some other community events which i mobilized youth to join for community development.

Thanks for all valuable comment and following up my blog.

I really appreciate your feedback and totally agreed that most of my articles are lack of solutions. For one reason, i want all of us to see what are the critical issues happened in Cambodia or elsewhere. Once we agree that this problem is important then it is true that we need solutions. That is when i would like to hear from all of you too of how we can solve it. I may act as loudspeaker but with no purpose other than to share my concern and hope we all can think together. Secondly, i still look at how effective solutions can heal Cambodian problems.

From scientific point of views, the story would be convinced if you provided “comparison” based on the same criteria but for other developing countries as well. Are problems everywhere in developing countries and why, and why can’t/can other countries solve those problems ….?

The last sentence about reviving the civil war does not convince me either UNLESS there is another COLD WAR.

I look at a long-term average achievements in Cambodia. We need more time to develop capable (CAN-DO, not I-KNOW) human resources so that the gradual REFORMS could go well without causing another unrest.