Culture Ministry to seek tax reduction for film industry
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Culture and Fine Arts Minister Phoeung Sackona plans to ask the Cambodian government to reduce tax for the film industry in order to encourage local filmmakers to produce good films that can challenge foreign productions.
The minister was speaking after a meeting with Yem Ponharith, president of the National Assembly’s commission on Education, Youth, Sport, Religious Affairs, Culture and Tourism.
She said the Cambodian film sector was not strong enough to take the focus away from foreign films, especially from China, South Korea, the Philippines and Thailand, which are widely screened across Cambodia. – The Cambodia Herald/ANN
Python reported on the loose in Phnom Penh
A python escaped from the house of a government official and is on the loose in the Cambodian capital, a local newspaper reported yesterday. It is the second such serpent to escape from the Phnom Penh home of Nhim Vanda, the first vice chairman of Cambodia’s National Committee for Disaster Management, Cambodia Daily said.
Vanda is the owner of two private zoos; one in Kampot in southwest Cambodia and another in Prey Veng, east of Phnom Penh.
Vanda said he had obtained the latest python last week and was preparing to take it to one of his zoos. It was last seen on Wednesday making its way onto the branch of a tree and then disappearing down a drain.
A python owned by Vanda escaped from his Kampot zoo a little over two months ago, and was captured only after it slithered 7 kilometres away and devoured two pigs, the newspaper reported. – DPA
Hun Sen schedules visit to South Korea
Prime Minister Hun Sen will go on an official visit to South Korea from December 10 to 15, during which he will also attend the 25th Asean-Republic of Korea Commemorative Summit being held in Busan on December 11 and 12, a statement from the Cambodian Embassy in Seoul said.
During the visit, Hun Sen will meet Cambodian students, workers and women who have married Korean men. He will meet Cambodians living in Busan on December 2 and those in Seoul on December 14, the statement said. – Cambodia Herald/ANN
