News EnglishJuly 26, 2008 1:12 pm

  PHNOM PENH, July 26 (Xinhua) — Cambodia has ended the election campaign with smooth, free and fair process, a senior official of Cambodia’s National Election Committee (NEC) said here on Saturday.

    The overall situation of this parliamentary election campaign is smooth, free and fair, and the campaign had been conducted for a month and ended Friday according to election schedule, Tep Nytha, General Secretary of NEC, told reporters at a press conference.

    The process of the election campaign is better than previous elections, he said.

    He added that although 11 criminal cases occurred during the election campaign, they were not involved with "political crimes".

    Some cases are being investigated by the police, he said, adding that others were road accidents and family violence.

    "We had 191 complaints from political parties and the number decreased three times comparing with the previous election," he said.

    In addition, Tep Nytha said that Cambodia is ready for this parliamentary election although "we still have border tension with Thailand".

    "People still pay attention to the election," he said, adding that NEC decided to set two polling stations for soldiers deployed near the Preah Vihear Temple.

    Saturday is a silent day for the election with no election campaign.

    More than 10 million ballot papers have been printed for the nation’s 8.1 million eligible voters, with around 32,000 bottles of indelible ink supplied to 15,255 polling stations nationwide, according to NEC figures.

    Polling date of the fourth ever general polls of the kingdom falls on Sunday. Altogether 11 political parties are running for the 123 seats at the Cambodian National Assembly.

    The preliminary results will be announced on July 28, a statement from NEC said.

News English 1:02 pm

    By Xia Xiaopeng, Chang Ye

   BEIJING, July 25 (Xinhuanet) — World famous movie star Jackie Chan fulfilled the concept of "Green Olympics" on Friday during his visit to an exhibition of traditional Chinese cultural heritage by picking up a cigarette butt and throwing it into the dustbin after he came out of an exhibition room.

    "Every one of us should protect the environment," he said.


    Jackie Chan, accompanied by famous CCTV anchor Bai Yansong, visited six exhibition rooms that represent Beijing, Sichuan, Hongkong, Hubei, Shaanxi and Jiangxi.

    "I am proud of being a Chinese," he said during the visit. "I hope Chinese media enhance the report of Chinese traditional culture." He suggested that the exhibition should be maintained after the Beijing Olympic Games.

    "As a Chinese, I am very interested in the exhibition and I am sure that foreigners will show more interests," said the movie star.

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    Held in the Olympic Park during the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, the exhibition called "China Story" displays cultures of different areas and nationalities through various forms like real objects, handicraft, photos, videos etc.

    "Both Jackie Chan and I are the registered volunteers of ‘China Story’. I feel ‘China Story’ is like China’s DNA. The cultures exhibited here may not demonstrate a whole picture of China, while they definitely have their unique features," Bai Yansong said.

    The exhibition will be formally opened on August 9. Domestic and foreign visitors may enjoy traditional Chinese culture in the Olympic Center District.

News EnglishJuly 25, 2008 2:10 pm

    SINGAPORE, July 22 (Xinhua) — Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will help member states Thailand and Cambodia end the tense border dispute over an ancient temple, ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan said on Tuesday.

    Surin said that foreign ministers will look into the real situation in the border area. ASEAN has urged Thailand and Cambodia to exercise utmost restraint and resolve peacefully their border dispute.

    "We urged both sides to exercise utmost restraint and resolve this issue amicably, in the spirit of ASEAN solidarity and good neighborliness," Singapore’s Foreign Minister George Yeo said in a statement issued after the grouping’s ministerial meeting informal working dinner on Sunday night.

    Meanwhile, Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong has requested ASEAN Chair Singapore to form a regional inter-ministerial group to help end the border dispute.

    The ASEAN foreign ministers are holding their annual meeting in Singapore this week.

    Thailand and Cambodia are locked in a military stand-off over the 11th century Preah Vihear temple. The dispute over territory near Preah Vihear temple escalated earlier this month when UNESCO approved Cambodia’s application to have the complex named a World Heritage Site.

    "What we need is for Cambodia and Thailand to really exercise their utmost restraint … to prevent any outbreak of open conflict," Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda told reporters.

    ASEAN’s members are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

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