Cambodian agency to set up radio station broadcasting in Chinese:Cambodia’s state news agency Agence Kampuchea Presse [AKP] carries in its French edition on 17 November 2006 a report on a meeting in Phnom Penh on 15 November between Cambodian Information Minister Khiev Kanharit and two Chinese officials in charge of China’s International Radio for the ASEAN region: Zhen Lei, director in charge of China International Radio’s broadcast to ASEAN; and An Xiaoyu, head of the department in charge of radio broadcast to the ASEAN region.According to the AKP report in French, Information Minister Khiev Kanharit “expressed his goal of setting up, if possible in 2007, a radio station broadcasting from Phnom Penh and Siemreab, or from Batdambang, in three languages: Cambodian, Chinese, and English”. The report also said that “this radio station will broadcast news on education, law, and culture of the two countries”.The AKP report in French also said that “the Chinese side wishes to increase the cooperation, particularly in the exchange of programmes, cooperation between the two countries’ radios, and the exchange of visits”.(Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse website, Phnom Penh, in French 17 Nov 06 via BBC Monitoring via Media Network Weblog)
(Source: MD. AZIZUL ALAM AL-AMINE, BANGLADESH)