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hanno wrote:I must have been extremely lucky when I ran a hotel in Siem Reap with hard-working, dedicated Khmer staff. I must have done something wrong?

And I will relocate my daughter to PP, her school in HCMC is about 10 times the figure bandied about in one post:-(

> ??? Northbridge is around $18,000 for secondary so ur paying $180,000????
BIS here in Phuket is $16,000 for secondary

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phuketrichard wrote:
hanno wrote:I must have been extremely lucky when I ran a hotel in Siem Reap with hard-working, dedicated Khmer staff. I must have done something wrong?

And I will relocate my daughter to PP, her school in HCMC is about 10 times the figure bandied about in one post:-(

> ??? Northbridge is around $18,000 for secondary so ur paying $180,000????
BIS here in Phuket is $16,000 for secondary

:popcorn:

I was referring to this post:
1. Then you're looking at international schools which have become expensive (for this part of the world) expect to pay $2-4,000 per term per child
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hanno wrote:
phuketrichard wrote:
hanno wrote:I must have been extremely lucky when I ran a hotel in Siem Reap with hard-working, dedicated Khmer staff. I must have done something wrong?

And I will relocate my daughter to PP, her school in HCMC is about 10 times the figure bandied about in one post:-(

> ??? Northbridge is around $18,000 for secondary so ur paying $180,000????
BIS here in Phuket is $16,000 for secondary

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I was referring to this post:
1. Then you're looking at international schools which have become expensive (for this part of the world) expect to pay $2-4,000 per term per child
So the school costs $20,000/ $40,000 per term?
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I missed the "per term" bit. Last year I paid close to 30K for the year including school outings (Borneo! Singapore!!! When I was a kid we went to the zoo) and things like summer camp.....
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John Bingham wrote:You can buy Chinese food supplies in almost any local shop or market. There might be some difficulty though as you will be an immigrant who can't speak the language.
I know the labels on all the products I need.
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nemo wrote:This company has hundreds of Chinese food items:

http://www.lshcambodia.com/

They are the largest catering and supermarket supplier in the Kingdom.
Brilliant. I'll email them with my inquiry. This could be do able as far as the restaurant's concerned.
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hanno wrote:I missed the "per term" bit. Last year I paid close to 30K for the year including school outings (Borneo! Singapore!!! When I was a kid we went to the zoo) and things like summer camp.....
You could board him in BIS or PIA in phuket for less than that :thumb:

I also went to the zoo and lots of Museums ( lived 2 miles north of DC)
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There's a very large Chinese community here, and lots of Chinese restaurants run by Chinese for Chinese. Supplies should be a matter of finding which place has what you want. There's a hualian supermarket near the Central Market, for instance, and another near the airport. The ones I've been to speak little or no English however.
One staffing solution might be to look for sino/Khmer workers.
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qinjingyou wrote:The ones I've been to speak little or no English however.
And I'm guessing they don't speak much Khmer either?
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Keep the info coming please.

She wants to go see PP. Might book flights next week.
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