Staying Loyal Working for the Government in the KOW

Anonymouse · Post by **Anonymouse** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 5:07 pm

A rather interesting article from the Phnom Penh Post today regarding Officials and the local Government's re-shuffling within its ranks.

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/c ... de-success

Public officials are rarely formally disciplined or fired, sometimes despite serious allegations of misconduct, incompetence or corruption.

Those who displease their superiors publicly, or who fall out of favour privately, instead find themselves transferred to bureaucratic backwaters where, out of the limelight, they stay loyal and wait for redemption.

Some damn fine reporting there.
Not the usual "Promotional Corporate" crap they churn out for the sake of money.

...Still...better than Cambodia Daily and Khmer Times.

Anchor Moy · Post by **Anchor Moy** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 5:27 pm

Lol. Learn something every day. Great expressions. I would like to apply for a job "reading the newspaper".

Two expressions are used to describe an official on the outs, a Ministry of Defence official recently told the Post. A person relegated to the blacklist is said to be “kicking the wind”, or “kicking the air” – both which mean unemployed – or he is said to be “reading the newspaper”.

“Working at the ministry [for them] is just like going to read the newspaper,” the source, who requested anonymity, explained. “You go to work but don’t do any work.”

YouTube · Post by **General Mackevili** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 5:27 pm

Important issue, I guess, but the article just states the obvious that most already know and links to a bunch of old Phnom Penh Post articles to show examples.

I was hoping there'd be a twist at the end or something.