PM Announces 5 days of Khmer New Year Holiday for August
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PM Announces 5 days of Khmer New Year Holiday for August
Note that there will be five days of official public holiday for the replacement holiday instead of the usual three.
9 mins ago - BREAKING NEWS
Substitute holidays set for August
Va Sonyka / Khmer Times
Lieu days for the postponed Khmer New Year holidays will be set from August 17 to 21, a government sub-decree obtained by Khmer Times today revealed.
The decision comes after Prime Minister HE earlier this week ordered the Cabinet to convene and decide a date for the substitute holidays.
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50743779/s ... or-august/
9 mins ago - BREAKING NEWS
Substitute holidays set for August
Va Sonyka / Khmer Times
Lieu days for the postponed Khmer New Year holidays will be set from August 17 to 21, a government sub-decree obtained by Khmer Times today revealed.
The decision comes after Prime Minister HE earlier this week ordered the Cabinet to convene and decide a date for the substitute holidays.
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50743779/s ... or-august/
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Re: PM Announces 5 days of Khmer New Year Holiday for August
I guess this means that, assuming there are no spikes in infections between now and then, the virus will no longer be considered a major threat in Cambodia and all the schools / gyms / cinema's will have re-opened?
Surely, to have a major 5-day public holiday where people were free to travel and socialise however they pleased while still maintaining it unsafe to re-open certain establishments would be a bit beyond baffling, even for KOW.
Surely, to have a major 5-day public holiday where people were free to travel and socialise however they pleased while still maintaining it unsafe to re-open certain establishments would be a bit beyond baffling, even for KOW.
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Re: PM Announces 5 days of Khmer New Year Holiday for August
I must assume there won't be any "clusters" or "community outbreaks" it's been almost 6 months and if the virus 'was here' surely is passed through by now, no?
The only 'new' cases will be imported ones as the flights increase. I'm still baffled though as to how anyone can leave a country only to be tested positive when landing in Cambodia.
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I guess this means that, assuming there are no spikes in infections between now and then, the virus will no longer be considered a major threat in Cambodia and all the schools / gyms / cinema's will have re-opened?
Surely, to have a major 5-day public holiday where people were free to travel and socialise however they pleased while still maintaining it unsafe to re-open certain establishments would be a bit beyond baffling, even for KOW.
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The only 'new' cases will be imported ones as the flights increase. I'm still baffled though as to how anyone can leave a country only to be tested positive when landing in Cambodia.
quote=xandreu post_id=434762 time=1594457303 user_id=8298]
I guess this means that, assuming there are no spikes in infections between now and then, the virus will no longer be considered a major threat in Cambodia and all the schools / gyms / cinema's will have re-opened?
Surely, to have a major 5-day public holiday where people were free to travel and socialise however they pleased while still maintaining it unsafe to re-open certain establishments would be a bit beyond baffling, even for KOW.
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Re: PM Announces 5 days of Khmer New Year Holiday for August
Why would it be baffling for Khmers to enjoy a holiday with their families??? Covid is over here, and was never a threat.
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Re: PM Announces 5 days of Khmer New Year Holiday for August
Covid was never a threat anywhere,way too low afatality rate. But groupthink is alive and well, just have to hope the holiday goes ahead as scheduled
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Re: PM Announces 5 days of Khmer New Year Holiday for August
xandreu wrote: ↑Sat Jul 11, 2020 3:48 pm I guess this means that, assuming there are no spikes in infections between now and then, the virus will no longer be considered a major threat in Cambodia and all the schools / gyms / cinema's will have re-opened?
Surely, to have a major 5-day public holiday where people were free to travel and socialise however they pleased while still maintaining it unsafe to re-open certain establishments would be a bit beyond baffling, even for KOW.
I suppose that xandreu meant that it is a bit strange to announce a 5-day national public holiday while the schools and universities are still closed - officially for reasons of preventing the spread of coronavirus. He has a good point. And aren't/weren't the schools supposed to start reopening in August ?
Also, a lot of people are already on "holiday" and have been for some months now ( also called being unemployed), so where is the money going to come from for these festivities ?
I sure don't want to stop Khmers from enjoying themselves, but I am also a little baffled by the timing of the holiday. But that's not my problem. Carry on.
Re: PM Announces 5 days of Khmer New Year Holiday for August
Well Cambodia oddly may have been blessed by missing the coronavirus, the rest of the world certainly wasn't.
So party on and enjoy the celebrations!!
The residual effects have only just begun...
So party on and enjoy the celebrations!!
The residual effects have only just begun...
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"Well that didnt go as planned".
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Re: PM Announces 5 days of Khmer New Year Holiday for August
Don't you think that by now if it was really a problem, the hospitals would have been swamped by patients and there'd be a funeral on every corner? For whatever reason, Cambodia has been very lucky and been spared, and the restrictions they've put in place on arrivals is pretty strict. And I'm someone who was once quite sure it would sweep through the country, considering the markets, intergenerational families living closely together, street food and hygiene standards which, let's face it, could definitely be improved.
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Re: PM Announces 5 days of Khmer New Year Holiday for August
Just what the economy needs, a 5 day shutdown. And what about all the Phnom Penh dwellers struggling to make a living and facing going home to the village with empty pockets?
If you miss a NYE, it's gone and is never coming back. Just wait until the next one.
If you miss a NYE, it's gone and is never coming back. Just wait until the next one.
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