Cambodian, World Heritage, UNESCO Flags Fly at Mountaintop Preah Vihear Temple

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Cambodian, World Heritage, UNESCO Flags Fly at Mountaintop Preah Vihear Temple SEP20081108045004 Phnom Penh Everyday in Cambodian 08 Nov 08   The ceremony to hoist the three flags up at the mountaintop Preah Vihear Temple (everyday.com.kh, 8 November) Three flags of, respectively, Cambodia, World Heritage, and Cambodian national committee for UNESCO were hoisted up at the mountaintop Preah Vihear Temple during a solemn ceremony held on the morning of 7 November by the representatives of UNESCO and Cambodian Government under the watching eyes of national and international observers as well as of reporters. The Cambodian nation further glowed with pride on the historic day of 7 November 2008, when the Organization of World Heritage, especially UNESCO, joined hands with the Royal Government of Cambodia to raise the meaningful flags in unison at the mountaintop of Preah Vihear Temple, a World Heritage site that was included in the World Heritage list in Quebec, Canada, on 7 July 2008. The ceremony to hoist up the three flags was held, with Buddhist monks chanting, at 0400 GMT on 7 November under the chairmanship of Chuch Phoeung, state secretary of culture and fine arts; Ti Yav, chairman of the Preah Vihear Temple Authority; Phay Siphan, state secretary of the Council of Ministers Office; Mrs. Tan Theany, secretary general of the Cambodia-based UNESCO; high-ranking commanders of the Royal Cambodian Armed Force stationed in the region of Preah Vihear; Cambodian Mine Action Center representative, and a total of around 200 foreign guests. According to a report from a Kampuchea Thmey reporter at the site of ceremony, the flags were hoisted simultaneously up the shining poles made of inox steel of about 12 meter high at the temple's fifth Kou Borak site. At the event, speeches were delivered about the registration of Preah Vihear Temple as a World Heritage site that is inviolable and protected globally. [passage omitted on addresses delivered by representatives of various organizations] [Description of Source: Phnom Penh Everyday in Cambodian -- Internet portal maintained by Mobitel phone company whose owner Kit Meng is known to be affiliated with the ruling Cambodian People's Party. Carries mostly abridged versions of news items taken from local newspapers and a few foreign sources; URL: http://www.everyday.com.kh] "My Khmer Compatriots, ask not what Cambodia and her People can do for you, ask what you can do for Cambodia and her People" The Khmer Politicians have only interpreted the Cambodia and her beloved people in various ways. The point, however, is to change it... ---Khmer Blood---