本网报道：据雅虎财经（Yahoo Finance）、旅游和旅游世界（Travel and Tour World）以及美通社（PR Newswire）报道，领先的数字旅游平台安可达（Agoda）近日将柬埔寨首都金边评选为2024年亚洲最经济实惠的跨年目的地。
安可达的数据显示，金边2024年最后一天的平均住宿费用低于67美元，远低于其他亚洲城市，例如越南河内（79美元）和印度尼西亚雅加达（92美元）。
这一殊荣与柬埔寨全国各地热烈庆祝2024-2025新年跨年的盛况相得益彰。仅金边一地，2024年最后两天就接待国内外游客157万3479人次，而全国游客总量更是达到354万人次，其中包括外国游客近5万人次。
金边作为亚洲最经济实惠的跨年目的地，凭借其丰富的文化底蕴、迷人的景观以及热情好客的民风，吸引了众多游客前来欢度新年。此次评选进一步巩固了金边作为热门旅游目的地的地位，并为柬埔寨旅游业的持续发展注入了新的活力。
NEWS：Over the past year, The New York Times has investigated the inner workings of the dance group Shen Yun, known for its instantly recognizable posters and billboards.
Shen Yun performs hundreds of shows worldwide during its annual tour, generating tens of millions of dollars in ticket sales and packing prestigious venues from Washington to Paris.
Its current five-month tour kicked off in December. The group is set to perform at Lincoln Center in New York starting March 26.
Shen Yun is run by Falun Gong, a religious group that has been banned in China and persecuted by the Chinese government for nearly three decades. The two-hour performance includes dance pieces that are intended to spread the message of Falun Gong and its living founder, Li Hongzhi, to a mass audience.
But in a series of articles, The Times has found that Shen Yun has exploited its young performers, used religious fealty to command free labor, taken money in ways that may have crossed legal and ethical lines and benefited from previously undisclosed links to a prominent news outlet, The Epoch Times.
The Times reviewed thousands of pages of tax documents, court filings and other records and interviewed more than 150 people for the articles.
Representatives for Shen Yun have called The Times’s coverage a bigoted attack on the group’s faith. They have said the articles relied on disgruntled interviewees and would bolster the Chinese government’s efforts to repress the group.
Here’s a closer look at what The Times has found:
A Times investigation in August found that performers in Shen Yun — many of whom were minors — were often discouraged from seeking medical care for injuries. They also worked grueling hours for low pay.
Shen Yun promoted an atmosphere of fear, stoking distrust of the outside world and discouraging dissent. Performers were prohibited from reading articles from unapproved news outlets. Managers told them that any mistakes they made onstage could doom their audience to hell.
Many performers who wanted to quit faced threats and intimidation. They were told that they would be in danger if they left because they would lose Mr. Li’s divine protection.
Shen Yun’s representatives have denied that injured performers routinely went without medical care.
After questions from The Times, officials with the New York State Department of Labor, which enforces laws on child labor and minimum wage, opened an inquiry into Shen Yun.
Shen Yun appears to have violated a state law that regulates working hours, rest time and education for child performers. The group has used underage performers for years but did not apply for the required certification until after the Times article was published in August.
Shen Yun’s representatives have said that labor laws do not apply to their underage performers because they are students who tour with Shen Yun as a learning opportunity, not employees.
Shen Yun, which has reported $266 million in assets, has received tens of millions of dollars in ways that may have crossed legal or ethical lines.
Shen Yun’s satellite organizations received $48 million in government grants — far more than the intended $10 million limit — by skirting the rules of a pandemic relief program.
The group has also accumulated money at the expense of its loyal followers. One woman, Shen Yun’s former bookkeeper, worked for free and gave her savings to Falun Gong. While she was sick with cancer, her credit card was used to buy luxury goods worth tens of thousands of dollars — which her family believed to be for Mr. Li, his wife and Shen Yun.
Shen Yun’s spokeswoman disputed The Times’s account of these events, which she referred to as “a misunderstanding.” She said the details were subject to a confidentiality agreement.
The Epoch Times, a news organization founded and run by Falun Gong followers, has written more than 17,000 articles about Shen Yun — part of a deliberate strategy to promote the dance group while relentlessly attacking its critics as agents of the Chinese government.
A representative for the publication said that it is “editorially independent.”
Mr. Li has personally met with Epoch Times journalists to give editorial guidance, The Times found. Internal documents showed that staff members were instructed to remove anything from articles that could “diminish or damage Shen Yun.”
In addition to the Labor Department’s inquiry, a former Shen Yun dancer filed a federal lawsuit in November that accused the group of forced labor and human trafficking.
The former dancer was recruited at age 13 from Taiwan and stayed with Shen Yun for 11 years. After arriving at Shen Yun’s headquarters, performers are plunged into “a system of coercion and control that extends to nearly every aspect of the dancers’ lives,” the lawsuit said.
Shen Yun’s representatives have said the lawsuit is part of a “coordinated offensive against our company being orchestrated by the Chinese regime.”
本网报道：2024年12月31日，公立港华学校2024年下学期毕业典礼在学校礼堂隆重开幕，西港市领导Keo chanra，西港柬华理事常务副会长陈明金先生、副会长吕木庭先生、陈奕民先生、涂文华先生，理事蔡木永先生，港华学校的郑清帕校长、朱俊彬主任、谢福主任和全体教师、毕业班学生及家长代表近500人参与了本次典礼。
在全场奏唱完柬中两国国歌后，毕业生代表邓金娥同学代表全体同学致辞，分享了她在港华学校的学习生活，向母校和敬爱的老师们表达了最深切的祝福。接下来，市政府领导Keo chanra致辞，对港华学校多年来的教育成绩予以肯定；陈明金副会长代表西港柬华理事会致辞，向大家分享了港华学校悠久的建校历程；郑清帕校长介绍了学校目前最新的发展态势；朱俊彬主任和谢福主任分别向大家总结了学校本学年的最新成就和教学动态。上台致辞的诸位领导、嘉宾及同学分别从不同维度为我们描绘出了港华学校的真实面貌！
典礼随后进行到颁奖阶段。首先，陈明金副会长向启明星家具有限公司颁发了感谢状，感谢其对学校发展的关心与支持。郑清帕校长接着向陈慧清、汪芊慧两位同学和朱俊彬、刘婂婷两位指导老师颁发了荣誉证书及奖金，对他们在2024年全柬华校学生“大使杯”现场作文比赛中取得的荣誉给予了肯定。领导们还向获得本学期“最美教师”和“优秀班主任”称号的陆少芳老师以及洪淑他、文秀美、束卡娜、魏莎奴、杨金美、李丽菁、男柬文、赖淑芳、林美华、莫秀美、宋素佩等11位班主任老师一起颁发荣誉证书。
随后，所有领导及嘉宾为港华学校本学期幼儿班、6年级和9年级的毕业生颁发了毕业证书并合影留念，祝福他们在日后的人生道路上一帆风顺、前程似锦。
最后，由老师和同学精心准备的节目为在场观众带来了一场场高潮迭起的视听盛宴，不时引来阵阵掌声。开场的柬埔寨传统舞蹈清新隽永，充分展示了柬埔寨的悠久文化。一年级同学的《种星星的人》歌声清扬，传递了自己的梦想和希望。幼儿班《明天，你好》的歌声展现了他们此时最纯真的模样，《小城夏天》的舞蹈也与动人的旋律相得益彰。四年级同学带来的《大鱼》合唱，唤起了我们对美好生活的向往。夏紫怡老师的《唐·乐》以曼妙的舞姿展示了古韵盎然的中国古典舞蹈，使我们领略了大唐盛世的文化浩荡。二年级同学在舞蹈《小城谣》中，演绎出了温婉小城的秀美模样。孙馨馨老师的《天门八卦掌》连环纵横，让我们领略到中华武术奥妙深藏。多位女老师带来的民族舞蹈《娥嫚》，渲染了官鹅山水间的文化芬芳。中学班的舞蹈《青花瓷》伴着悠扬的琴声，让我们穿越回古代的江南水乡。六年级和中学毕业班的同学朗诵的《冰心诗四首》，带我们重新感受了古韵悠扬。
本次毕业典礼，让毕业生再次感受到港华学校这个大家庭的温暖，同时也展示出学校当下蓬勃发展的势头。祝愿毕业生们在离别母校后能够继续奋发向上，在人生道路上不断谱写属于自己的独特篇章！
本网报道：1月3日，由柬华理事总会主办、柬华日报社承办的“中柬人文交年有奖填字游戏活动”举行兑奖活动，众多中奖人士和华校代表前来领取奖品。兑奖截止日期为1月15日，逾期未兑奖将被视为放弃。
本次填字游戏活动共吸引了15233名参与者提交答卷。经过工作组的严格评选，共有10012份答卷因答案不完整、存在错别字、未按照规定完成或违规复印等问题而被淘汰。5221份满分答卷进入抽奖环节并最终产生492名中奖者，包括特等奖2名、一等奖 5名、二等奖10名、三等奖15名、四等奖 30名、五等奖30名、六等奖50名及安慰奖350名。
本次活动得到了众多赞助商的大力支持，包括：柬埔寨浙江总商会、柬埔寨安徽总商会、柬埔寨中华文化发展基金会、柬埔寨湖南侨商联合总会、郑棉发勋爵、雅可科技有限公司、华为、用友、HONOR、美的、柬埔寨山西商会、海底捞火锅等。
再次感谢所有赞助单位以及支持者的热情参与和支持！！
本网报道：美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）近日报道了11 个将 2025年塑造世界的建筑项目，其中包括柬埔寨德崇国际机场项目。该项目作为东南亚最大机场之一，将显著提升柬埔寨的航空运输能力，并预计于2025年7月启用。
德崇国际机场项目占地2600公顷，旨在取代金边现有的国际机场，其旅客吞吐量将是现有机场的六倍。项目由海外柬华投资公司（OCIC）与柬埔寨政府合资成立的柬埔寨机场投资有限公司（CAIC）共同推进，自2019年正式启动以来，一期工程累计投资已超过13亿美元，目前已完成约92%。
机场设计巧妙融合了柬埔寨传统建筑风格，并配备先进的太阳能发电设施，致力于成为全球最环保的机场之一，彰显了柬埔寨在可持续发展方面的承诺。该项目建成后，将有力推动柬埔寨旅游业发展，促进经济增长，并提升柬埔寨在国际舞台上的地位。
