Tag Archives: NGOs
Beer Promotion Saleswomen
Debate is currently raging on the 440 forum over the Bush funded NGO Care International”s self initiated and self proposed “cultural makeover” of Cambodia”s “beer girls.” Here’s a flavour of the debate. Okay, okay. I tried to ignore it. I…
Things Can Only Get Wetter
We’ve now reached the dog days of this year’s hot season and the temperature has risen to its yearly zenith. Like a tidal rhythm the heat has roared and surged upwards for one last punishing blast prior to the arrival…
Swinging the Lead
The editor of this august e-zine telephones me in a state of some excitement from the city centre, where he had been handing out bars of soap to passing backpackers and some of the city?s scruffier motodop?s. . ”Playboy,” he…
Hips, Thongs, Midriffs and Stomach-ache
What a lovely spot of weather we have been enjoying over the past few weeks. The sun’s been out, the birds have been singing, and it is months and months until the relief and release of the rainy season. Are…
Khmer Vs International Banking: Volunteer Working and Inverse Snobbery
Not wishing too keep too much money in a Cambodian bank, I keep the bulk of my ready cash back in my UK Bank. The small volunteer stipend that I get for working here deals with those small day to…
Wealth Creation Vs Begging Nation
Okay, for the benefit of readers without an advanced degree in Economics, Business or Common Sense: On one hand we have the Cambodian wealth creators, the mainly private sector workers whose ambition and initiative produces the money and (theoretically) pay…
Tax Holidays – not quite the definition I was led to understand
Some people are happy to pay their own way in life. Some other people are unashamed freeloaders who will take anything going, regardless of need or financial circumstance. Say ”Good morning,” to those NGO employees with 4×4 Toyota Land Cruisers….
Chuggers and Khmers Driving Mink Lined Range Rovers
I am sure that not many of you will be surprised to learn that many things irritate me. Motodop’s who ask you if you want a moto while you are sat on your own moto in front of them, vegetarians…
Binge Drinking, Bank Holidays and Women?s Sports
I do not understand politicians, civil servants or NGO employees. The Government here does not have restrictive licensing laws such as you find back in the UK and the US, in fact, it has a complete lack of any licensing…
Study On The Affects Of Alcohol On Women
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“Younger women who drink two or three alcoholic beverages a week have a lower risk of developing high blood pressure than women who do not consume alcohol.” — Reuters A study by the anti-ngo Playboy Holdings Inc. finds that women…