Water Festival cancelled again?
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Water Festival cancelled again?
I just heard that the Government is cancelling the Water Festival boat races this year. I can't find any information to back this up yet so I was just wondering if anyone else had heard it?
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12 days ago HE said it would go ahead regardless of drought worries. Today its cancelled.
A sign of escalating political tensions and an attempt to prevent demonstrations?
A sign of escalating political tensions and an attempt to prevent demonstrations?
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It must be. To use an expression KIR used to use, the Government is probably afraid of the 'great unwashed' coming from the provinces and taking the opportunity to demonstrate here in Phnom Penh.
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There was no trouble last year though...Advocatus Diaboli wrote:I think they are just incapable to manage the crowd.
It was out of control and pointless. The great unwashed wandering around with no money and nothing to do. And a thieves picnic.
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A quick look at the MRC records would seem to indicate that the river is at its lowest level on this date since the late 1980s, maybe earlier. Still trying to find all the records, and I haven't found 98 yet, which was a very dry year, but currently it is lower than even the extreme drought year of 92.
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The Water Festival is a month away. If the trend continues in a fashion similar to previous years, the river could drop another 2-3 meters from the current level of 4.21 meters by then.Advocatus Diaboli wrote:But such a boat doesn't have a draught of 3 meters.
Get real! It has nothing to do with high or low water; it has to do with politically hot water.
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the tonle sap river and mekong river in pp are deeper than just the current levels quoted on the MRC,that is 4.21 above sea level,the rivers in the middle are some 10 mts below sea level,i mean have you ever seen no water in the river:)even in may before any rains the level in the river is quite deep and not flowing as such:)LTO wrote:The Water Festival is a month away. If the trend continues in a fashion similar to previous years, the river could drop another 2-3 meters from the current level of 4.21 meters by then.Advocatus Diaboli wrote:But such a boat doesn't have a draught of 3 meters.
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