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- ASEAN UNDER 17 FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT -
CTN Attempts Reality TV -
AUGUST 2007
DJ Ken National Radio Text Service - Friday August 3, 2007 - Update Saturday August 11, 2007
ASEAN UNDER 17 FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT - Cambodian TV Network Attempts Reality TV - 2nd Round A-League Volleyball Competition - Lucky Market Sticker Shock
ASEAN UNDER 17 FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT @ OLYMPIC STADIUM An ASEAN Under 17 Football Tournament will be held daily at Phnom Penh's Olympic Stadium from August 19-30. With the exception of the Philippines the remaining 10 ASEAN teams will compete according to Tola May of the Cambodian Football Federation. Two games are scheduled daily. The first is scheduled to begin at 2 PM and the second game will follow. A resumption of the Premiere League is scheduled to resume the first Saturday in September. CAMBODIAN TV NETWORK ATTEMPTS REALITY TV They may have said it couldn't be done but the CTN Network in Cambodia has been creating reality television shows. During the past year they have produced two Coffee Shop and the currently running Pizza House. With both being restaurant themes the results are not clear as to the benefit of their participation by the contestants. The question being what did they receive for their efforts? The Pizza House participants were trained how to make Pizza by Thailand's Pizza Company a franchise owned by the Minor Group. They are one of the first foreign owned fast food chains that have attempted to do business in Cambodia. The contestants were trained at their Phnom Penh locations. CTN has also produced a beauty/talent show that the network's General Manager Glen Felgate said was intended to find and develop talent for the network. CTN then followed that up with two singing competitions Girl Band and the currently televised Boy Band. Like the Philippine's ABS-CBN Network CTN is marketing their programming in the USA on a pay TV basis. What are the results??? Stay tuned… LUCKY MARKET STICKER SHOCK!!! As in Yo What's up with that! At the Lucky Super market Monday August 6, we noticed the price of chicken breasts went up from $3.70 a kilo to $4.35. Also the price of ground pork from $4.20 a kilo to $4.70. Though considerable the increase doesn't compare to the rise in beef last year from $4.50 a kilo to $6.00 that happened over night in only one cost increase. Caution: When you purchase a product from one of the three Lucky markets in Phnom Penh if you have a problem the product must be returned to the store where purchased. First ever Regular Disability Sports League Competition The 2nd Round of the National A-League Competition are held periodically on Saturday's at the Olympic Stadium's Indoor Arena in Phnom Penh. The 2nd Round had been postponed in order to ensure all athletes were prepared for international standard classification through cooperation between CNVLD Classifier Dr Aaron Root and the Australian Paralympic Committee. Thanks to this excellent cooperation and the support of the Royal Government of Cambodia, the CNVLD is now about to host the first ever Regular Disability Sports League Competition in the Olympic Stadium. Gaining access to the Nation’s premier sporting venue for the entirety of the A-League Season represents a huge breakthrough for Cambodian Disability Sports, which remain at the forefront of Cambodia ’s sporting development. Entry is FREE for all fans. August 25 is the next round of scheduled games for the Indoor Arena at Olympic Stadium. UCB BANK VISA CASH ADVANCE WITH NO CHARGES They say nothing in life is free. With that said, believe it or not the Union Commercial Bank (UCB) makes Visa cash withdraw transactions with no surcharge. You are charged by your bank for their fees. The bank has branches in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Sihanoukville and Battambang. Phnom Penh Branch and Head Office UCB Building No. 61 Street 130 - Tel: 023-214-159 & 023-427-995 Email: cardcenter@ucb.com.kh web site: www.ucb.com.kh WHAT TO DO IN PHNOM PENH??? BOXING Kick boxing events are held at television stations CTN, TV 5 and TV 3. Admission is free.
CAMBODIAN ALL-TIME TOP 10 NR STORIES April 2007 marked the 10th anniversary since our launch of the National Radio web site in April 1997. This followed 10 years of supplying radio programming that has aired on seven networks on more than 1000 radio station in the USA. Since the NR web site launch we have posted over 1000 stories with 650 stories currently on the site that are listed by the Yahoo.. Surprisingly three Cambodian oriented stories made the NR All-time Top 10 list that indicated worldwide readers interests. The results varied with a travel story topping the list. The story on the Cambodian Royal Palace ranked second overall. That was followed by a Human Interest story/Feature about Dr Beat Richner who founded the Kuntha Bopha Hospital's in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap. Sports rounded off the worlds Cambodian selections with a feature story on Hok Sochetra the former star of the Cambodian national football team. While thinking back about all of the stories that we have done regarding Cambodian subjects we have our pick as our all-time favorite. It's a sports and human-interest story that turned into a comedy. We're referring to the reopening of Olympic Stadium after years and years of closure due to renovations. The event featured a boxing match of Cambodian vs. International fighters. What resulted was due to the fans displeasure with their local hero they indicated that they were NO HAPPY (as they say in Asia) and threw plastic water bottles (full and otherwise) to the ring. That sent the fighters and their supporting staff scurrying for cover that they found by ducking under the boxing ring for safety. That created a stampede of fans rushing for the exits. As I was holding on to my camera taking pictures the onrush was like being in Pamplona with the raging bulls coming to trample me. I wasn't afraid for myself my primary concern was to save my camera. After a few minutes the disturbance settled down and those that were left near the arena returned inside. At that point the arena was virtually empty when the fights resumed. This event was televised and is worth of being televised on believe it or not. So why is this my favorite story. As a friend of mine that was the one of the largest high school English departments in the USA said, "I can't imagine people smiling in Cambodia." Well this event made and still does make me smile. It's the funniest thing I've ever seen in sports. As for the Khmer's they are smiling more than when I first landed on Cambodian soil in 1998. It's event's like this that bring a smile to one's face particularly when one considers that the year before in 1997 Cambodian's were throwing hand grenades and not water bottles. Nuff said…
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