New Zealand Provides Scholarships to 22 Cambodians for Master Degree in 2012

New Zealand Provides Scholarships to 22 Cambodians for Master Degree in 2012

AKP Phnom Penh, January 17, 2012 –

The Embassy of New Zealand held here yesterday a congratulation ceremony for some 22 Cambodian students and officials who have won scholarships for post-graduate studies in New Zealand in 2012.

The congratulation ceremony was attended by many Cambodian government officials, students who are interested in studying in New Zealand as well as those who have just finished their studies in New Zealand. 

Apart from the 22 sholarship recepients, 25 others have been attending English language training course in Cambodia for the 2013 New Zealand-ASEAN Scholarship Awards.

Since 2005, New Zealand has invested over US$5.5 million for human resource development in Cambodia.

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NZ to provide 5 mln USD to help people around Angkor Wat

Wednesday, May 02, 2007

The New Zealand government will donate one million U.S. dollars each year in the next five years to help about 190,000 people living around.

Cambodia's Angkor Wat temple, local media reported Tuesday. The program of New Zealand government will help the people plant vegetables, feed animals, plant trees around Angkor Wat temple, and teach them how to protect temples and make a living from tourism sector, the Raksmey Kampuchea Daily quoted Ouk Sameth, Deputy Director General of APSARA authority, as saying.

Sok An, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Council of ministers supported this program and he considered that it will help reduce poverty in Cambodia, the paper said.

Sok An also said that this program will make the relationship between New Zealanders and Cambodians better, it added.

Source: Xinhua