Login Register

Logo of Phnom Penh Post newspaper Phnom Penh Post - In Brief: Enforce helment law: Prime Minister

In Brief: Enforce helment law: Prime Minister

| Publication date 02 April 2009 | 15:00 ICT

In Brief: Enforce helment law: Prime Minister

Prime Minister Hun

Sen on Tuesday requested that traffic police continue the enforcement

of a new law requiring motorbike drivers to wear protective helmets.

"When I take the car, I see many motorbike drivers not wearing helmets,

so please continue educating people about wearing helmets in order to

protect their lives," he said during the inauguration of the Hun Sen

Quay in Preah Sihanouk province. In 2008, 149 motorbike drivers and 79

passengers died on Cambodia's roads while not wearing helmets,

according to Handicap International Belgium. 

Contact author: Mom Kunthear

MOST VIEWED

  • Negotiations on EBA being held

    In an effort to defuse tensions, a senior government official said Cambodia is negotiating with the European Union (EU) on the Everything But Arms (EBA) trade deal, which allows the Kingdom to export goods to the 28-member bloc tariff-free. The EU notified Cambodia on October 5

  • Ministers to tackle sea pollutants

    Preah Sihanouk provincial authorities and members of local communities have collected 77 tonnes of water hyacinth at a Sihanoukville beach, Preah Sihanouk Provincial Hall spokesperson Or Saroeun said. He told The Post yesterday that the aquatic weeds had been floating along some of the province’s

  • Chinese police escort deported scam suspects

    Ninety-one Chinese nationals accused of extorting money from victims in a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) scam were deported from Phnom Penh International Airport on Monday under the escort of 182 Chinese police personnel. General Department of Immigration head of investigations Ouk Hay Seila told reporters

  • Sam Rainsy, government group set to clash at IPU Geneva meet?

    Opposition figure Sam Rainsy has been invited to speak at the General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva, according to a former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) lawmaker. A government delegation is also set to attend the meeting, a National Assembly press release