Phnom Penh Post - Bus avoids pedestrian but not fence in Siem Reap
Having driven through the night to get his passengers to their destination, one Siem Reap bus driver was a little too keen to finish his shift in the small hours of yesterday morning. In his excitement, he wound up speeding en route to the bus depot, almost colliding with a pedestrian. Quick thinking allowed him to avoid the passerby but sent him careening into a fence instead. He and his assistant have since been arrested and the bus impounded. KAMPUCHEA THMEY
Volunteer scheme to foster ‘virtuous’ humanitarian spiritA senior education official said volunteer work contributes to solidarity and promotes a virtuous humanitarian spirit among the youth and communities. Serei Chumneas, undersecretary of state at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, made the comment during the opening of a training programme called “
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