Two newly elected 31-year-old commune chiefs are among the youngest in their positions in the country. They say they bring energy and ideas, including more environmentally-friendly trash disposal and a “one village, one product” program to encourage the specialization of produce.
For an estimated half a million young people who were not yet of voting age in 2018, June 5 will be their first chance to cast ballots. Some first-timers and other potential young voters say they want improvements in local governance.
A volunteer group has been working for the last two months to clean up the riverbank in Chroy Changva district, while also trying to change people’s behaviors when it comes to trash disposal.
Two youths who were filmed smacking an unidentified foreign cyclist on the back of the head while they drove a motorbike past him were sent to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday to set an example for other wayward youth, a police official said.
The U.N. and government are partnering to promote youth activism in line with the law, not politics, for a Human Rights Day celebration, the governmental Human Rights Committee spokesman said on Thursday.
Young Cambodians expressed their frustrations over a lack of decent jobs, opportunities for further vocational training and the capacity of the country’s job agencies at a youth employment forum held in Phnom Penh on Tuesday.
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