'Hot Off The Press'

The Color of Education

Photographers Virginie Noel and Peter Harris explore rural education in their joint photo exhibit "Colourful Education in Cambodia," at the FCC Phnom Penh.

http://www.fcccambodia.com/newsletter/0708/color.php

Fighting the Flood Waters

Behind the giant green fence on the river front a $20 million drainage project wages battle with the relentless monsoon rains.

http://www.fcccambodia.com/newsletter/0708/floods.php

Bad Neighbour Returns to The FCC

Nine-member Latin rock ensemble from Saigon plays the FCC Phnom Penh one night only July 5.

http://www.fcccambodia.com/newsletter/0708/bad-neighbour.php

White Nights

In keeping with the restaurant's décor, revelers came dressed in white for "The Chow Party," the official grand opening bash for The Quay Hotel and Chow. Photos by Nathan Horton.

http://www.fcccambodia.com/newsletter/0708/chow.php

Happy Hour at The Quay

Happy Hour at The Quay from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. daily. Enjoy half-priced juices and cocktails and $1 Tiger Draft beer.

Headlines From the Phnom Penh Post

Banking sector emerges from financial wilderness

After decades in the wilderness, Cambodia's financial sector is finally starting to make inroads into the country's vast, largely unregulated cash-based economy.

http://www.fcccambodia.com/newsletter/0708/ppp1.php

Thousands rally as campaign season begins

With banners flapping and bullhorns blaring, political party activists hit Phnom Penh's busy streets to launch the official one-month campaign season before next month's national election.

http://www.fcccambodia.com/newsletter/0708/ppp2.php

New weapon to fight theft of Khmer relics

The illicit trade in Khmer antiquities has led to the creation of the Red List by an international arts organization as a tool to help customs officials, police officers, art dealers and collectors recognize artifacts unlawfully smuggled out of Cambodia.

http://www.fcccambodia.com/newsletter/0708/ppp3.php

Calendar of Events

FCC Phnom Penh

• "Colorful Education in Cambodia," a joint photo exhibit by Virginie Noel and Peter Harris exploring rural education. Opens July 1. Through July 31.
• Bad Neighbor, Latin-rock ensemble from Saigon, 9 p.m. July 5.

FCC Angkor

• Champions league football
• Sunday night movies

 

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