The World Bank has announced the appointment of Mr. Qimiao Fan as Country
Manager of the World Bank Country Office in Cambodia, said a press release
received here on Tuesday.
Mr. Fan's appointment is effective Sept. 1, 2008, it said.
Mr. Fan, a Chinese national, joined the World Bank in 1991 through the
Young Professionals Program and worked as a country economist on Russia during
the crucial years of Russia's early transition, the release said, adding that
he also worked briefly in the World Bank's Africa Region and Investment
Department.
In early 1998, he took leave from the Bank and went to work as a senior
executive in the private sector in China, before returning to the World Bank in
late 2002, it said.
Mr. Fan is currently a Lead Economist and Program Leader for the Investment
Climate Capacity Enhancement Program and the Public-Private Partnership in
Infrastructure Program at the World Bank Institute, it said, adding that in
this position, he has developed and implemented a number of innovative capacity
building programs focused on regulatory reforms in challenging country
environments.
Prior to joining the World Bank, he worked at the London School of
Economics in England and at the Jiangxi Institute of Finance and Economics in
China, it said.
With over twenty-two years of work experience with the World Bank, the
private sector and academic institutions, Mr. Fan brings a unique combination
of strong analytical skills on development issues, World Bank operations, and
private sector management experience to the position, it added.
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02/9/1992 - In a bid to defuse tensions with U.N. forces, the Khmer Rouge,
Cambodia's radical communist movement that ruled the country from 1975 to 1979,
invites the peacekeeping chief to its secluded base.
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Cambodia announces final official result of general election
Cambodia's National Election Committee (NEC) Tuesday announced the final
official result of the4th mandate election of members of the National Assembly.
NEC Secretary General Tep Nytha declared the official results from province
to province on national television and radio.
According to the final icial results, the Cambodian People's Party(CPP) won
90 seats, the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) 26, the Human Rights Party (HRP) 2, the
Funcinpec Party 2, and the Norodom Ranariddh Party (NRP) 2 seats.
Tep Nytha said that the oldest Member of Parliament is Chea Sutfrom CPP,
who was born in 1928.
Altogether 11 political parties had run for the July 27 election this year.
A total of 8,125,529 voters were registered to vote at 15,255 polling stations
nationwide and 17,000 local and international observers watched the polling
process, according to NEC figures.
The voter turnout rate this year was only 75 percent, lower than 83 percent
in 2003, 94 percent in 1998 and 90 percent in 1993,said NEC.
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