Singapore-funded facility opens in disaster-hit Miyako

Singapore-funded facility opens in disaster-hit Miyako

MIYAKO, Japan - Lim Theam Poh (C), director of operations at the Singapore Red Cross, visits a support center for people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, in northeastern Japan on Nov. 15, 2011. The facility, built with 70 million yen in contributions from citizens of Singapore, opened the same day.

China-aided rural road project better links farms and town markets in Cambodia

STORY: China-aided rural road project better links farms, town markets in Cambodia DATELINE: Nov. 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:46 LOCATION: KAMPONG CHHNANG, Cambodia CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. aerial view of China-aided rural roads in Cambodia's Kampong Chhnang province 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Khmer): DUL SARATH, Vegetable grower 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Khmer): UN THEAM, Grocer 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Khmer): PHAN NGOEU, Rice farmer 5. various of ceremony to mark the completion of China-aided rural road project in Kampong Chhnang province STORYLINE: Many Cambodians say a China-aided rural road project has made traveling and transportation of agricultural produce from farms to town markets easier, saving both time and money for local residents. Dul Sarath, a mother of four, lives in central Cambodia's Kampong Tralach district. SOUNDBITE 1 (Khmer): DUL SARATH, Vegetable grower "I am a vegetable grower. Traveling on this road is fast, and not difficult like before, so villagers go to town markets easily, and they can bring v

Singapore-funded facility opens in disaster-hit Miyako

Singapore-funded facility opens in disaster-hit Miyako

MIYAKO, Japan - Lim Theam Poh (C), director of operations at the Singapore Red Cross, visits a support center for people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, in northeastern Japan on Nov. 15, 2011. The facility, built with 70 million yen in contributions from citizens of Singapore, opened the same day. (Kyodo)