New Year to bring better livelihoods

13 Apr 2018  2048 | Cambodia Travel News

Happy Khmer New Year: Year of the Dog expected to bring better livelihoods.KT/Chor Sokunthea

As Khmer New Year approaches, prophecies issued by the government say that this year will see more rain than usual, high rice yields and rising wages, but also possible destruction in the capital and an outbreak of disease.

Every year, a group of theological researchers with the Ministry of Cults and Religion issue New Year prophecies in the New Year Almanac.

Im Borin, editor of the New Year Almanac, says that this year will bring a range of improvements for Cambodian society, but also possible devastation.

“The prophecy of the year is that there will be the 600 instances of rainfall, which will cause good rainfall throughout the year,” he says in the almanac, noting that rice yields will increase.

Mr Borin also says that the livelihoods of Cambodians will improve throughout the year as wages rise and the economy continues to grow.

But he also says that there will be destruction in the capital and the spread of disease.

His predictions come as Prime Minister Hun Sen revealed this week that the government had prevented a terrorist plot by the Khmer National Liberation Front, an alleged terrorist organisation plotting to set off explosives in Phnom Penh to disrupt New Year festivities.

Mr Hun Sen said that Sam Serey, president of the KNLF who now lives in Denmark, ordered his members to cause an explosion at Wat Phnom in the capital two days before Khmer New Year.

Mr Hun Sen added that Mr Serey ordered his members in Cambodia to set off explosives in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap province.

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