SEA Games medallists get money rewards from PM

CAmbodia’s medal winning athletes in the recently control twenty seventh ocean Games in Myanmar got fabulous gifts on New Year’s eve from Prime Minister Hun subunit as per his pre-event promise of money incentives that replicate his personal involvement with and encouragement for the country’s sporting success.

At a glittering operate at the National Olympic Committee of Cambodia headquarters on Tuesday evening, the Prime Minister’s son Hun Maneth, Deputy Commander of the Land Army, distributed on behalf of his father, cash rewards to the tune of $403,900 to 135 athletes WHO brought home a record haul of forty eight medals as well as eight golds, 11 silver and twenty nine bronze medals.

Cambodia’s intake of medals from Myanmar exceeded by 9 the previous best total of thirty-nine from Indonesia in 2011. Cambodian grapplers scooped four golds from the mat while Vovinam Warriors afraid 2. Petanque and taekwondo returned one gold honour every.

Each gold medallist received $ five,000 each, while $3,000 and $2,000 went to every silver and bronze medallists severally. Interestingly, every contestant concerned in the honour winning discipline was rewarded.

A keen follower of Cambodian sports like his Father, Hun Maneth spoke passionately concerning the country’s success in Myanmar, calling on the community to build the simplest use of the large youth potential the country had been blessed.

“We have come an extended method however we've still a long thanks to go, and I am pleased with what we've achieved now and appearance forward to the day once we host the ocean Games here in Cambodia. We have to begin making ready for 2023,” Hun Maneth said.

“We are grateful to the Prime Minister for this grand gesture. The personal interest he takes in Cambodian sports has been a source of nice inspiration for all people,” noted the secretary-general of the NOCC, Vath Chamroeun.

Meanwhile, the medal winners additionally got to share 2 individual donations of $10,000 each created by the owner of the Bokor Mountain resort and oil company Sokimex, Sok Kong, and former Phnom Penh governor Kep Chutema.