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The winners of the Indra Devi Award, organised by the Department of Books and Reading of the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, were announced on November 25.

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Dith Tina advised farmers to step up cage and pond farming of lates perches and groupers, and recommended that the Fisheries Administration study the possibility of obtaining new fish varieties from the Marine Aquaculture Research and Development Centre (MARDeC) in Preah Sihanouk province to meet market demands.

Farmers have asked the government to intervene in the pig sector, where the prices of live hogs have plummeted and an alarming number of breeders are quitting the trade as money dries up, many of them smallholders who may have gambled a bit too much trying to recoup their losses.

Huan Hai Bo Lai International Investment Co Ltd is making a $168 million investment to build a five-star hotel in Sihanoukville to tap into the promising potential of the local tourism industry.

The winners of the Indra Devi Award, organised by the Department of Books and Reading of the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, were announced on November 25. The top five entries in two categories, poetry and short stories, were awarded a range of prizes.

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Dith Tina advised farmers to step up cage and pond farming of lates perches and groupers, and recommended that the Fisheries Administration study the possibility of obtaining new fish varieties from the Marine Aquaculture Research and Development Centre (MARDeC) in Preah Sihanouk province to meet market demands.

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Dith Tina said that his ministry is supporting the partnership with the state and various organizations to increase incomes by helping to produce and process standard domestic products with improved food safety so that the products can enter supermarkets.

Se Chou Sithichot, deputy director of the Preah Sihanouk provincial health department, shared his recommendations to the general public to prevent diabetes, high blood pressure and other diseases.

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Dith Tina arrived in Samrong commune’s Samrong Kraom village of Preah Sihanouk province’s Prey Nop district on November 24 to inspect the Agriculture Services Programme for Innovation, Resilience and Extension (ASPIRE).

A groundbreaking ceremony for the first vocational school for tourism in Phnom Penh was held on November 24 in the presence of Minister of Tourism Thong Khon, with another set to be built in the coastal Preah Sihanouk province.