Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Remarks By H.E. Dr. SOK AN, Deputy Prime Minister Minister in charge of the Office of the Council of Ministers At Tiger Airways Phnom Penh Launching Ceremony
InterContinental: 01 October 2012
œœœ− Excellencies Senior Ministers, Ministers and Members of the Royal Government,
− H.E. Mr. Premjith Sadasivan, Singaporean Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia,
− Neak Oknha Kith Meng, Chairman and CEO of Royal Group and Chairman of Cambodia Airlines,
− Mr. Koay Peng Yen, CEO of Tiger Airways,
− Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I indeed have great pleasure and honour to be with you all at today’s reception of the Launch of Tiger Airways Phnom Penh, one of the Asia’s leading low-cost carriers. On behalf of the Royal Government and the people of Cambodia, I wish to offer my warmest congratulations to the management of Tiger Airways and its partner, Cambodia Airlines, for the launch of Phnom Penh-Singapore route, whose first flight from Phnom Penh took off this morning at 8:30 am.
The Royal Government of Cambodia under the wise leadership of Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, has undertaken the Open-Skies policy, aimed at facilitating the access to the Kingdom and promoting tourism sector, which is one of the main drivers for economic development. I therefore believe that the launch of Phnom Penh-Singapore route will further contribute to the growth of the sector.
Of course, the Tiger Airways’ Phnom Penh-Singapore route will foster people-to-people connectivity between Cambodia and Singapore, and increase trade and investment as well as economic cooperation. The new route also promotes exchanges in culture and tourism, and facilitates exchanges in education between Cambodia and Singapore whose universities and higher education institutions provide world-class quality education.
Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,
The launch of this new route is indeed a timely event. It will build route by air for facilitating these exchanges and cooperation, which are expected to increase significantly, in particular when the ASEAN economic community comes to its realization by 2015. Therefore, to maintain its competitiveness in the today’s world, the low-cost Tiger Airways should be fully committed to passenger safety, security, reliability and punctuality.
To conclude, I would like to once again express my congratulations to the management of Tiger Airways and its partner, Cambodia Airlines, for the launch of the new Phnom Penh-Singapore route. I believe that Tiger Airways’ business will be thriving as fast as the jumping tiger, which is its official logo, and that it will explore the opportunity to expand its business in Cambodia for our mutual benefits and prosperity.
Finally, I wish Tiger Airways and its partner, Cambodia Airlines, ever greater success, and wish Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen good health, great success and happiness.
Thank you!
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