On May 14, 2:33=EF=BF=BDpm, Chim <Chi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> This would be easy billion dollars of business transactions. All the
> folks at the different ministries need to do is facilitate such a
> process by creating an interagency. That would bring representatives
> from commerce, foreign affairs, economics, tourism, the Cambodian
> chamber of commerce, and the different institutions who are interested
> in getting expats to do teaching, managing, mentoring and counseling
> in various fields of endeavors.
>
> In fact, this is a much better strategy because expats are familiar
> with the culture, having relatives inside the country, and eager to
> stay much longer in the country. Besides billion of dollars that will
> flow in, the amount of information, knowledge and new ideas are
> priceless. They can go to spur innovation and creativity in all walks
> of life in Cambodia.
>
> Suppose we have about 20,000 returnees who want to resettle in various
> cities such as in Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville. Some expats have long
> professional life in the US. Additionally, If they are retirees, they
> would have benefits from social security, pension funds, 401K
> investment accounts and life insurance. Suppose again that the
> combined benefits would amount to around $3,000 monthly which is
> $36,000 annually for each one of them. Let's do the math:
>
> $36,000 X 20,000 =3D 720,000,000 that's close to one billion dollars
> annually. But this is only an approximation. The real value may be a
> lot more, depending on the approach to induce and entice the expats.
Who are the old expats?
Sam Rainsy (SRP), Norodom Ranariddh (NRP), Lu Laysreng (Funcinpec,
current Minister of Rural Development), Kol Pheng (Funcinpec, current
Minister of Education)
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