On Tuesday night, Long became the first woman in the Bakels New Zealand Supreme Pie Awards’ 25-year history to win the top gong, beating out more than 4000 other entries with her steak and cheese pie.

“I am just so proud of myself,” the 36-year-old said on Wednesday morning down the line from Euro Patisserie in Auckland’s Torbay.

“We have reached the target now. Best pie in New Zealand!”

There was no celebratory sleep-in for Long, who arrived at the bakery about 4am on Wednesday, following three or four hours’ kip, to start baking for the day.

Usually Euro Patisserie sold about 400 pies per day, she said, but she was anticipating much higher demand following her big win – customers had already been requesting the steak and cheese from the moment the doors opened at 6am. FULL STORY: STUFF.NZ

Overseas Cambodians are known for their involvement in the pie trade, with top bakers receiving awards in Australia.

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The Khmer Students Association of the Russian Federation expresses its congratulations to Mr. Keo Makara and Mr. Kem Chanpaly who have successfully completed their Bachelors Degree in Nuclear Power Engineering and Thermal Physics from Peter the Great University. St.Petersburg Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.

It should be noted that both of them are graduates of Civil Nuclear Power, the first generation of the Human Resource Development Project of the Royal Government of Cambodia, to be able to achieve the development of civil nuclear power in Cambodia in the future. SABAY

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Ms. Sroung Pheavy said that the PBA Team League 2021-2022 is a team competition that is more competitive compared to the Blue One Resort LPBA Championship. This is a team competition, and the winning team will receive up to $ 100,000 in prize money. She continued that this event has strong teams representing 8 giant companies in Korea, which selected all the players. She plays for Blue One Resort with five other teammates, including one Spaniard and four Koreans.

Sroung Pheavy has signed a contract to represent the company in the Republic of Korea, as more than 10 years ago She came to live and practice snooker there.

Sroung Pheavy has signed a contract to represent the company in the Republic of Korea, as more than 10 years ago she came to live and practice the sport there and is married to a Korean national. KPT

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An anonymous letter writer, angry over fireworks being set off at Mifflin Square Park, was received at the Cambodian Association of Greater Philadelphia on Monday. It contained threats they say were ethnic intimidation.

Speakers at a rally Friday say that threat of gun violence was triggering to the Cambodian-American community in South Philly that have been discriminated against in their home country. Past traumas of displacement were reopened with that letter.

They contacted police, who got involved to support the fourth largest Cambodian population in the country.

Thursday night, police said their investigation revealed that they identified a 79-year-old woman who claimed to be the author of the letter.

“This strategically concocted and threatening letter has jeopardized the safety of our entire Cambodian community in the City of Philadelphia and all of the beautiful neighbors in this community — not just Cambodians, all the neighbors in this community. Our Cambodian community — our war refugees and survivors of genocide — and the event of this week has retriggered a population who actually suffers from traumas of war and PTSD, and brought upon pain and mental distress. The damage has been done,” CAGP Executive Director Saruan Chan said. CBS (VIDEO)

Police say a 79-year-old woman claims to be the author of the letter. Authorities will give an update on the investigation at 3 p.m. Friday. They also say many of the claims in the letter are untrue.

“I’ve been with the association for nearly 12, 13 years now,” said CAGP Executive Director Sarun Chan. “We’ve never experienced a threat like this. It’s blatant ethnic intimidation.”

Chan declined to go into the specifics but said the writer targeted people of Cambodian descent who use nearby Mifflin Square Park.

“It involved killing and murdering community members, and we took the threat 100% seriously,” he said.

Philadelphia police say the author claimed to be a former military member, writing that fireworks set off by Cambodian residents in Mifflin Square Park are affecting their sleep.

The author wrote that if the fireworks did not stop, they would harm the residents using weapons they had available.

Through an investigation, police found the 79-year-old woman is not a former member of the military and doesn’t appear to have access to weapons.

The letter was so unsettling that for the time being Mifflin Square Park is not being used by CAGP’s summer camp. Philadelphia has the fourth-largest Cambodian population in the country, many of whom live and worship in South Philly.

“All along here, are multiple Cambodian businesses, so we are a predominant force in this community,” Chan said.

The association immediately called police and put out its own letter informing the families they serve about the threatening nature of the letter. The incident has community members on heightened alert, but Chan said it’s also a call to action against Anti-Asian hate.

“We’re distraught. But we’re not going to be silenced,” he said. “We want to make sure that we address this head-on and that we still amplify our visibility and our voice.”

Friday at 3 p.m. at Mifflin Square Park, the Cambodian Association of Greater Philadelphia will hold a news conference alongside other community groups, leaders and city agencies to update the community on the response to this incident.

Police say they have forwarded their findings to the District Attorney’s Office for review and possible charges. CBS (VIDEO)

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The aftermath of the peaceful Long Beach Protest in support of Black Lives Matter took a volatile turn. There were many small businesses in Cambodia Town that were looted and destroyed. Cambodia Town holds the largest population of Cambodians outside of Cambodia. Long Beach is the home for many refugees that escaped the Khmer Rouge genocide, famine, and a violent communist regime. They were then displaced in a new country with nothing, and had to build a new life. We stand and support BLM and justices for all of those that have been wrongfully murdered from police. We still stand with our allies, that message hasn’t changed. The destruction of Long Beach is unfortunate. But we will stand together and rebuild our city.

I am not a member of an organization. I am the child of two Cambodian refugees. I was born and raised in Cambodia town. My family is there. Our businesses and livelihood are there. Our community and culture is there. I will be reaching out to Khmer organizations.

Please donate what you can and spread the word. Help clean up the businesses, help rebuild, and please provide support by shopping at these businesses once they’re up and running. With the global rise of xenophobia due to COVID-19 it has been difficult and violent for our community. Please raise awareness against racism. I promise to do my research and give 100% of the money donated to the businesses that have been destroyed. I will be formulating a list of all the businesses that have been hit and I will calculate the amount each shop will get, in accordance with the damage they’ve endured. Thank you.


I will be posting updates on my page: @gorl_fieri, or you can email me if you have any questions, comments, concerns: malyanne_bunma@yahoo.com GOFUNDME

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The Cambodian embassy in the United States said that the Cambodian government has no plans to repatriate students back Cambodian from other countries. 

The embassy requests graduates, or students whose schools are closed and ready to return, to delay returning to the country.

Cambodian students studying in the United States should continue to live in their places and strictly implement the relevant US epidemic prevention measures to avoid the risks brought about by the epidemic.

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