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The Closing Ceremony of The 5th International Conference On "Southeast Asian Cultural Values: Cultural Industry"

Assessment

by H.E SUM Chhum Bun,

Academy Member, Secretary General of RAC,

Director of Asia Research Center in RAC

At the 5th International Conference on "Southeast Asian Cultural Value:

Cultural Industry"

Siem Reap city December 17-18, 2009

Organized by Asia Research Center of the Royal Academy of Cambodia

-HE SOU Phirin; Governor of Board of Governors of Siem Reap Province, Advisor to Samdech Akeak Moha Senabadei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia
-Lok Chumteav Prof Dr KHLOT Thyda, President of Royal Academy of Cambodia, Advisor to Samdech Akeak Moha Senabadei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia
-Prof Dr. KIM Jae Youl, President of Korea Foundation for Advance Studies -Your Excellencies, Professors, Ladies and Gentlemen, National and International Distinguished guests.

Today, the closing ceremony of the 5th International Conference on Southeast Asian Cultural Value: Cultural Industry, organized by Asia Research Center of RAC, has the honor to have the presence of H.E HE SOU Phirin; Governor of Board of Governors of Siem Reap Province, Advisor to Samdech Akeak Aloha Senabadei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom o'Cambodia, to preside on. On behalf of the Organizing Committee, I would like to report about the process of the conference which held in one day and a half on 17th and the morning of 18th as followed:

In the International Conference on Southeast Asian Cultural Value: Cultural Industry there are more than 100 national and international participants who come from 15 different countries: Australia Cambodia China France Indonesia Japan Korea Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore USA Vietnam and Thailand. The conference held at Angkor Century Hotel in Siem Reap city of the Kingdom of Cambodia.

In the Opening Ceremony we were warmT welcomed by H.E UK Somet; Advisor to Samdech Akeak Moha Senabadei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia and Deputy Director General of APSARA Authority. And we had the Remark of Prof. KIM Jae Youl; President of the Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies and two keynotes speak of Mr. Chtistophe Pottier, Director of EFEO and Dr. TERUO Jinnai, Representative of UNESCO to Cambodia.

The Opening Ceremony of the 5th International Conference on Southeast Asian Cultural Value: Cultural Industry was presided over by H.E Prof. Dr KHLOT Thyda; President of Royal Academy of Cambodia and Advisor to Samdech Akeak Moha Senabadei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia.

The Process of the Conference is going on one day and a half with 4 sessions as following:

-First day: December 17th, 2009 we had 3 Sessions:

-The 1st session held in the morning after the Opening ceremony on the main theme "Culture Industry" there were two moderators and 8 speakers (4 Cambodian and 4 International) with 8 topics.

-The 2nd session held in the 1st half of afternoon discussing on the 1st sub-theme "Cultural Potential in Southeast Asia". We had two moderators and 8 speakers (4 national and 4 international) with 8 topics.

-The 3rd session held in the 2nd half of afternoon discussing on the 2nd sub-theme "Cross-Culture among the Nation in Southeast Asian Region". There were moderators and 8 speakers (1 national and 7 International) with 8 topics.

-Second day: in the morning of December 18th, 2009 we had one session working on the 3rd sub-theme "Cultural Problems in the Context of Globalization". There were two moderators and 7 speakers (5 national and 2 international) with 7 topics.

All in this 5th Conference there were 31 research topics joint discussion which including 14 research topics of national researchers and 17 research topics of international researchers.

In each session of the conference the topics were attracted by participants with several questions and warm discussion between speakers and participants on the road of academic of all national and international researchers with remarkable result.

Excellencies Ladies and Gentlemen!

Angkor is the Center of Southeast Asia Culture with great potential of tourism which is attracted by among the nations in the world on both conservation and development this area of magnificent culture center in the aim of preserving this culture heritage efficiency.

The remark of Dr. TERUO Jinnai, Representative of UNESCO to Cambodia mentioned that in the present time, the world is strongly taking care on promoting cultural industry in the context of globalization.

Cultural Industry will be a part of promoting close relationship among the nations and pushing economic progressing through the research and study to understand each culture in the present day.

Thank You!

International Conference on Southeast Asian Cultural Values 2009

Closing Ceremony

President Kim Jae-Youl, Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies

His Excellency Sou Phirin, Governor of Siem Reap Province,

Her Excellency Khlot Thyda, Advisor to Prime Minister of Cambodia and President of Royal Academy of Cambodia,

Ladies and gentlemen,

good morning.

The 5th International Conference on Southeast Asian Cultural Values is now coming to its end. Thanks to diverse presentations and passionate discussions, the two day event was very successful. Scholars from Australia, Cambodia, China, France, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, USA, and Vietnam exchanged research findings on cultural heritage, music, languages, and customs of this region. Over the past five years, the conference has become an important venue for closely examining the Southeast Asian culture and its many facets. The Khmer civilization and its remarkable world cultural heritage are based on engineering technology, architecture, religion, aesthetic imagination, and musical sensitivity. It is not just a legacy from the past but a dignified product of philosophy, art, religion and science.

How can we preserve this precious inheritance and promote it? How can we harmonize the legacy with our present and future? These are questions we must consider, which is why your research and collaboration are important. The future is said to be one of cultural nomadism. Humanity will follow the most outstanding cultures. The Khmer culture will gravitate people from all over the world. In particular, Cambodian scholars should rise to the occasion because they are proud descendents of Khmer civilization. It is their duty to address these issues. Let us cooperate for the prosperity of this culture. Let us continue our path of valuable research and sharing.

Lastly, His Excellency Sou Phirin's leadership has made the world see the glory of Khmer civilization symbolized by Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom by continually developing Siem Reap. Such efforts are greatly meaningful. I wish to express my gratitude to Prof. Sum Chhum Bun and his team of hardworking members at Royal Academy of Cambodia for the organization of this conference.

Thank You!

Closing Address

by H.E. Sou Phirin

Governor of Siem Reap Province's Board of Governors

At the 5th International Conference on "Southeast Asian Cultural Values:

Cultural Industiy"

Siem Reap-Angkor, Cambodia

December 17-18, 2009

-Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,

-National and International distinguished Guests,

-Prof Kim Jae Youl, President of the Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies and his Delegation,

-Distinguished Participants,

It is a great pleasure for me to be present at the closing ceremony of the 5th International Conference on "Southeast Asian Cultural Values: Cultural Industry" which is organized by the Asia Research Center of the Royal Academy of Cambodia (ARC-RAC) under the auspices of the Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies (KFAS). I would like to express my profound thanks to Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, National and International distinguished Guests, and all researchers for your participation in this closing ceremony.

On behalf of the Royal Government of Cambodia with the ideal leading of Samdech Akeak Moha Senabadey Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister, and on my own behalf, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to Prof. Kim Jae Youl, President of the Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies for his supporting to the Asia Research Center of the Royal Academy of Cambodia in organizing the International Conference. Since 2005, the Asia Research Center of the Royal Academy of Cambodia (ARC-RAC) under the auspices of the Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies (KFAS), has already successfully organized five international conferences on "Southeast Asian Cultural Value", includes this conference.

I also wish to express my thanks to the Asia Research Center of the Royal Academy of Cambodia and the organizing committee for their efforts in organizing this successful International Conference. More over, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to all researchers and distinguished participants from the fifteen countries: Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, China, France, Australia, Korea, Japan, and the United States of America for their valuable contribution in sharing their new research findings, knowledge, experiences and viewpoints on the main theme "Southeast Asian Cultural Values: Cultural Industry" with three sub-themes: sub-theme 1 "Cultural Potential in Southeast Asia", sub-theme 2 "Cross-Culture among the Nation in Southeast Asian Region", and sub-theme 3 "Cultural Problems in the Context of Globalization" . This academic conference has really contributed to the appreciation of Southeast Asian and the world cultures and to their successful exchange and cooperation. According to the paper presentations and discussions, we may be well aware that the efforts of exchange and cooperation of our cultures have been made at the global, regional, bilateral and national levels. The potential of cultures in Southeast Asia could be the valuable heritage of each nation and also is the fundamental resources for the socio-economical development and the poverty reduction of the people.

On behalf of the Royal Government of Cambodia and on my own behalf, I would like to express my admiration to this proud and successful conference. I recognize the success of this conference as the new achievement of the Asia Research Center and as well as of the Royal Academy of Cambodia in their responsibility with the national and international institutions, especially with the Royal Government of Cambodia, in order to set the international efforts for the common goal, that is to promote "Southeast Asian Cultural Values" for the social development and prosperity.

-Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,

The Royal Government of Cambodia(RGC), leaded by Samdech Akeak Moha Senabadey Techo Hun Sen, has set a national policy which is reducing the poverty of Cambodian people and pushing the increasing of national economy. The abundant cultural resources in Cambodia are the vital basic to push the increasing of national economy through attracting tourists from every country in the world to visit Cambodia. As we have already known, our valuable cultural heritage has been seriously destroyed in war for about the last three decades. But because of the strenuous efforts of the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) and the intelligent ideal of Samdech Akeak Moha Senabadey Techo Hun Sen, the historical and cultural heritage of Cambodia including abstract and non-abstract cultural property have been already listed in the world heritage such as Angkor Wat was listed in 1992, Royal Classical Dance was listed in 2003, Big Shadow Dance (in Khmer Robam Sbek Thom) was listed in 2005, and Preah Vihear Temple was listed in 2008. These have shown about the strenuous efforts of the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) in preserving and conserving our available cultural heritage, not only for Cambodian people, but also for people in the whole world.

Through the assessment report of H.E Dr. SUM Chhumbun, director of Asia Research Center of Royal Academy of Cambodia and director of the organizing committee showed that the fifth conference on "Southeast Asian Cultural Value: Cultural Industry" is very important which all participants have cooperatively solved various facing issues in cultural factor that caused by the current of globalization and also search for some ways to push up the value of local cultures, provide recommendation in poverty reduction by pushing up social progressiveness according to the available cultural resources of each different races. So, we all have to work cooperatively in order to focus on culture conservation, develop our heritage, and transform it to be an industrial sector which is a non-smoked industry and it works as an activist to help our region existing in prosperity, progress, peace and harmony.

Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,

I would like to express once again my profound thanks to the Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies for its great contributions to the human resource development, culture-heritage prevention and promotion in Cambodia and in Southeast Asia through its support to the Asia Research Center of the Royal Academy of Cambodia, for the participation of Prof. Kim Jae Youl, President of the Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies and his Delegation. I also wish to express my profound thanks to all our distinguished participants from the fifteen countries for their paper presentations and discussions, which had really contributed to raise up "Southeast Asian Cultural Values" and to promote "Peace, Harmony, and Prosperity among the Nations in Southeast Asia".

I believe that after this conference, according to the contribution in sharing our new research findings, knowledge, experiences and viewpoints, we will gain more achievements in our countries development.

I hope that the Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies will continue to actively support this annual conference. I hope that it will continue to grow, and be a significant forum for enhancing and promoting cultural understanding and cooperation, and ultimately contribute to the appreciation of Southeast Asia.

I would like to wish you a pleasant study visit to Angkor and a nice trip back home. I now declare the closing of the 5th International Conference on "Southeast Asian Cultural Values: Cultural Industry".

The Opening Ceremony of The 5th International Conference On "Southeast Asian Cultural Values: Cultural Industry"

Opening Speech by
Her Excellency Professor Dr. Khlot Thyda,
President of Royal academy of Cambodia and Personal Advisor to Samdech Akka Moha
Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia

Your Excellency, Ladies, Gentleman and Distinguish Guests!
H.E. Ouk Samet, Personal advisor to Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen and Deputy general Director of APSARA Authority
Professor Dr. Kin Jae-Youl, President of Korea Foundation for Advanced studies Distinguish Guests

Today I have a great honor and pleasure to join the 5th International Conference on "Southeast Asian Cultural Values: Cultural Industry". On behalf of His Excellency Sok An, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Council of the Ministers, Royal Government of Cambodia, and the Royal Academy of Cambodia; I congratulate the Asia Research Center, at the Royal Academy of Cambodia and the Committee of the 5th international conference for organizing, this conference and their efforts.

I am very gratitude to the Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies (KFAS) for all precious financial supports and to the distinguished participants from the 15 countries. Cambodia Korea China, Japan, Thailand, France, Malaysia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Singapore, America, Philippine, Lao, Indonesia and Australia.

I am very appreciated to the welcomed speeches of: HE. Ouk Samet, personal advisor to Samdech Akak Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, and Deputy general Director of APSARA. Authority; Director of EFEO, Representative of UNESCO in Cambodia, and Professor Dr. Kim Jae-Youl, President of the Korean Foundation for Advanced Studies. This international conference is very important for cultural tourism development to contribute for developing national, regional and global economics.

Your Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen!

At the beginning of new millennium, I observe that the Korean Foundation for Advanced Studies has provided the value contributions to train advanced scholars and upgrade higher education as follows:

-In 2001, the Korean Foundation for Advanced Studies supported 15 Asia research Centers in 7 countries in East Asia (China Cambodia Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam) and research program at Berkeley University, California in America.

In 2003, the Korean Foundation for Advanced Studies supported for organizing the Director Workshops of Asia Research Centers for five times with successfulness.

-In 2005, the Korean Foundation for Advanced Studies has supported for international conference on "Southeast Asian Cultural Values" to contribute for increasing harmony and progress civilization among the nations in Southeast Asia, along with general conference of UN Act 2001-2010 as the decade of culture peace and nonviolence on children in the world.

Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen!

The 5th International Conference on "Southeast Asian Cultural Values: Cultural Industry" is the most important scientific and academic forum which is going to present and debate on Cultural issues by national and international speakers from different 15 countries.

Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentleman!

The internal conference on the "South Asian Cultural Values which focuses on "Cultural Industry", we should take attention to cultural development of each nation and increase the products of cultural development which is from conservation and cultural propaganda, the sacred heritages of each country in the region. Each country has created special multi-cultures to attract more tourists. Each nation has to promote their own culture to avoid the loss of culture and scientific consciousness and its comprehension. Therefore, the most important thing, we have to find the key ideas to assimilate plenty of culture that we have gotten from service industries.

Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen!

Once again, in the name of the Royal Academy of Cambodia, I would like to profound thank to the Korea Foundation for advanced Studies, especially to Professor Dr Kim Jae^_Youl, which has always supported for the advanced researches and conferences in Cambodia.

I would like to thanks to national and international participants and speakers for your spending valuable times and efforts in sharing new knowledge for sustainable development and prosperity of global culture during the 5th International Conference on "Southeast Asian Cultural values: Cultural Industry".

Finally, may I wish successful deliberations during the conference and wish all good health with cheerful and friendly cultural trips.

In opening ceremony, may I announce to open the 5th International Conference on "Southeast Asian Cultural values: Cultural Industry" from now on.

Thank you

The 5th International Conference on
Southeast Asian Cultural Values: Cultural Industry
keynote speech by Mr. Teruo Jinnai, UNESCO Representative in Cambodia
17 Dec 2009, Siem Reap

Excellencies, Dear colleagues,

It is an honor and a great pleasure for me to have been invited today to participate in the opening ceremony of the 5th international Conference on Southeast Asian Cultural Values: Cultural Industry.

Cultural values can encompass many themes but diversity is certainly one of the most important to be found in Southeast Asia. While there certainly are common characteristics and a sense of community to Southeast Asian countries, each national culture remains extraordinarily diverse whether in languages, customs, religious practices or traditional performing arts. If I raise the single example of Cambodia where we are gathered today, there are no less than 20 different Indigenous languages to be found in the Kingdom, each language being spoken by people with their own customs, traditions and beliefs.

At the same time, some countries share the same diversity: the Indigenous Jarai are to be found in both Vietnamese and Cambodian highlands, the Indigenous Kuoy reside on both sides of the Thai-Cambodian border. At the same time, the Jarai language is said to be of Malyao-Polynesian origins, while the Kuoy language belongs to the Mon-Khmer group. Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Christianism and animist practices are scattered all over the region with diverse proportions and level of concentration. All of this is sometimes very complex but. it shows how diverse and mixed but also how interlinked can Southeast Asian cultures be. Therefore beyond the present national cultures, a vast patchwork of Indigenous cultures encompassing the whole region regardless of national borders is at the source of its diversity.

This fascinating diversity generates a unique and extraordinary potential for Southeast Asian cultural industries in many different fields. A region with a rich and diverse cultural landscape can tap into various and numerous cultures to promote and disseminate authentic and unique cultural products and services for the benefits of both national and international audiences. These opportunities however, do not come without challenges.

Local cultures indeed are facing tremendous pressure that often comes for the external worlds. The external worlds here can mean foreign influences in Phnom Penh or in Jakarta but it also means lowland influence in the highlands of Ratanakiri or Chiang Rai. This pressure is brought by the inevitable opening of our societies and economies to the rest of the world and to commercial and industrial development.

Trying to avoid external influence might not be the best option in the sense that this can't be done forever. Therefore, the biggest challenge lies in how to accommodate with globalization in a way that not only preserves the specificity and richness of local identity but also seize opportunities to share local culture with the rest of the world. Fostering cultural industries in a responsible and sustainable way can be an answer to this challenge.

The issue with globalization is that countries have to absorb a sudden, major and sustained inflow of standard goods and services with the risk of diluting their own cultures, which sometimes lead to tensions and fears amongst the local populations. These are no easy situations and each country deals with it in its own way. One of the most discussed policies has been the French so-called "cultural exception" to which some countries adhere while some have chosen another path.

Recently, the United Nations have elaborated programs which explore the promotion of cultural industries in the context of globalization. Under the recently established UN — Spain Fund for the Achievements of the Millennium Development Goals and a thematic window called "Culture and Development", several UN Agencies have been working together to jointly design and implement, in close collaboration with their partner Ministries in the Royal Government of Cambodia, a Joint Program called "Creative Industries Support Program". Similar Joint Programs have been developed in other countries around the world, whether in Asia, Africa or South America.

Within the framework of this Creative Industries Support Program, UNESCO, ILO, FAO and UNDP have been collaborating with the Cambodian Ministries of Culture & Fine Arts, Industry Mines & Energy, Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries and Commerce to support Indigenous communities producing cultural goods and to encourage the efforts of the Royal Government in the safeguarding and promotion of local Indigenous cultures.

These efforts translate into activities designed to strengthen the local communities' entrepreneurial skills and to improve the commercialization of their cultural products in order to increase the producers' revenues. But the Joint Program also involves enhanced preservation and larger dissemination of local culture. I believe that these three components — better entrepreneurial skills, streamlined commercialization and stronger promotion of culture — must necessarily be combined when trying to promote cultural industries in the face of globalization.

If one considers market and globalization, namely trade indeed, the issue of price and quality cannot be overlooked. But cultural industry is not limited to trade issues. Cultural industry is also about exposing ways of live specific to the people who produced the cultural goods and services that are being commercialized. Therefore, to fully appreciate the value of these cultural goods and services, one must be able to know and to understand the traditions and customs which they reflect, namely the cultural context within which they have been created.

This is why raising awareness, promoting research and publications as well as encouraging dissemination amongst the largest possible public is as much important as fostering entrepreneurial skills or facilitating trade procedure. Since the added value of cultural goods and services lies in their cultural identity, the public will better appreciate this value if they actually know, understand and respect these cultures. And this reflection is also valid for the cultural producers own communities, where the young generation needs to be kept aware of the value of ancient traditions so that they can nurture their culture as well.

I therefore hope that our discussions will be able to encompass all these different aspects which in my opinion are determinant to the promotion of cultural industries. For more than half a century, fast economic growth has made of Southeast Asia a place of unusual cohabitation between sudden modernity and genuine ancient traditions, which might be one of the reasons why tourism has been so successful here. The difficulty lies in preserving a balance between modernization and traditions so they can nurture each other in a positive way.

I am certain that today's conference will help to move further in this reflection, to share experience from all around Asia and maybe to find new and efficient ways of promoting cultural industry.

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