Preparations
- Nov 20 -22, 2010
- 420 boats,
- nine lantern boats
- 27,000 racers participating
- annual three day event,
First huge Billboards on border of Tonle Sap, Phnom Penh
- no foreign boats included in this year’s boat races.
- more than 20 motorboats equipped with doctors would be deployed along the Tonle Sap river in case boats have an accident
- However, there will be no life jackets available
- King Norodom Sihamoni will preside over the festival
- not sure if Prime Minister Hun Sen, Senate Presi¬dent Chea Sim or National Assem-bly President Heng Samrin would be part of the ceremony.
- more than 9,000 municipal and military police officers would be on duty during the festival
- about three million people will visit during the festival
- rubbish company Cintri plans to add 350 workers to its daily workforce
Toilets.........
- more than 1,000 rubbish bins during this year’s festival
Additional bins.....
- 9 entertainment spots in downtown Phnom Penh
- Cambodia prepares to hand out 450,000 condoms during water festival
- Four female Japanese wrestlers to perform during the water festival
