Prime Minister Hun Manet has asked the Khmer Artists Association (KAA) to work closely with the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts to establish a code of ethics for artists and also to maintain high standards for the value of national art. He said, “The KAA needs to cooperate closer with the Ministry of Culture and other relevant Institutions, as well as to promote artistic ethics in coordination with artists and their associations”. “Artists are role models and influencers from various cultural backgrounds, and known primarily through the media.
Maintaining the value of national art, culture and the personal integrity of artists depends on their decisions. Correct decisions will receive public support, while wrong decisions will face social pressure,” he said. “In the context of the digital revolution, when sharing information in society becomes faster and more challenging, I would like to remind all artists to be extremely careful to avoid producing, creating or performing anything detrimental to our society or national unity,” he said.
“In addition, the KAA must consider enhancing its activities to help society, children, women, the elderly and the disabled while considering environmental sanitation, and especially to continue paying attention to care for older artists who have a difficult life, as the association always does,” he said. The Prime Minister made the remarks while he and the First Lady were presiding over the KAA “Successor Gala Dinner”. Th.
