The taxpayer will, says the government, have to find FFr35 billion a year once the scheme is in full swing.

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The holiday shopping season is in full swing, and once again, we find ourselves scrambling to figure out what to buy our friends and family.

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Such sordid realities were once in plain view, when notorious red-light districts were in full swing on the outskirts of Phnom Penh.

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