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Japan loans Cambodia funds to improve water supply
Japan has provided Cambodia with a $US 35.5 million loan to improve the supply of water, and a smaller grant for mine clearing equipment.
The loan is for a water infrastructure project in Phnom Penh.
A signing ceremony for the Japanese aid was held in the capital, and attended by Japanese ambassador Katsuhiro Shinohara and Cambodia’s Foreign Minister Hor Namhong.
The value of the demining equipment grant has been put at more than $US 5 million.
Add comment March 19, 2009
Cambodia to build new port in Phnom Penh
Seatradeasia-online, UK - Jan 18, 2009
Bangkok: Cambodia’s government has announced a plan to build a new port in capital city Phnom Penh by the end of this year or in early 2010 to meet the increasing demand for waterway transportation.
The project, estimated at $25 million, was approved by the government in October 2008 and feasibility work is underway, said Keat Chhon, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance.
The port will be located south of the city in the lower Mekong River area and not far away from the current Phnom Penh port.
The new facility will have a capacity of 300,000 containers a day, which is six times larger than the current Phnom Penh port, Minister Keat Chhon added.
1 comment January 20, 2009
New 600 km road to link four Cambodian provinces along Thai border
PHNOM PENH, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) — Cambodian military officials hoped a new road will bolster local populations and improve security in four provinces along the Cambodian-Thai border, local media reported Monday.
The more than 600 km road will link Banteay Meanchey, Oddar Meanchey, Preah Vihear and Stung Treng provinces, the Phnom Penh Post said.
“We will build the road through the four provinces as soon as the rainy season passes,” Kvan Siem, head of general command headquarters for military engineers, was quoted as saying.
“I received orders from Prime Minister Hun Sen to build the road to help people settle their homes along the border and farm their lands,” Kvan Siem said, adding that he completed a study of the projected gravel road earlier in August.
The proposed road will run between one and four kilometers from the Thai border, with a second road planned closer to the border once Thailand and Cambodia complete negotiations over new border demarcations.
Kvan Siem said the road is part of larger development plans that officials hope will modernize the border provinces and improve security.
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Add comment September 1, 2008
