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Minister of Public Works drills road to prove no corruption
- 4 May 2020
Holding two big pieces of broken rubber drilled from the road, Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol told the national press that “The ministry has now taken a new step: to make road quality better. With regard to criticism where people have said the Ministry cheats on road constructions, it does not hold true.” The Senior Minister made the affirmative statement on 04 May 2020 aft...
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Government exchanges 30 hectares of Beoung Ta Mok with other three land areas
- 4 May 2020
The government has decided to grant ownership of 30 hectares of Beoung Ta Mok to Mrs Kim Heang in exchange with three other land areas, according to a letter from the Council of Ministers to the Minister of Economy and Finance, the Minister of Land Management, Urbanisation and Construction, the Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology and the Governor of Phnom Penh dated 27 April 2020. Th...
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Dr Kim Heang: What concerns me most is that foreign investors don’t come and Khmer take no action
- 2 May 2020
Many business executives have suspended their projects for fear of themselves of their workers being affected by the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, which remains a serious threat to global health with no certainty when it will be resolved. However, as an outstanding real estate investor in Cambodia, Dr Kim Heang continues to develop his company's real estate project. Responding to a reporter ...
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New Flyover at Kbal Thnal area officially opened for official use
- 1 May 2020
Kbal Thnal Flyover connecting Monivong Boulevard to Norodom Boulevard will open for public use from May 1, 2020, onward to address traffic congestion in the Kbal Thnol area. According to the official website of the Ministry of Information on 30 April 2020, Mr. Met Measpheakdey, spokesperson for Phnom Penh City Hall, said that “This new flyover located next to the Kbal Thnal Flyover, linking Mon...
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CBRE: Office rental rates on downward trend from Q2
- 1 May 2020
Occupancy rates of office rental business began to decline from April after remaining robust in Q1. Meanwhile, new rental rates will also begin to decline towards the end of the year, after initial upward movements only a month before the COVID-19 eruption. The dropping trend in rent rates is likely to reverse the increasing supply of new office space which saw a stagnated trend earlier this year ...
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MPWT holds technical training on National Road 2 & Road 22 renovation for young engineers
- 30 April 2020
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) held a technical training on the National Road 2 and Road 22 renovations for 10 young engineers to improve their knowledge on how to conduct technical inspections and project site coordination, according to a post on the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) Facebook page on 29 April 2020. “The technical training for National Road 2 and ...
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The northern section of National Road 5 renovation 80.02% complete
- 30 April 2020
The renovation of the northern section of National Road 5, also known as ASEAN Highway 1, from Battambang to Serei Sophoan, is 80.02% complete. The central section part from Thlea Ma Om to Battambang is 14.90% complete and the southern part from Preak Kdam to Thlea Ma Om is 23.90% complete as of 24 April 2020, according to the Facebook page of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport on 29 April...
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CBRE: Retail rental prices drop sharply while supply increases substantially in Q1
- 29 April 2020
CBRE Cambodia has reported that retail rental prices saw a sharp slowdown in February 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the CBRE report, retail rental prices sharply declined by 9.2% for community malls and 10.5% for prime retail podiums in February 2020. The decline resulted from the spread of COVID-19 causing a decrease in the level of consumer traffic and retail sales ...
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Chinese researchers: Service industry hugely affected, after nine infected with COVID-19 via air-conditioning
- 29 April 2020
Chinese researchers have announced that nine people from three healthy families have been found to be infected with the COVID-19 virus after sitting at tables next to an infected person while dining in a windowless restaurant in Guangzhou, China. They have theorized that the air-conditioning in the restaurant could have blown the viral droplets from one person to the others, according to a researc...
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Singapore converts Changi Exhibition Centre to the community isolation facility
- 28 April 2020
Singapore has converted the Changi Exhibition Centre into a community isolation facility to treat COVID-19 patients, as the country becomes Asia’s most infected nation after China and India. A former Singapore Airshow venue, the Changi Exhibition Centre (CEC) is now being used as a community isolation facility with an indoor capacity of 33,000 square meters which can house about 2,700 patients ...
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Malaysian PM resignation signals concern for infrastructure projects
- 28 April 2020
The shock resignation of recently-elected Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed has raised concerns over-scheduled though controversial major infrastructure projects. Among his first actions on becoming prime minister in 2018 was to cancel the Chinese-funded high-speed Singapore-Kuala Lumpur rail line and the MRT 3 Circle Line projects among concerns about the levels of debt incurred, estimate...
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Renovation completed of international standard Olympic Stadium swimming pool
- 27 April 2020
The renovation of the international standard swimming pool at the Olympic Stadium, costing nearly US$3 million, has been completed. The statement was delivered by H.E. Sun Chanthol, Minister of Public Works and Transport and President of the Khmer Swimming Federation during the inspection of progress on construction of the swimming pool at the Olympic Stadium on 23 April 2020. He said that t...
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