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Construction of SHV’s third wastewater treatment plant 74% complete
The construction of the third wastewater treatment plant in Prek Ochheuteal, Sihanoukville has been 74% completed, according Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction’s latest report. With a construction cost of US$20 million, the third station will have a capacity of 20,000 cubic metres per day using MABR technology. In Sihanoukville, there are already […]
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Ground Broken on NR31 & NR33 Expansion Project
The project to expand and renovate NR31 and NR33 in Kampot and Kep provinces officially began on 30 December under a concessional loan from China. The ground-breaking ceremony was held under the auspices of Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen and Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia HE Wang Wentian. The two national roads will be built […]
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128 High-Rise Building Projects Approved in 2022
The government approved a total of 128 high-rise projects or equivalent to 142 buildings in 2022, according to the latest report of the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction. Among those, 86 projects equal to 93 buildings are in Phnom Penh, 14 projects equal to 16 buildings in Sihanoukville and 13 projects equal to […]
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Gov’t Drafts New Traffic Law to Align with New Infrastructure Development
The Cambodian government is amending the new draft law on road traffic to align with the rapid road development in Cambodia, according to an inter-ministerial meeting on 28 December. The new draft law is designed to revise the content of 48 old articles and add some new ones to align with Cambodia’s development, especially on […]
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MLMUPC Earns US$90 Million in Revenue in 2022
In 2022, the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction (MLMUPC) collected a total of approximately KHR367 billion (US$90 million) in revenue, a decrease of 22.26% compared to 2021, according to the ministry’s latest report, Within this total, the revenue from the Central Administration was around KHR8 billion while over KHR358 billion was from […]
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MLMUPC Issues Over 300k of Land Titles in 2022
The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction has issued 315,441 land titles, according to the ministry’s latest report. Meanwhile, from the beginning of implementation until the end of September 2022, the ministry registered and issued a total of 6,663,977 titles to people, equivalent to 95.2% of the estimated 7 million plots. Among those, over […]
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US$3-million Construction Laboratory Officially Inaugurated
The US$3-million National Construction Laboratory building was officially inaugurated after the recent completion of construction. The building was inaugurated by Cambodia Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen on 27 December. The new National Construction Laboratory is located in the new office of the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning & Construction on Street 307 in Anlong […]
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Gov’t Approves 3,827 Construction Projects in 2022 Worth US$2.6bn
In 2022, the Cambodian government approved a total of 3,827 construction projects nationwide or equivalent to over 6.5 million square metres, according to a report by the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction on 27 December. Compared to the same period in 2021, the number of projects in 2022 decreased by 98 projects. […]
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LSCG to join Land Ministry in developing a real estate management system
LSCG REAL ESTATE has set aside US$ 1 million and on-field experts to partner with the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction, in developing a nationwide digital property management system. CEO of LSCG Ly Sokchhay told Construction & Property News on 25 December that LSCG is ready and will submit a proposal to […]
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World Needs at Least US$200bn Per Year to Protect Global Biodiversity
196 country members of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity have agreed to raise at least US$200 billion a year from all sources, both public and private, to protect global biodiversity, according to the United Nations Summit on Biodiversity on 7-19 December 2022, in Montreal, Canada. Those countries also agreed to increase international financial […]
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