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ខ្មែរ Technology and Engineering
Local Firms, USAID Jointly Invest in Establishing Cold Chain Infrastructure in Cambodia
- 23 February 2022
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced two new partnerships with private firms to co-invest in the cold chain, agricultural storage capacity, and logistics sectors in Cambodia. According to the USAID announcement on 23 February, Khmer Cold Chain Company (KCCC) and Amru Rice will develop, test, and operationalise agricultural cold chain storage and logistics cap...
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First Wireless EV Charging Road to be Built in US in Michigan, Operational by 2023
- 22 February 2022
The United States has recently announced that it will soon build a public wireless in-road charging system allowing electric vehicles (EV) to charge while in motion and stationary. Israeli power company Electreon was selected to build this electric road system (ERS) in Detroit, Michigan, as part of the inductive vehicle charging pilot program. Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) wil...
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Ground officially broken on large-scale Choeung Ek wastewater treatment plant
- 22 February 2022
The construction of the Choeung Ek wastewater treatment plant stretching over 3 hectares of land in Prek Ta Kong 1 village of Chak Angre commune officially began. The groundbreaking ceremony is presided over by Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen Japanese Ambassador to Cambodia HE. Mikami Masahiro. Built by Kubota-Metawater Joint Venture, the project is being built under a grant from the Japanese...
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Mobility as a Service platform to be included in Siem Reap’s smart city project
- 18 February 2022
The Siem Reap provincial administration and Nippon Koei have discussed the progress of the Siem Reap Smart City development project. The discussion was held on Thursday 17 February between Siem Reap Deputy Governor Ly Samrith and Mr Yoshikazu UBUKATA, Team Leader of Nippon Koei for MaaS Digital Platform. The meeting focused on the plan to include the Mobility as a Service (MaaS) digital plat...
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Japan Unveils Three Tentative Types of Smart Bus Stops in PP; Study Set for Completion in March
- 16 February 2022
The feasibility study for establishing smart bus shelters in Phnom Penh by the Japanese government is ongoing and set for completion in March. The progress of this study was updated during the Cambodia-Japan Meeting of Public-Private Platform for Urban Development held on 16 February. The project is under the responsibility of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Ja...
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Gov’t Gives Green Light to Hong Kong-SHV Submarine Fibre Optic Cable Project
- 14 February 2022
An inter-ministerial working group has given the green light to the construction of the Hong Kong-Sihanoukville submarine optical cable system, pitching 323.5 km into the Cambodian sea. This approval was made at an inter-ministerial meeting led by the Ministry of Environment to review the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) report for the project. The project also includes the ...
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Japan Proposes Study on Flood Prevention System for Prek Tnaot River
- 2 February 2022
Japan has proposed to seek remedies to the severe flooding of the Prek Tnaot River, which has been damaging infrastructure and threatening the lives of people in the Southern part of Phnom Penh and surrounding provinces continuously for multiple years. The proposal was made by the President of the Japan-Cambodia Association Mr Takahashi Fumaiki in a meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech...
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Construction of First Asphalt Concrete Factory Completed; Second Proposed
- 27 January 2022
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) plans to build a new asphalt concrete (AC) mixing factory in response to the increase of infrastructure construction projects. The new factory was announced after the construction of the country’s first AC production factory has been completed. Speaking at the annual meeting held on Thursday 27 January, MPWT Minister HE Sun Chanthol said the ...
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Japan Mulls Importing Plastic Waste-to-Asphalt Processing Machinery to Cambodia
- 26 January 2022
A Japanese company has advised and urged the Ministry of Public Works and Transport to consider using new machinery that is capable of processing plastic waste into asphalt concrete (AC) for road construction. Minister of Public Works and Transport HE Sun Chanthol discussed this initiative with the firm representative Shu Nishiyama on Tuesday 25 January. Mr Shu stated that his firm intends t...
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Chinese Firm Mull Setting Up Electric Car Assembly Plant in Koh Kong
- 25 January 2022
China Matrix Technology Group-Horche Intelligent Automobile plans to invest in setting up a factory to assemble electric vehicles in Koh Kong province, according to an online meeting between relevant parties on 22 October. The objective of the Chinese firm in this meeting was to study the feasibility, and understand the land and legal environment, human resources, and other related administrati...
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