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Gov’t Requests Chinese Firm to Build New Water Supply Network from SR City to New Airport
- 22 September 2021
The Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation (MISTI) has requested the Siem Reap International Airport construction firm AIAI to invest approximately US$13 million to build a clean water supply connecting downtown Siem Reap to the new airport in Sot Nikum district. The request was raised by MISTI Minister HE Cham Prasidh during the meeting with the State Secretariat of Civil Avi...
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JICA to help enhance traffic management in Phnom Penh
- 21 September 2021
The Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has agreed to provide full support in developing a new traffic management system in Phnom Penh, aiming to ease congestion and improve traffic safety. The agreement to implement this project was signed on 20 September by Phnom Penh Governor HE Khuong Sreng and Chief Representative of JICA Cambodia Office Ms Kamei Haruko. Entitled “Project f...
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Three Investment Projects Worth Over US$15 million Approved for Sihanoukville
- 21 September 2021
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has recently given permits to private firms to invest US$15.1 million in building three news factories in Sihanoukville. The first investment permit has been granted to Mountain Forest Product Co., Ltd to invest US$2 million to build a factory producing plywood, furniture, furniture components, decorative materials from plywood, and wood chips i...
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Four New Large-Scale COVID-19 Waste Incinerators Begin Operation
- 21 September 2021
The Ministry of Environment has put four large-scale medical and COVID-19 waste incinerators into use in Kep, Siem Reap, Mondulkiri, and Battambang provinces. Secretary of State of the Ministry of Environment HE Neth Pheaktra said during the opening ceremony on 20 September that these incinerators will help each provincial administration to manage urban solid waste more effectively. More imp...
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MPWT mulls building railway connecting Phnom Penh to Kien Svay Port
- 21 September 2021
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) will soon conduct feasibility in building a new railway system connecting to the Phnom Penh downtown to the newly-established port in Kien Svay district. The project comes at a time when the number of containers passing through the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port has significantly increased. MPWT Minister HE Sun Chanthol said during the inaugurati...
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Phnom Penh Autonomous Port unveils port development project along river
- 21 September 2021
The Phnom Penh Autonomous Port has unveiled plans to develop seven river-based ports to boost agricultural and tourism transportation. The port development project was announced at the launch of the new container terminal of the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port held on September 20. HE Hey Bavy, Director General of Phnom Penh Autonomous Port, said that the seven river ports, in which four-port pro...
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CDC Approves US$2.8-million Furniture Factory in Takeo Province
- 21 September 2021
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has recently given a permit to a private firm to invest US$2.8 million in building a large-scale furniture factory in Takeo province. According to the CDC announcement on 20 September, the permit has been granted to Kinway (Cambodia) Intelligent Home Furnishing Manufacturer Co., Ltd, which will establish a furniture factory located on NR2, Khlea...
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Gov’t Launches New Container Port in Kien Svay District
- 21 September 2021
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) has officially launched the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP)'s new container port in Banteay Dek commune, Kien Svay district, Kandal province, in response to growing container traffic. According to the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port, this LM17 container port is the first stage of the third phase of port expansion. The first phase covers 10 hecta...
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MPWT Seeks New Strategies to Strengthen Wastewater Management & Clean Water Supply
- 20 September 2021
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) is exploring new strategies to strengthen the management of wastewater as well as clean water supply nationwide, according to the meeting of relevant officials on 17 September. Chao Sopheak Phibal, Deputy Director-General of the MPWT’s General Department of Wastewater Treatment System, said that the meeting was held to review the previous works ...
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Cambodia Spends Approx. US$8 billion on Physical Infrastructure Development from 1993 to 2021
- 20 September 2021
The Cambodian government has spent approximately US$8 billion on physical infrastructure development in the last 28 years, according to a Ministry of Economy and Finance report issued in August. From 1993 to 30 June 2021, the government disbursed US$10.05 billion from development partners. 81% of which were for financing public investment in the infrastructure sector while the other 19% was spe...
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