Sokimex Pursues Bokor Resort Development
By Erik Wasson and Prak Chan Thul
THE CAMBODIA DAILY
Sok Kong, the president of oil distributor Sokimex and the luxury Sokha Hotels chain, said Thursday that he has lodged an application with the Council of Ministers to develop a resort on Bokor Mountain in Kampot province.
"We plan to build a hotel for local guests, a resort and villas," Sok Kong said by telephone, adding that the government has not yet signed a contract.
Sok Kong said his plan would cover several thousand hectares on the top of Bokor, home to a former casino resort abandoned since the 1970s.
Sokimex Vice President Sorn Sokna said that the initial phase of development on Bokor would involve $100 million in capital. A 300-room hotel, eight-hole golf course and 100 luxury villas would be built in the first phase as well as a vegetable farm and orchard. A new road would also be built, he said.
"Our engineers are studying the existing structures.... We think there is still a lot of empty space on the top of the mountain but those buildings may be renovated or moved," he said.
He said Sokimex is negotiating with overseas investors interested in the project. "I hope that the deal can be processed by the end of the year," he said.
Tourism Ministry Secretary of State Thong Khon said developing Bokor is crucial to the development of neighboring Sihanoukville as an international tourist destination.
"It is so wonderful there, so we have dreamed about this for a long time," he said.
Kampot Governor Thach Khorn said that he had not yet heard of Sok Kong's plans for Bokor but welcomed the possibility of jobs for local people.
Eric Karatau, the proprietor of the Bokor Mountain Lodge in Kampot town, said he welcomes any improvement of the road up the mountain.
"As a businessman, I think that building a resort is great but it has to be done with taste.... It would be a shame if it became another Sihanoukville or Pattaya."
"We plan to build a hotel for local guests, a resort and villas," Sok Kong said by telephone, adding that the government has not yet signed a contract.
Sok Kong said his plan would cover several thousand hectares on the top of Bokor, home to a former casino resort abandoned since the 1970s.
Sokimex Vice President Sorn Sokna said that the initial phase of development on Bokor would involve $100 million in capital. A 300-room hotel, eight-hole golf course and 100 luxury villas would be built in the first phase as well as a vegetable farm and orchard. A new road would also be built, he said.
"Our engineers are studying the existing structures.... We think there is still a lot of empty space on the top of the mountain but those buildings may be renovated or moved," he said.
He said Sokimex is negotiating with overseas investors interested in the project. "I hope that the deal can be processed by the end of the year," he said.
Tourism Ministry Secretary of State Thong Khon said developing Bokor is crucial to the development of neighboring Sihanoukville as an international tourist destination.
"It is so wonderful there, so we have dreamed about this for a long time," he said.
Kampot Governor Thach Khorn said that he had not yet heard of Sok Kong's plans for Bokor but welcomed the possibility of jobs for local people.
Eric Karatau, the proprietor of the Bokor Mountain Lodge in Kampot town, said he welcomes any improvement of the road up the mountain.
"As a businessman, I think that building a resort is great but it has to be done with taste.... It would be a shame if it became another Sihanoukville or Pattaya."
9 comments:
development is good but the process has to be in transparency.
is this project in public bid?
These days AH SOK KONG seems to have endless of ideas to do this and do that! This bastard had enriched himself with hundred of million of dollars from ANGKOR WAT!
ANGKOR WAT is like one of Cambodian major oil field and it pumped million and million of dollars every years into Cambodia d why most Cambodian people fail to benefit from ANGKOR WAT is a mystery!
AH SOK KONG cookie cutter corruption ideas will catch up with him one day!
This Sok Kong is the money maker for CPP and he will be supported by CPP at all times, but he may step into Heng Poa's shoe one day
sok kong!
i hardly wait to see your project at bokor.Make sure you advertize it when the project is ready for operation.The way it work in Cambodia is bribery,so i suggest you go to Hun Sen's wife if you want the council to approve your application faster.
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