Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Hun Sen's gov't mulls selling rubber plantations ... what else is left to sell next?

May 23, 2007
Cambodian gov't mulls privatizing rubber plantations

The Cambodian government is accepting bids for 99-year leases on three state-owned rubber plantations in Kompong Cham province as the first step toward privatizing several government agricultural institutions, the Cambodia Daily newspaper reported Wednesday.

The government's 7,000-hectare Chamkar Andoung plantation, the 8,000-hectare Boeng Ket plantation and the 9,000-hectare Memot plantation are now available to private investors, Chan Ponika, administration chief for the National Divestment Committee's permanent secretariat office at the Council of Ministers, was quoted as saying.

The divestment committee placed adverts in local papers from Monday onwards to solicit bids, Chan Ponika said.

The bidding, which ends July 24, will be transparent and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is involved, Chan Ponika added.

Teng Lao, secretary of state at the Cambodian Ministry of Agriculture, said the ADB has encouraged the government to privatize state-owned agricultural companies.

The ADB raised the issue that the state should withdraw its hands from rubber, fisheries and agricultural product companies, he said.

Source: Xinhua

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's not a lease but the land Hun Sen gave to the Vietnamese.

Anonymous said...

Even so, this will make the
vietnameses compete with each
other, and we (Khmer) people will
win!!! We don't want the State to
have any monopoly. It will be bad
for the economy.

Anonymous said...

True that's the land Hun Sen gave to the Vietnamese under the illegal treaty. Hun Sen is afraid of rising so the Vietnamese and Hun Sen used the term "Lease" instead of ceding or selling.

Anonymous said...

Well, we do whatever needed to done
for the good of the people.

Anonymous said...

Ah Hun Kwak will sell everything in Cambodia, next he will sell Mee Bunary's clitoris, after that he will sell his own stinky dick.

Anonymous said...

"LEASE", not "sell", you're moron!

Anonymous said...

Hey 1:55am look at the title. "SELL" not "LEASE" you are fucking blind or what?

Anonymous said...

LOL, 10:05, you have been under
Mee Yeakkeney's spell, bro. Snap
out of it!