Street scene in Phnom Penh (Photo: Alain Ney, Cambodge Soir Hebdo)07 April 2009
Cambodge Soir Hebdo
Translated from French by Tola Ek
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Kep Chuktema, the Phnom Penh city governor, launched an appeal to residents of the capital to not disfigure the sidewalks and building façades by drying clothes and other clotheslines. Legal measures will be taken later.
In a communiqué addressed to the public on Monday 06 April, Kep Chuktema explained that hanging clothes to dry along sidewalks and house balconies must end. City residents living along major streets are mainly targeted by this communiqué.
According to Kep Chuktema, Phnom Penh is a political, economic, touristic and diplomatic center. The city received various awards, such as the one given out by London to city leaders, by Melbourne for the environmental policy, and the city also received the honor to participate in an expo in China titled: “Phnom Penh, a comfortable city in Cambodia.”
According to Kep chuktema, “the Phnom Penh municipality will take legal measures against residents who do not obey this order.”
However, this habit is well ingrained among numerous residents. The lack of education, as well as the poverty suffered by numerous families, will probably hamper this desire to embellish the city.
In a communiqué addressed to the public on Monday 06 April, Kep Chuktema explained that hanging clothes to dry along sidewalks and house balconies must end. City residents living along major streets are mainly targeted by this communiqué.
According to Kep Chuktema, Phnom Penh is a political, economic, touristic and diplomatic center. The city received various awards, such as the one given out by London to city leaders, by Melbourne for the environmental policy, and the city also received the honor to participate in an expo in China titled: “Phnom Penh, a comfortable city in Cambodia.”
According to Kep chuktema, “the Phnom Penh municipality will take legal measures against residents who do not obey this order.”
However, this habit is well ingrained among numerous residents. The lack of education, as well as the poverty suffered by numerous families, will probably hamper this desire to embellish the city.
10 comments:
Phnom Penh is a wild city . There is no traffic code . no civic rule and no good manner.
I agreed 100%. Rule of law is not respected in Cambodia. It's like a raging fire after that everything, as they termed it, is "normal". Enforcing needed to be done throughout as long as there is law prohibits it.
Nice one! Phnom Penh will be a new look! Much work to be done! Lets work.
Cambodian govt official should fine those people with big $$ for hanging their clothes all over, it's nasty and bad manner..
Phnom Penh city is the heart and the nations capital of cambodia, suppose to keep, look beautiful and cleans...
Those people got no manner at all! they must punish or fine, to teach them a lessons...
totally agree. people should not be hanging clotheline where everybody can see from the streets, etc... not only they are unsightly, they also show that some people have no clean manner or rude, or whatever!
Agree! And Huynh Sen need to stop chain-smoking in front of a camera and media footage. Bad influence for those who hang their clothes on the balcony.
Rules need to be abide by the enforcer's in order for others to follow.
Phnom Penh is our nation capital state of camodia, people must undestand that! people must not hung clothes, or taking a pee or dump on the street of the sidewalk! i've seen people still doing that shit along side, of the national road, it's fucken nasty shit! especially we got white folks travel along with us...
fucken people got no manner at all!
Ever been to Singapore? Clothe lines hang out of most residential buildings, so much so that tour guides have caught on that it can be a tourist attraction and generate cash, they take customers to places where they get a good view of this, why not? At least the building facades are maintained in a relatively good condition. I don't think it is such a bad thing to hang clothe out of your window, especially when it takes away form the fact that the building is falling to ruin.
i think someone should open up a laundromat for business everywhere in cambodia. make it modern laundromat facility like th coin or money operated one as private business. i bet it will be a good business since most people don't have washer and dryer. make sure it's affordable though so it is fair and cheap for people to do laundry without having to break their bank account. god bless cambodia.
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