Japan signed an agreement to provide a $131 million grant to Cambodia to build what will be the longest bridge across the Mekong River and a major link in a regional transport network.
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
Reuters
Japan signed an agreement on Wednesday to provide a $131 million grant to Cambodia to build what will be the longest bridge across the Mekong River and a major link in a regional transport network.
Construction of the bridge over the Mekong, at the town of Neak Leoung, southeast of the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, is expected to begin soon and should be completed by 2015.
"It's to contribute to the transfer of people and goods for Cambodia and all the Mekong region," Japan's ambassador to Cambodia, Masafumi Kuroki, told reporters at the signing ceremony.
Cambodia is still rebuilding its infrastructure, with the help of foreign aid donors, after decades of war and turmoil that ended in the 1990s.
Travellers now have to use a ferry to cross the river at Neak Leoung, a major bottleneck on the main road between Phnom Penh and Vietnam.
Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong said the bridge would facilitate the transport of goods and people between Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and China.
"This bridge is very important, not only for Cambodia, but also for all countries in the Mekong region," the minister said.
Japan took the lead at an aid donors conference this month when Cambodia was promised a total of $1.1 billion in aid for 2010, more than the government had been expecting, to support a goal of 6 percent economic growth for the year.
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
Reuters
Japan signed an agreement on Wednesday to provide a $131 million grant to Cambodia to build what will be the longest bridge across the Mekong River and a major link in a regional transport network.
Construction of the bridge over the Mekong, at the town of Neak Leoung, southeast of the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, is expected to begin soon and should be completed by 2015.
"It's to contribute to the transfer of people and goods for Cambodia and all the Mekong region," Japan's ambassador to Cambodia, Masafumi Kuroki, told reporters at the signing ceremony.
Cambodia is still rebuilding its infrastructure, with the help of foreign aid donors, after decades of war and turmoil that ended in the 1990s.
Travellers now have to use a ferry to cross the river at Neak Leoung, a major bottleneck on the main road between Phnom Penh and Vietnam.
Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong said the bridge would facilitate the transport of goods and people between Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and China.
"This bridge is very important, not only for Cambodia, but also for all countries in the Mekong region," the minister said.
Japan took the lead at an aid donors conference this month when Cambodia was promised a total of $1.1 billion in aid for 2010, more than the government had been expecting, to support a goal of 6 percent economic growth for the year.
10 comments:
Of 131 million, 31 millions will be used as plan. 100 millions will be divided in assorted portions as to sizes and ranks for all thieves from top to buttom.
cambodia have been waiting for neak loeung bridge by japan for a long time. thank you japan for contributing to cambodia's development. we love japan forever. khmer/japan for eternity.
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and you get none of it. that's why you're bitching, bitch. lol
One of the midium portion will be sent to me by ah Hun Xen every time he get the international aid, that's why I know how the aid is divided, lol!
when cambodian use the laws of the land or the rule of law, ah Kwack Goverment will have no chance in cambodia, really! i think cambodian people in cambodia are getting smarter by the minute, really! opposition is still backward and stupid, and they still live in the dark ages and stone ages, at least in their mentality, you know! stop being stupid for a change, please, for the sake of cambodia, ok!
STOP playing with ah Kwack! and use people power to kick morhetfuckers to hell!
REALLY!!!
Really! Ok! Really!
Any condition with this huge amount of money?
Many thanks to Japan for building this long bridge over the Mekong river. America, shame on you, you too should help build this or other bridges, and also to help heal the wound of Indochina war. Many of us old enough still remember in 1975, Neak Loung was bombed heavily by American B52's by President Nixon to help stop the Khmer Rouge.
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Huynh Xanh OWNED the country!
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