Monday, April 25, 2011

Border closure costing [Thai] traders dearly

25/04/2011
Bangkok Post

Trade worth 15 to 20 million baht a day is being lost due to the closure of the Chong Chom border checkpoint in Kab Choeng district of Surin because of the renewed fighting on the border with Cambodia, a local business leader said on Monday.

A large quantity of good, particularly fuel, was held up on the Thai side of the border unable to cross to its usual destination in O-Samet in Cambodia’s Oddar Meanchey province, said Nanthawat Kijsakulpaisarn, secretary-general of Surin Chamber of Commerce.

Cross-border trade at this checkpoint was worth some 800 million baht annually. The closure was costing between 15 and 20 million baht a day in lost revenues, he said.


He called on the Thai and Cambodian governments to urgently hold talks to end the conflict.

The border crossing has been closed since Friday.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Even though Thai army fire thousand missiles into Cambodia and kill as many Khmer army. Dr. Hun Sen is a great leader who practice sensible, desire no war. That is What Khmer TV always say when every time they present the news in Cambodia!

But Dr. Hun Sen is very extremely cruelty toward his own people such as K5 policy, Coup 1997 and so on...He murdered thousands of patriot Khmers during 1997 coup by shooting in the head one by one, not one or two Khmers life but thousands Khmer lives have been cut shortly by PhD Dr. Hun Sen. Why doesn’t Dr. Hun Sen love peace at 1997 coup, as now with Thai? I wonder how many Cambodian life has PhD Dr. Hun Sen taken so far but why does he practice sensible, peaceful with Thai and Viet? But not with his own Cambodian people.

How come Dr. Hun Sen has no mercy on his own people but he has plenty mercy on Thai and Viet. I am Khmer but I don't understand.

Can anyone please explain why?

Anonymous said...

DING DONG DING DONG DING DONG........

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh...

It's time to go to a massage parlor.

Anonymous said...

រាជធានីភ្នំពេញ ៖ នៅថ្ងៃទី​​​២៤ មេសា ២០១១ ​ម្សិលមិញ កងទាហាន​ឈ្លានពាន​ថៃ បានធ្វើការ​វាយ​លុក​​​ជា​ច្រើន​​​លើកច្រើនសា ​​​រួម​ជា​មួយនឹង​ការបាញ់​ផ្លោងជាង​​​១.០០០​គ្រាប់​ ​​មក​លើ​​​​កង​​យោធ​ពលខេមរ​ភូមិន្ទ​​​ ដែលឈរ​ជើង​​​​នៅ​តំបន់​​​ប្រាសាទ​​តាមាន់ ​និង​ប្រាសាទ​តាក្របី ​​ក្នុង​គោលបំណង​​​ដណ្តើ​កាន់​កាប់​​ប្រាសាទ ។

Over 1000 shells of 155mm into Cambodia

Anonymous said...

3:31 PM

Hun Sen wants to his finger into your ass.

Anonymous said...

Thai knew so well who first started this war.
For the daily lost of 15 to 20 Million baths, Thai people should ask the Thai government in Bangkok for the compensation, because they are the responsible for this conflict.