Hun Xen wants map updates showing new bridges … how about map updates showing Yuon encroachments?

Tuesday 01 June 2010
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

Hun Xen asked the ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction to update Cambodia’s map. Hun Xen made this request during the inauguration of the Cambodian-Chinese Friendship Prek Kdam bridge in the morning of 31 May 2010. Hun Xen said: “Now, the Cambodian maps do not include the Prek Kdam bridge yet. The Sekong bridge is not included either, therefore, all the bridges, large and small, that have been newly built should be included in the maps because these maps do not reflect the current situation.” Hun Xen added that when he checked maps, he never saw in there the new bridges that were built. Therefore, it is time to update these maps so that they can be sent to Google, which published wrong maps on Cambodia, for a correct publication, because right now, the Google website does not show these new bridges either. Therefore the Cambodian maps must be updated, Hun Xen added.

Prek Kdam Bridge

Video by Uon Chhin, RFA

Cambodia launches construction of Prek Kdam Bridge over Tonle sap River [built by a Chinese company, with a Chinese loan]

June 11, 2007

The Cambodian government held ground breaking ceremony on Monday for the construction of the Prek Kdam Bridge over Tonle sap River, which is under preferential buyer's credit loan from China.

The bridge will become a transportation hub of Cambodia, Prime Minister Hun Sen said while addressing the ceremony, adding that it will help promote the economic development of this country.

According to the project information, the Prek Kdam Bridge is 975 meters in length and 13.5 meters in width, with a designed traffic speed of 60 km per hour.

The construction period of the 28.78 million U.S. dollars project will last 50 months, it said. The contractor of the project is Shanghai Construction (Group) General Company from China.

The China Eximbank signed an agreement with the Cambodian government on Jan. 22 to offer 207 million U.S. dollars of loans to develop Cambodian infrastructure construction, including the construction of the National Road No. 8, the National Road No. 76, the Prek Tamak Bridge over Mekong River and the Prek Kdam Bridge.

Source: Xinhua

Hun Sen's inauguration of the Prek Kdam bridge construction and his indignation over Thailand's accusation of JI link

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, right, greets students at a ceremony to inaugurate construction of a Chinese-funded bridge at Prek Kdam village, some 30 kilometers (19 miles) north of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, June 11, 2007. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen talks at a ceremony to inaugurate construction of a Chinese-funded bridge at Prek Kdam village, some 30 kilometers (19 miles) north of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, June 11, 2007. Hun Sen on Monday angrily called as 'irresponsible and unacceptable' recent comments by a Thai army general accusing Cambodian Muslims of being linked to the regional Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist group and joining insurgents in southern Thailand. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, right, talks with Surasak Suparat, left, a senior Thai embassy official, at a ceremony to inaugurate construction of a Chinese-funded bridge at Prek Kdam village, some 30 kilometers (19 miles) north of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, June 11, 2007. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

A strange thing happened along Hun Sen's path to the inauguration of the Chinese-funded Prek Kdam bridge construction

Only in Cambodia will you see this: A Buddhist nun forced to wave a flag of the communist and atheist People's Republic of China.

Cambodian nuns hold Cambodian and Chinese national flags to keep cold from the sun light at a ceremony to inaugurate construction of a Chinese-funded bridge at Prek Kdam village, some 30 kilometers (19 miles) north of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, June 11, 2007. Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday angrily called as 'irresponsible and unacceptable' recent comments by a Thai army general accusing Cambodian Muslims of being linked to the regional Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist group and joining insurgents in southern Thailand. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Opening of Prek Ta Meak bridge construction sites

Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

The Rasmei Kampuchea newspaper reported that Prime Minister Hun Sen will inaugurate the opening of the Prek Ta Meak and Prek Kdam bridge construction sites on 06 and 11 June 2007. An official from the Ministry of Public Works said that the planned Prek Ta Meak bridge will be 1060-meter long, and will cost $43 million to build, and the Prek Kdam bridge will be 875-meter long and will cost $28 million. The two bridges will be built the Shanghai company with portion of the $200 million package loan funds provided by China for the construction of National Road No. 8, and a section of National Road No. 76. The Prek Kdam bridge is the first bridge that will cross the Tonle Sap river, linking National Road No. 5 to National Road No. 6. The Prek Ta Meak bridge is the second bridge in Cambodia crossing the Mekong river, the first bridge crossing the Mekong river is the Kizona bridge (Tonle Bit bridge).