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| A Cambodian fisherman washes clothes on his family's wooden boat moored along Tonle Bassac river bank in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, July 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) |
Showing posts with label Tonle Bassac commune. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tonle Bassac commune. Show all posts
Friday, July 15, 2011
Life on the Tonle Bassac River in Phnom Penh
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Development Must Mean Compensation: Expert
Am Sam Ath, an investigator for Adhoc, on 'Hello VOA' Monday.By Kong Sothanarith, VOA Khmer
Phnom Penh
10 April 2009
Evictions in Cambodia are not resolved at a scale equal to the development of Cambodian, a rights activist said Monday, at a time when yet another community in Phnom Penh is facing eviction.
Residents of Reak Reay say they are will be uprooted from their home in the Tonle Bassac commune of central Phnom Penh.
While “development is good,” authorities must also meet the needs of the people, said Am Sam Ath, an investigator for the rights group Adhoc, as a guest on “Hello VOA.”
“Residents wish that authorities will develop [further] by balancing the interest of the villagers with the interest of the company or state,” he said.
“We can see during each eviction people crying, and they don’t want to leave their location,” he said.
Out of 209 Reak Reay families, 150 have agreed to leave the site new construction for Canadia Bank.
Families bought the land from the military after 1999, and Cambodian law stipulates residency of property after possession of five years, he said. But since 2006, the families have been facing pressure to leave. More negotiations with the city are expected after the Khmer New Year.
“Article 44 of the constitution says that the property of someone can be withdrawn for the interest of the public, and the owner must have reasonable compensation,” he said.
Pressuring people to leave constitutes an abuse of human rights, he said. “Authorities must remain in a neutral stance and serve the interests of both residents and investors.”
Phnom Penh’s rapid development has left the outskirts—where many displaced families end up—without infrastructure.
“They cannot find jobs or school for their children,” he said. “They must come to Phnom Penh and rent a house to work a job.”
Residents of Reak Reay say they are will be uprooted from their home in the Tonle Bassac commune of central Phnom Penh.
While “development is good,” authorities must also meet the needs of the people, said Am Sam Ath, an investigator for the rights group Adhoc, as a guest on “Hello VOA.”
“Residents wish that authorities will develop [further] by balancing the interest of the villagers with the interest of the company or state,” he said.
“We can see during each eviction people crying, and they don’t want to leave their location,” he said.
Out of 209 Reak Reay families, 150 have agreed to leave the site new construction for Canadia Bank.
Families bought the land from the military after 1999, and Cambodian law stipulates residency of property after possession of five years, he said. But since 2006, the families have been facing pressure to leave. More negotiations with the city are expected after the Khmer New Year.
“Article 44 of the constitution says that the property of someone can be withdrawn for the interest of the public, and the owner must have reasonable compensation,” he said.
Pressuring people to leave constitutes an abuse of human rights, he said. “Authorities must remain in a neutral stance and serve the interests of both residents and investors.”
Phnom Penh’s rapid development has left the outskirts—where many displaced families end up—without infrastructure.
“They cannot find jobs or school for their children,” he said. “They must come to Phnom Penh and rent a house to work a job.”
Friday, March 28, 2008
Villagers to demonstrate in front of Hun Sen’s mansion
27 March 2008
By Ung Chansophea
Cambodge Soir Hebdo
Translated from French by Luc Sâr
By Ung Chansophea
Cambodge Soir Hebdo
Translated from French by Luc Sâr
A delegation of about 100 people will show up in front of the gate to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s mansion in Takhmao on Friday 28 March, at about 6:00 AM. The delegation wants to attract the attention of the government leader over the land conflict pitting 3 groups of villagers in Phnom Penh against private companies. These communities (Group 78, Dey Kraham, and Reekreay) live in the Bassac district. They must vacate their lands for real estate development. Lim Likheang, a representative of Gorup 78, hopes that this action will bear fruit: “The prime minister intervened in favor of villagers in a land dispute in Sihanoukville. I hope that he will do the same for us.” Hun Sen did present his excuses publicly following the shooting of one of the demonstrators (in Sihanoukville). He also returned one portion of the lands back to the villagers.
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
S. Korean company to build skyscraper, new cities in Cambodia [on land grabbed from poor Cambodians who are relegated to areas devoid of services]
January 09, 2008
A South Korean construction company has unveiled plans to construct a skyscraper and new cities in Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville, local newspaper on Wednesday quoted an advisor to Prime Minister Hun Sen as saying.
Kevin Kab Ryal Kim, executive director of GS Engineering and Construction, told Hun Sen of the projects during a meeting in Phnom Penh on Tuesday at the premier's residence in Kandal province's Ta Khmao district, according to Cambodian-language newspaper the Kampuchea Thmey.
Sry Thamrong, advisor to Hun Sen, said that the firm will begin constructing a 53-storey international financial building in mid-2008 on nearly seven hectares of land near the Russian Embassy in Phnom Penh's Tonle Bassac commune and the construction is scheduled to be completed in 2012.
In the building, there will be supermarkets, shops, offices, schools, and apartments able to accommodate around 10,000 people, said the advisor, adding that the plan will create 3,000 jobs, reported another Cambodian-language newspaper the Rasmei Kampuchea.
Kevin Kab Ryal Kim said that his company also plans to construct a satellite city on 145 hectares of land on the outskirts on Phnom Penh alongside National Road 6, adding that another city with five-star hotels and an international airport will be built in Sihanoukville.
Hun Sen expressed support for the firm's projects and vowed to ask state institutions to ease the company's work, said the newspaper.
South Korea surpassed China in 2006 to become the largest foreign investor in Cambodia.
Source: Xinhua
Kevin Kab Ryal Kim, executive director of GS Engineering and Construction, told Hun Sen of the projects during a meeting in Phnom Penh on Tuesday at the premier's residence in Kandal province's Ta Khmao district, according to Cambodian-language newspaper the Kampuchea Thmey.
Sry Thamrong, advisor to Hun Sen, said that the firm will begin constructing a 53-storey international financial building in mid-2008 on nearly seven hectares of land near the Russian Embassy in Phnom Penh's Tonle Bassac commune and the construction is scheduled to be completed in 2012.
In the building, there will be supermarkets, shops, offices, schools, and apartments able to accommodate around 10,000 people, said the advisor, adding that the plan will create 3,000 jobs, reported another Cambodian-language newspaper the Rasmei Kampuchea.
Kevin Kab Ryal Kim said that his company also plans to construct a satellite city on 145 hectares of land on the outskirts on Phnom Penh alongside National Road 6, adding that another city with five-star hotels and an international airport will be built in Sihanoukville.
Hun Sen expressed support for the firm's projects and vowed to ask state institutions to ease the company's work, said the newspaper.
South Korea surpassed China in 2006 to become the largest foreign investor in Cambodia.
Source: Xinhua
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