The Cambodian government will invest 2.5 billion U.S. dollars to develop the kingdom's road system from now to 2025, an official said on Tuesday.
"Developing road system is a main factor for helping reduce poverty in this country, because people can transport their products to sell in markets. Roads will make them feel easy to travel and communicate between city and rural areas," said Sun Chan Thol, Minister of Public Works and Transportation.
The budget will also help improve transportation safety in the country, he said, while addressing his ministry's annual work review.
"We are considering to find aid and loan from the Asian Bank of Development, the World Bank and the Australian government of about 42 million U.S. dollars to facilitate the plan," he added.
During last week's Khmer New Year, some 50 people died and over 300 were injured in road accidents, which have become the third largest killer for the Cambodians after AIDS and mines, according to statistics released along the meeting.
Source: Xinhua
"Developing road system is a main factor for helping reduce poverty in this country, because people can transport their products to sell in markets. Roads will make them feel easy to travel and communicate between city and rural areas," said Sun Chan Thol, Minister of Public Works and Transportation.
The budget will also help improve transportation safety in the country, he said, while addressing his ministry's annual work review.
"We are considering to find aid and loan from the Asian Bank of Development, the World Bank and the Australian government of about 42 million U.S. dollars to facilitate the plan," he added.
During last week's Khmer New Year, some 50 people died and over 300 were injured in road accidents, which have become the third largest killer for the Cambodians after AIDS and mines, according to statistics released along the meeting.
Source: Xinhua
corruption is the number one killer in Cambodia not Aids
ReplyDeleteGod damn! It is about time!
ReplyDeleteBut sometime I have doubt in a very big project such road construction as this one and there is abound to be corruption somewhere in the political system! Such as give contract to their own family member or associate, inner circle dealing among high government official to inflate the cost for construction, and contractor is cutting cost by using low quality materials to make more profit...
I wonder if these roads are big enough for a big rig( 18 wheelers) to make a turn especially left and right turn???Most of Cambodian road are so fucken small and it has become a hazard!!!
DOES ANYONE HERE EVER LEARN ANYTHING FROM THE KHMER ROUGE? I DON'T GET IT THE KHMER ROUGE SAID NO CORRUPTION BUT YOU IDIOT ARE COMING WITH THAT AGAIN, WHAT HAPPEN WHEN KHMER HAVE ANOTHER REVOLUTION? WHO WILL BE FUCK UP THIS TIME? I KNOW RICH PIG WOULD TAKE OFF ON JET WAIT UNTIL EVERYONE HAS KILLED EACH OTHER THAN THEY COME BACK AND MAKE MORE MONEY FROM IT. DON'T YOU GET IT KHMER? THE VIETNAMESE ARE WATCHING ON AND WAITING TO TAKE YOUR HOME WITH MORON KHMER BUSY WITH MONEY. FUCK THE PIGS AND FUCK HUN SEN.
ReplyDeleteOh shut the fuck up! Corruption is
ReplyDeleteeverywere: The Pentagon, the
Katrina fund, The UN, ..., you
name it.
Who give a damn? As long it doesn't
get out of control, we should be
alright.
Stop being such a babies, will ya?
you mother bally was corrupted 8:56pm
ReplyDeletethat Bonary Hun Xen's belly?
ReplyDeleteCut the bullshit, gangs, everyone
ReplyDeleteexagerated their tax deductions
everywhere. You call that
corruption, huh? And I don't even
want to talk about those who travel
on bussiness. I mean how they
filled their expense report and
shit. Again, we got better thing
to do than to spend millions trying
to clean up nickles and dimes.
To 6:38AM!
ReplyDeleteYou think that Uncle SAM don't know!!ahahahahahahh! You are just a little shrimp in the pond and why bother with just a little exaggeration but you still pay tax at the end anyway!!!!ahahhahhahha
Do you really think that your little exaggeration with your tax deduction will help get rich???? You ain't get rich with Uncle SAM and that is the reality!!!!!
12:23, people don't go the extra
ReplyDeletemiles for nothing if you know what
I mean.