Phnom Penh, August 16, 2007
AKP
The Bangkok Mass Transmit System (BTS) will build two electricity sky train lines in Cambodia's Phnom Penh City, Chinese News Agency quoted local media as saying on Wednesday.
BTS plans to invest 500 million U.S. dollars to this project, May Vuthy, representative of the BTS Company to Cambodia, was quoted by Cambodian-language magazine Star as saying.
One seven-km sky train line is from Japanese-Cambodian Friendship Bridge to Monivong Bridge, May Vuthy said, adding that another eight km line is from the Central Market to Steung Meanchey, the garment industry hub.
The Cambodian government and BTS from Thailand have studied about the project and they will cooperate to build it, the magazine added.
According to the plan, BTS will build the project from 2008 to 2011, May Vuthy said, adding that the two-way sky train lines will run from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. with about one dollar for a ticket.
"When we have the electricity sky train lines, it will help to reduce the traffic jam", Deputy Governor of Phnom Penh Chreang Sophan said, adding that it will attract more tourists.
BTS plans to invest 500 million U.S. dollars to this project, May Vuthy, representative of the BTS Company to Cambodia, was quoted by Cambodian-language magazine Star as saying.
One seven-km sky train line is from Japanese-Cambodian Friendship Bridge to Monivong Bridge, May Vuthy said, adding that another eight km line is from the Central Market to Steung Meanchey, the garment industry hub.
The Cambodian government and BTS from Thailand have studied about the project and they will cooperate to build it, the magazine added.
According to the plan, BTS will build the project from 2008 to 2011, May Vuthy said, adding that the two-way sky train lines will run from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. with about one dollar for a ticket.
"When we have the electricity sky train lines, it will help to reduce the traffic jam", Deputy Governor of Phnom Penh Chreang Sophan said, adding that it will attract more tourists.
5 comments:
Adding "Sky Train" Line will make Phom Penh NO DIFFERENCE from other stressful cities around the world.
Attracting more tourists? That is not true. Tourists come to Cambodia for its historical and cultural landscapes, not the SKY-TRAIN. If they want sky trains, every where in the world has them.
At a quick glance, it sounds like development. On the other hands, this will destroy Cambodia's rich nature.
Please develop people's health care and basic infrastructure before thinking about this useless modern development.
Is it the first of april ?
What is the need for these 2 lines? Your studies on this project have failed. They will not serve their purposes. The money can be used somewhere else (i.e. restore old railway for transporting goods, build access roads, etc...) to reduce poverty, not to create more poverty and let foreign companies reaping money and laughing all the way to the bank. Please learn the lesson from Long Chhin's case. Only the local tourists will be first want to try something new. Foreign tourists already fed up with this thing, that's why they go there to get away from it. A dollar ticket will not get a lot of people on board. So what is the point?
When I read this article and just laugh my head off! ahahhahahhahh!
The Thaicong couldn't even build decent roads contracted by AH HUN SEN government and now they want to build the so called "Sky Train"? The Thaicong tried to embellish this project so much that they have to use the word "train" which is full of bullshit! This kind of project is called the "metro or light rail" because train doesn’t just use electric but also use huge powerful diesel engine!
To built a train which ran about (15Km = 9.32 miles) and cost about 500 million dollars? This is a fucken rip off on dirt poor Cambodian people! So how much does it costs to maintain the whole system? Most light rail system last about 35 years and become obsolete! What about monorail system?
So $500 million/15Km = $33million per Kilometer! Fuck this! I say use the 500 million dollars to build more roads and to create more jobs for dirt poor Cambodian people is the better way to go!
The magnitude of this kind of project deserves a bid from all international players who have the advance technology and the ability to do it! The countries such as Japan and Germany are renowned for such technology!
If AH May Vuthy want to attract more tourists, I suggest that this mother fucker better cleaning up the whole the City of Phom Phen and start with the sewage system, modern toilet system, and the fucken roads or streets and the architecture and landscape…! Most tourists when they arrive to country and they want to walk around and take some picture which mean the fucken architectures, the landscape, and the walkway need to be clean, wide enough to walk and look welcoming! Presently, there are too many run down building and houses and more are being constructed with disregard for artistic value or expression for a quick profit! The whole creation of Phnom Phen city just another "ASIAN SLUM" for the lack of city planning! The fucken roads and streets are fucken death trap which kills more people every year! By the way the fucken Vietcong monument must go because it won’t help attract tourist either!
Here is something to compare with!
"Long Beach - Los Angeles Metro Blue Line
Owner: Los Angeles County Transportation Commission (LACTC)
Location: Los Angeles, California
Prime: Transcal (PBQD/DMJM)
Project Cost: $746 Million
KKCS provided change order estimating support, scheduling and claims analysis for the (21-mile = 34Km), 18 station light rail project. KKCS staff performed duties in various field office sites with direct reporting lines to Transcal management.
Staff maintained schedules and related documentation through the use of LACTC systems as well as fair cost estimating in support of construction related change orders. Assistance for claims research and negotiation was provided on systems contracts."
http://www.kkcsworld.com/R.html
you're right that is fucking project to creat more poverty.
the better way to build more roads,sewage systems,cleaning roads in pp to avoid harmful to cambodian not to keep only your pocket please look at the poeple health.
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