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Pristine environment may be taken over by Chinese hydroelectric dams under Hun Sen's watch
Children stand on a bridge across a river in the Teuk Chu valley resort in Kamport province, 146 km (91 miles) west of Phnom Penh, March 24, 2008. In the last two years, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen has agreed to at least four Chinese-funded hydropower projects as part of a $3 billion scheme to boost output from a measly 300 MW today to 1,000 MW in a decade, enough to power a small city. To match feature CAMBODIA-DAM/ REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Girls walk across stones in the river in the Teuk Chu valley resort in Kamport province, 146 km (91 miles) west of Phnom Penh, March 24, 2008. In the last two years, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen has agreed to at least four Chinese-funded hydropower projects as part of a $3 billion scheme to boost output from a measly 300 MW today to 1,000 MW in a decade, enough to power a small city. To match feature CAMBODIA-DAM/ REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
People play in the river in the Teuk Chu valley resort in Kamport province, 146 km (91 miles) west of Phnom Penh, March 24, 2008. In the last two years, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen has agreed to at least four Chinese-funded hydropower projects as part of a $3 billion scheme to boost output from a measly 300 MW today to 1,000 MW in a decade, enough to power a small city. The sign reads, "Please keep the valley clean". To match feature CAMBODIA-DAM/ REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
People play in the river in the Teuk Chu valley resort in Kamport province, 146 km (91 miles) west of Phnom Penh, March 24, 2008. In the last two years, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen has agreed to at least four Chinese-funded hydropower projects as part of a $3 billion scheme to boost output from a measly 300 MW today to 1,000 MW in a decade, enough to power a small city. To match feature CAMBODIA-DAM/ REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Children stand on a bridge across a river in the Teuk Chu valley resort in Kamport province, 146 km (91 miles) west of Phnom Penh, March 24, 2008. In the last two years, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen has agreed to at least four Chinese-funded hydropower projects as part of a $3 billion scheme to boost output from a measly 300 MW today to 1,000 MW in a decade, enough to power a small city. To match feature CAMBODIA-DAM/ REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Girls walk across stones in the river in the Teuk Chu valley resort in Kamport province, 146 km (91 miles) west of Phnom Penh, March 24, 2008. In the last two years, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen has agreed to at least four Chinese-funded hydropower projects as part of a $3 billion scheme to boost output from a measly 300 MW today to 1,000 MW in a decade, enough to power a small city. To match feature CAMBODIA-DAM/ REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea 
People play in the river in the Teuk Chu valley resort in Kamport province, 146 km (91 miles) west of Phnom Penh, March 24, 2008. In the last two years, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen has agreed to at least four Chinese-funded hydropower projects as part of a $3 billion scheme to boost output from a measly 300 MW today to 1,000 MW in a decade, enough to power a small city. The sign reads, "Please keep the valley clean". To match feature CAMBODIA-DAM/ REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
People play in the river in the Teuk Chu valley resort in Kamport province, 146 km (91 miles) west of Phnom Penh, March 24, 2008. In the last two years, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen has agreed to at least four Chinese-funded hydropower projects as part of a $3 billion scheme to boost output from a measly 300 MW today to 1,000 MW in a decade, enough to power a small city. To match feature CAMBODIA-DAM/ REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
8 comments:
People needn't play in the river when they could instead play in a modern park with clean water that is powered by our new hydroelectric power plant.
I favor the electrification of Cambodia to jump start Cambodian weak economy!
Without sacrifice and there is nothing can be achieved!
12:43,
the Khmer Rouge too asked people to sacrifice for the Revolution in the name of rapid development. However, ill conceived government policy can have disastrous on the people they mean to help. There must be a benefit/cost analysis for both short and long term.
10:48, there is a difference between sacrificing people and sacrificing lands and rivers, you know?
11:13,
when you sacrificed the LANDS and RIVERS you are sacrifcing the PEOPLE.
The people need furtile lands to plant their crops and forests for other resources such as timblers to build their homes and wild lifes for foods. They need unpolluted and heathly rivers for fishs and irigation.
A missmanagement of the lands and rivers is a missmangement of the people.
Are you for real, 12:01, virtually all country on the planet got hydroelectric power plan, dude, and I never hear anyone complaining about sacrificing anyone over it. Stop dreaming, will ya?
sorry, life is not fair to everybody. get use to it as it is not unique to cambodia. yes, other countries have dams for electricity and i don't hear people complaining about this or that like when cambodia is doing it. so go bitch elsewhere where they build much bigger dams than in cambodia and leave cambodia alone!
let me ask you dumb questions: how many dams (after you research) in thailand, vietnam, and other countries of the world? well, then go bitch and whine at those countries and leave cambodia alone about dams! how else are we suppose to get enough electricity and energy for our growing population and economy? if you think you have better ideas or concepts to help cambodia, then say so constructively, but don't just bitch and whine about it because you are no good for cambodia. thank you.
Amen brother!
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