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Monthly Archives: April 2012
Strict Policies Needed to Stop Land Grabs: Advocate
Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer ,April.24 2012 In this photo taken Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010, a service train operated by Toll Royal Cambodia passes over a river, just south of the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh. An Australian joint venture has a … Continue reading
PP Post: ADB Petition Response Provokes Villagers
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Cassandra Yeap, Apr. 19, 2012, Phnom Penh Post The Asian Development Bank has responded to a petition filed by Phnom Penh evictees of the national railway rehabilitation project, a bank spokesperson said yesterday. ADB operations coordinator Mao … Continue reading
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Tagged ADB, AusAID, Cambodia, railways, relocation
ប្រព័ន្ធផ្លូវដែកធ្វើឲ្យកម្ពុជាប្រកួតប្រជែងខាងតម្លៃ
STUART ALAN , Phnom Penh Post,ថ្ងៃពុធ ទី ១៨ខែមេសា ឆ្នាំ ២០១២ ផ្លូវដែកទុកចោលមិនប្រើប្រាស់។ ផ្លូវដែកនេះនឹងត្រូវគេជួសជុលឡើងវិញសម្រាប់ការដឹកជញ្ជូន។ ភ្នំពេញៈ បើកម្ពុជានឹងក្លាយជាតួអង្គមួយនៅទីផ្សារអង្ករក្នុងពិភពលោក ប្រព័ន្ធផ្លូវដែកត្រូវតែធ្វើឲ្យបានរួចរាល់ក្នុងឆ្នាំ២០១៣។ នេះបើតាមលោក ហ៊ុន ឡាក់ ប្រធានក្រុមហ៊ុននាំអង្ករមេគង្គអូរីហ្សា។ លោក ហ៊ុន ឡាក់ លើកឡើងថា ការកាត់បន្ថយការដឹកជញ្ជូនពីដែនដីជង្រុកស្រូវនៅប៉ែកពាយ័ព្យប្រទេសកម្ពុជា មករាជធានីភ្នំពេញគឺសំខាន់ខ្លាំងណាស់ក្នុងការធ្វើឲ្យ កម្ពុជាអាចប្រកួតប្រជែងនៅលើទីផ្សារអង្ករអន្តរជាតិបាន។ លោកថ្លែងថា៖ «ថ្លៃដឹកជញ្ជូនជាកង្វល់ដ៏សំខាន់មួយនៅឡើយ។ ប្រព័ន្ធផ្លូវដែកជាមធ្យោបាយមួយដ៏មានប្រសិទ្ធភាព និងគួរឲ្យជឿទុកចិត្តបំផុតក្នុងការកាត់បន្ថយថ្លៃដឹកជញ្ជូន និងបង្កើនការប្រកួតប្រជែងខាងទីផ្សារពិតប្រាកដមួយសម្រាប់អង្ករ របស់យើង»។ ផ្នែកជាច្រើននៃបឹងទន្លេសាបមានជម្រៅរាក់ខ្លាំងពេកសម្រាប់ការ ដឹកជញ្ជូនអង្ករតាមផ្លូវទឹក ដូច្នេះមានតែតាមរយៈផ្លូវរថភ្លើង ទើបជាវិធីដ៏មានប្រសិទ្ធភាពបំផុត ដើម្បីសម្រេចបានទិសដៅនាំចេញអង្ករត្រឹមឆ្នាំ២០១៥។ លោក ហ៊ុន ឡាក់ និយាយថា៖ «ការបណ្ដាក់ទុនដ៏ធំមួយក្នុងការបង្កើតហេដ្ឋារចនាសម្ព័ន្ធដូចជា … Continue reading
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Tagged Phnom Penh
New Environmental Monitoring Report continues to highlight TSO failures
The recently released Environmental Monitoring Report #10 prepared by Nippon Koei Co. Ltd. for the ADB and AusAID funded Rehabilitation of Cambodia’s Railways Project continues to highlight maltreatment of track construction workers by Thai-French joint venture TSO. Similarly to report … Continue reading
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Tagged ADB, AusAID, Cambodia, railways, rehabilitation, TSO, workers' conditions
PP Post: Railway Evictees Step Up Fight
Chay Channyda, Phnom Penh Post, Apr. 9, 2012 Evictees of the national railway rehabilitation project are stepping up pressure on the Asian Development Bank, submitting a petition to the funder today about violence at the relocation site a week after … Continue reading
Violence Breaks Out at Railway Relocation Site
Kuch Naren, The Cambodia Daily,April.08 2012
NGO Media Statement Condemns Relocation Site Violence and Railways Eviction Notice
Media Statement Apr. 6, 2012 Phnom Penh Bridges Across Borders Cambodia (BABC), Housing Rights Task Force (HRTF), Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT) and Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) condemn the violent and unprovoked attack … Continue reading
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Tagged ADB, AusAID, Cambodia, forced eviction, Phnom Penh, railways rehabilitation, Trapeang Anchang
Eviction Notices Arrive Too Late, Villagers Say
Khuon Narim, The Cambodia Daily, April. 06 20122
Posted in Railway
Tagged Asian Development Bank, Cambodia, railways
STT publishes new report featuring stories of women at the Phnom Penh railways relocation site
Facts and Figures #20, entitled Railways Relocation in Phnom Penh: Six Women Tell Their Stories, was published by local urban NGO Sahmakum Teang Tnaut on Apr. 2. Featuring the direct narratives of six elderly women, many of them widows, relocated … Continue reading
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Tagged ADB, AusAID; Australia, Cambodia, eviction, railway, relocation
Railway evictees seek ADB aid
Khouth Sophak Chakrya , Phnom Penh Post, April.03 2012 Families forced to move by the rehabilitation of the Phnom Penh stretch of the national railway petitioned the Asian Development Bank yesterday for help with their livelihoods. About 50 people gathered outside the ADB’s … Continue reading
Posted in Railway
Tagged Cambodia, Phnom Penh