An order of 13 April 1922 of King Sisowath authorizes the foundation of the station, provided "a hotel of twenty- five rooms all having a bathroom and a shower room", the villa of the Resident Superior, a post office, an electric fac- Soft opening of Thansur Sokha tory, an infirmary, a rest home of the Mission, the Beau-Site Hotel, April 2012 with 564 hotel (the old bungalow enlarged and arranged) and a farm rooms, 4 restaurants outlets, large 22 station. At Km , will be installed the Resident's Cot- conference facilities, KTV, club tage and a dairy station. On 27 February 2010, to and many other entertainments. honor the respect of Lok Yeay LE BOKOR PALACE HISTORY Sokha Hotel Co., Ltd Company in Mao, Neak Oknha SOK Thansur Sokha Hotel was inau- January 19, 2008 held official con- Kong, Chairman of the gurated on 03 May 2012 and Inauguration of 32 km of the struction ceremony, Prime Minister Sokimex Investment the ceremony was presided over Bokor road. In Circular 503 dated November 15, Hun Sen presiding over the Group, built the largest out- by Samdech Akka Moha Sena 1904, Colonial Minister Gatson ceremony, starting with the door statue measuring 29 Padei Techo Hun Sen, prime Doumergue issued guidelines to contin- construction of infrastructure meters high on Bokor National minister of the Kingdom of ue installation of maritime health sta- 99 (roads, water, electricity) and Rose of Bokor film which directed A French battalion of the Apronuc Government pledge -Year lease Park. The construction of Lok . tions and high-altitude health stations. building of other buildings one by King (United Nations Provisional agreements of Bokor to Sokha Hotel Yeay Mao statue started on 1 after another. At the same time, 27 2010 was shot at Bokor. Photo of King Authority in Cambodia) occupies Co., Ltd Company . The US$ bil- February and the Bokor and hunts the last Khmer lion development project includes the Neak Oknha SOK Kong, Chair- completed on 03 May 2012. 50s - 60s: The hill stations Heyday. The casino is closed. It was Norodom Sihanouk and Queen Early – Mid 90s: Logging roads 2001 1972: Hill station abandoned as Rouge. A telecommunication station : WildAid has conducted a construction of hotels, casino, golf man of the Sokimex Investment The whole construction had The 60s were particularly popular transferred on 1 june 1964 to the Norodom Monineath were the constructed large scale illegal takes over the area. is installed. wildlife monitoring and park course, commercial buildings, enter- Group often went to the scene to cost around 210 thousand US with affluent Khmer. seaside resort at Kampot. actor and actress in the film. logging is rife in the park. protection. tainments and residential etc. supervise the construction work. dollar. (210,182). The first building appeared on Bokor Mountain. The temporary bungalow has a pavilion, which serves as dining room and five chalets of four rooms. 1921-1924: The Hill station was constructed.

1921: Route 39 to the Hill Station was completed.

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The first exploration mission of the Ele- phant was completed in April 1917 by The Bokor Palace was inaugurated. Construction of a cottage (the "Black The Bokor Palace using into a Mr. Bornet, Head of the Cadastre Ser- Palace", Damnak Sla Khmao) for hospital and first abandonment of RETURN OF TOURISTS R-Point is a Korean horror film vice and Gourgand, Chief of the On January 2, 1962, King Norodom The Khmer Rouge seized the 1993: Bokor established as a Le Bokor Palace, a luxurious and King at Km 22. the station during the first Tourists can access the site written and directed by Kong Sokha Hotel Co., Ltd Compa- Forest Service in Cambodia. Sihanouk inaugurates the “City of plateau and the Bokor road. National Park. ny in February 18, 2009, historical hotel, reopening in Indochina War. On 8 March 1972, King Norodom by a very bad track. Su-chang. Most of the movie Bokor”. That a casino was estab- Destruction of Popokvil bunga- held the groundbreaking cere- quarter one by Sokha Hotel Co., Sihanouk was deposed by Lon Nol. was shot in Cambodia. lished in the new hotels near the lows. Bokor Hill Station plays a mony, the construction of the Ltd Company, under Sokimex In- lake, (Hotels Sangkum and Kiri). The City of Bokor is closed again. vestment Group. The Hotel is prominent part of the movie Sokha Hotel Co., Ltd Compa- world-class hotel on Bokor Some buildings were built at this plays there very well. Mountain, Deputy Prime Min- opened to welcome guests with time. ny went to Bokor Mountain to 36 rooms and 2 restaurants. study its potential. ister and Minister of National The access road is prohibited due Assembly– Senate Relations to inclement weather and City of Ghosts (Crime, Drama, Thriller) and Inspection Men Sam An, Is Shoot on Bokor Mountain The Bokor Palace Hotel was landslides. The "Bokor Palace", and on behalf of Samdech unoccupied for several months, has A con man (Matt Dillon) travels to A FORESTRY POST AT POPOKVIL completed. Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo "A permanent forestry post was in- seen its interior greatly degraded Cambodia (also on the return from Hun Sen, prime minister of stalled in June 1917 at the by humidity. A dozen bungalows law enforcement in the U.S.) to collect the Kingdom of Cambodia Popokvil and was entrusted to Mr. Vin- are nevertheless developed in his share in an insurance scam, but cent, a forest ranger, whose observa- Popokvil. discovers more than he bargained for. presided over the ceremony. tions and studies on the climate and the cultivation and breeding trials have Directed by and starring Matt Dillon, since given the most conclusive re- Writers: Matt Dillon, Barry Gifford sults. " [Armand Rousseau]. Stars: Matt Dillon, James Caan, Natascha McElhone SOURCE: Rolous arrived at the plateau. The SOKIMEX www.skmig.com initial plans were made for the Hill sta- BOKOR PALACE HOTEL http://bokor.kamboo.com/timeline/ tion. INDOCHINETRAVELS http://indochinetravels.blogspot.com/2007/12/update-27-dec-bokor-mountain.html