Chaom Chao Over & Underpasses
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Published by the Cabinet of Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen ——————— MP of Kandal Prime Minister Issue 241 | June 2018 | http://www.cnv.org.kh Meetings Workers in June 2018 (June 2018 — Unofficial Selecon and Translaon) Meeting Workers at tories and workers/employees. Choeung Prey, Kompong In the means time, there are a Cham, 06 June 2018 few more meetings left before the elections take place. I wish No Meetings with Workers to affirm that in the course of during Elections Campaigns electoral campaigns, I will not I will travel throughout the have meetings with workers. country to meet workers/ We will cancel it for a while be- employees, where there are fac- cause every time I am going to this kind of meeting I will hand out something, big or small, es- 26 June 2018—Samdech Techo Hun Sen is blessed by Samdech the pecially to those pregnant wom- Buddhist Supreme Patriarch Tep Vong Sihanoukville Mul- en. In the electoral campaigns tipurpose Terminal period, giving out stuff like that Chaom Chao Over & Underpasses is not allowed and punishable (29 June 2018 — Unofficial Selecon and Translaon) Inaugurated by law […] (25 June 2018 — Unofficial Selec- The Sixth Overpasses and thirdly, congestion of (Continued on page 3) on and Translaon) Put into Use wastes […] frankly speaking, from 1979, when I entered Deep-Sea Port to Dock 50,000 I am so glad today to join with Widening NR 6 from Phnom Penh, through to 1980s, DWT Freighters, Work for all of you to launch the ground- I never thought we would need 60,000 DWT Thnol Kaeng to breaking ceremony to build overpasses like in other coun- overpasses and underpasses at Today we are here for our na- Angkrorng tries […] as there were no traf- the Chaom Chao roundabout, tion to welcome a new achieve- (11 June 2018 — Unofficial fics and not much activities and which is the sixth ones built and ment coming into existence Selecon and Translaon) means of transportations […] out into use in Phnom Penh. It with the financial assistance of Phnom Penh was a quiet city. About 300 Km of Roads In- is the fifth one built by private Japan, together with the Royal (Continued on page 2) augurated Last Year and company of Cambodian over- Government’s counterpart fund This Year seas. Phnom Penh was called […] you may note that our port the ghost city in time of war and Preah Indra Sa- facility was able to serve dock- I have a great pleasure to be especially after the regime of ing freighters of 10-thousand able to put into official use a genocide. In nearly forty years makithor Buddhist DWT (deadweight tonnage) segment of about 250 Km, to we have turned the city into one Achievements loading capacity. With this round it up, of national road 6 of development – both in sizes (26 June 2018 — Unofficial achievement, the Sihanoukville between Thnol Kaeng of Kom- and in depth […] Selecon and Translaon) Multipurpose Terminal (SMT) pong Cham and Angkrorng of can now accommodate the 50- Three Congestions in Phnom Siem Reap. I must apologize Carrying Out Event before thousand DWT freighters. We Penh the fact that we have to resched- Campaign Is Due will continue to deepen water- ule the inauguration from June As is raised by HE Khuong […] (Along with the fact that I way to 14.5 meters for SMT to last year to this year. Secondly, I Sreng, Mayor of Phnom Penh, prefer to carry out Buddhist accommodate the 60-thousand also came late by half an hour and I also have said it on vari- event on waxing moon than DWT cargo ships. We already but there was a big rain back in ous occasions that there are waning one) we cannot prolong signed an agreement with Japan Phnom Penh and the helicopter three congestions in this capital. this event because the country on 7 August 2017 […] it is was unable to take off […] Let Firstly, we have traffic conges- will reach its general elections going to cost some 230 million me take this opportune moment tions. It is true. On my way here campaign on 7 July 2018. I will USD […] to express my sincere thanks of I have noticed that if the police not be able to take part in event Cambodia’s Import and Ex- behalf of the people of Cambo- do not block side streets and in which I would have to hand ports Grown Bigger (Continued on page 7) there were no police car to lead out gifts to Buddhist monks and the way, I would not have ar- senior citizens, or to provide Cambodia’s SMT is no longer a rived here in time. Secondly, we resources to realize achieve- place where we only receive have congestions of drainage ments. It will be in an elections goods provided as assistance system. In a few days now we campaign that the National from other countries or export have had so much rain making Elections Committee prohibits only a small amount of goods parts of the city flooded […], (Continued on page 5) from our country like in past. Mailing Box: Cambodia New Vision (CNV), P.O. Box 158, Phnom Penh, Cambodia; e-mail: [email protected]; Tel: 855-23 219898; Fax: 855-23 360666/219869 (Continued from page 1) and prevented return of the re- Penh. We have been working ple’s Party. We talked about Buddhist Prophecies: Homes gime of Pol Pot’s genocide, as on building the second belt road building canals that cater to with No One to Live In, well as sought for peace, espe- around Phnom Penh city and in irrigation and transportation Streets with No One to Walk cially our final efforts to imple- the near future we will sign an […] we will build concrete ones In ment win-win policy to bring agreement with the People’s to provide water for irrigation about national reconciliation Even in home of Prime Minis- Republic of China to build a […] perhaps that will happen and national unity for the first ter, there was no running water third belt road […] more studies after 2030. That is my vision time in the last hundreds years of any kind. In my case, we did are being made and on 7 July, and I just wish to share it with of Cambodian history. Phnom not have water not only in 1979 starting of the electoral cam- new younger generation leaders Penh is no longer a ghost and/or or 1980, but until 1992. We use paign period – eight days away, […] we will have concrete ca- sleeping town. As a city in de- truck to pump water and load it I will announce new policies of nals built a bit higher so water velopment, we have encoun- from the Mekong. It was a diffi- more interests to our people. pumped into them can just tered new challenges. In 1980s, cult situation. This has remind- Some of the projects are under- empty itself into rice fields […] we came across issues in its ed us of the time when Pol Pot going and some have already own term. There were difficul- Regular Multi-Party Elections sent city dwellers out to the completed their studies […] ties and favourable conditions countryside. It was an incident We are conducting regular mul- of its own. We had shortages of Narrowing/Deepening Ca- that corresponded to Buddhist tiparty elections. This time running water, electricity, and nals, Offering Ownerships/ prophecies that go “where there around we will have twenty of means of transportations in Titles to Residences along are homes but there are no one them. I hope that they will be those days […] as of now, new Canals to live in, and there are streets free, fair and just elections. I am challenges arise congestions of but no ones to walk in.” It did … In addition to this, for people calling on our authorities – na- traffics, drainages, and wastes. take place in Cambodia. In old- who reside along the sewage tional and sub-national to create You may ask a question here as er days, my grandparents and canals, the Phnom Penh author- and offer favourable conditions to why? […] parents always brought those ity has been doing everything for political parties to carry out prophecies up among us and for National Roads 3 and 4 to they can to now make their their activities. We still have logical reason, I always refused Widen to 24 Meters in Width settlement legal. We will nar- acts of some dissolved parties to and denied them […] we have row down the width but deepen destroy the elections, but I am no way of knowing that such … Should we not build over- the depth of canals, for instance sure they will fail because the thing could be true […] passes and underpasses here in the Stoeng Meanjei canal area. Cambodian people will exercise Chaom Chao, we would not They should not have concerns their rights to vote, not only for CPP Saved 5 Million Lives, foresee how we could be solv- any more. The Royal Govern- the Cambodian people, but for Foster Population Increase to ing this traffic congestion issue. ment already gave permissions parties they supported. Every 16 Million Take for instance the national to the Phnom Penh Municipali- party has their own supporters road 3 which intersect this ty to act on this matter of sizing Through joint efforts, we have […] the only way to guarantee roundabout, we also have to down width and deepen depth made it happened.