Ministries and other national bodies

Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction

Gov’t denies land issues

The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction issued a statement on Saturday defending its track record and denying that Germany ended its support for the ministry’s land rights program due to a lack of transparency and sluggish reform pace. ...

Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-denies-land-issues

Committee unaffected by Kith Meng’s appeal

Cambodian tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group failed to persuade a high-level meeting of government and Preah Sihanouk officials to resume construction of a 40-metre port at Otres Beach, and will instead have to explore the use of other locations along the coastline. ...

Cheng Sokhorng and Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/committee-unaffected-kith-mengs-appeal

Investment in construction reaches all-time high

Investment in the construction sector reached an all-time high last year at almost $3.5 billion, up about 40 percent from the $2.5 billion invested in the sector in 2014, according to data from the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning, and Construction.   ...

Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19955/investment-in-construction-reaches-all-time-high/

Ministry threatens action against illegal construction

In an effort to clamp down on illegal construction, the Ministry of Land Management, Urbanization and Construction yesterday threatened to take strict legal action against the owners of any construction companies operating without permits in cities and central areas nationwide. ...

Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18711/ministry-threatens-action-against-illegal-construction/

Minister orders governors to end illegal construction

Minister of Urban Planning and Construction Im Chhun Lim ordered all governors to check construction sites in their provinces to ensure that none are encroaching on public land, and to take action against those that do. ...

May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17744/minister-orders-governors-to-end-illegal-construction/

Government signs first public housing MOU

A Cambodian and Singaporean firm signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Land Management Wednesday for the study and construction of public housing for low- and middle-income households around Phnom Penh, a first for the city if it comes off. ...

Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-signs-first-public-housing-mou-98657/

Government prepares housing plan for poor

The Royal government through Ministry of Land Management, Urban and Construction held a workshop with local and international organizations and real estate companies to design strategic and financial planning for housing project for low-and-medium-income people, especially vulnerable group. ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/government-prepares-housing-plan-for-poor-8992

Government prepares housing plan for poor

The Royal government through Ministry of Land Management, Urban and Construction held a workshop with local and international organizations and real estate companies to design strategic and financial planning for housing project for low-and-medium-income people, especially vulnerable group. ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/government-prepares-housing-plan-for-poor-8992

4 million land titles distributed by MOLMUPC

As of 2015, The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction (MoLMUPC) has distributed four million land titles to people across the country. ...

Mom Chan Dara Soleil
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15636/4-million-land-titles-distributed-by-molmupc/

Lawmaker asks minister to intervene over Kampot arrests

The chairman of the National Assembly’s human rights commission on Thursday requested that Land Management Minister Im Chhun Lim intervene on behalf of two villagers who were arrested upon returning to Kampot province on Tuesday after protesting in Phnom Penh. ...

Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/lawmaker-asks-minister-to-intervene-over-kampot-arrests-93945/

Land management minister to give answer to the National Assembly

Senior Minister, Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction Im Chhun Lim will go to the National Assembly tomorrow morning at 8:30 am to give answers to the National Assembly’s members. ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/land-management-minister-to-give-answer-to-the-national-assembly-8939

Cambodian government takes umbrage at US congressman’s comments on land grabs

Cambodia’s Ministry of Land Management is acting in accordance with the country’s laws and making an effort to respect citizens’ rights, a ministry official said Tuesday, rejecting comments by a U.S. congressman that people in the Southeast Asian country are denied basic protection from land ...

Neang Ing
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/government-takes-umbrage-at-us-congressmans-comments-on-land-grabs-08182015143705.html

Anti-dredging protests in Koh Kong called off

Representatives of about 100 villagers and activists in Koh Kong province on Wednesday said they decided to temporarily halt their campaign against two sand-dredging companies because a group of suspected agitators had appeared in the area. ...

Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/anti-dredging-protests-in-koh-kong-called-off-90020/

Eurocham pushes for construction rules

The European Chamber of Commerce on Monday signed an agreement with the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction to help it come up with development standards to increase investment in the Kingdom. ...

Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13748/eurocham-pushes-for-construction-rules/

Thailand boosts kingdom’s construction sector by $100 million

Thailand has invested $100 million in Cambodia’s construction sector, according to the latest figures issued by the Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction. ...

Ban Sokrith and Muny Sithyna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12035/thailand-boosts-kingdom---s-construction-sector-by--100-million/

Three major cities to be divided into zones

Phnom Penh, Siem Reap City and Sihanoukville will each be divided into 10 zones to allow for easier management, according to the Ministry of Land Management. ...

Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/three-major-cities-to-be-divided-into-zones-82667/

New plan for low-cost housing

Cambodia’s Ministry of Land Management is in the initial phase of a project to build affordable housing for the Kingdom’s low-income population. ...

Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-plan-low-cost-housing

Massive crack in ‘White Building’ widens

A four-story crack in the south-facing side of Phnom Penh’s aging “White Building”—which first appeared in early February as a pile driver broke up earth inside an adjacent construction site—widened over the weekend, shortly after a meeting between worried tenants and the firms behind a ...

Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/massive-crack-in-white-building-widens-79358/

Cambodia's construction sector receives 2.5 bln USD investment last year

Cambodia’s construction sector attracted a total investment of 2.5 billion U.S. dollars in 2014, down 10 percent from 2.77 billion U.S. dollars in 2013, according to official data on Monday. ...

Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=271483

Gov’t back for seconds at Licadho

For the second time in as many weeks, the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction has asked rights group Licadho to provide data collected on the identity of land dispute complainants. ...

May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/govt-back-seconds-licadho

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