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Phnom Penh

Police installing CCTV cameras at major intersections

Cambodian national police have begun installing closed-circuit TV cameras at traffic lights, in hopes of better enforcing traffic laws and to assist authorities in solving crimes. ...

Socheata Hean
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/police-installing-cctv-cameras-at-major-intersections/2866701.html

Firm tests paid spots to curb parking woes in Phnom Penh

With Phnom Penh’s parking situation in “disarray,” City Hall has agreed to allow a Cambodian-Japanese joint venture to test a paid-parking scheme next month in an effort to reduce the number of parked cars clogging the capital’s streets, according to company officials. ...

Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/firm-tests-paid-spots-to-curb-parking-woes-in-phnom-penh-85636/

Ministry official rejects NGO report on city’s slums

A government official rejected calls from a pair of NGOs on Tuesday to do more for Phnom Penh’s slums amid what they described as an opaque land-titling system that has routinely failed poor communities. In a joint report, “The Exclusion of Urban Poor Communities From Systematic ...

Khuon Narim and Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-official-rejects-ngo-report-on-citys-slums-81606/

Construction firm to fortify crack in White Building

A Malaysian construction company building a hotel next to Phnom Penh’s iconic “White Building” has agreed to fortify a four-story crack that appeared in the apartment block in February, deputy municipal governor Chreang Sophan said Thursday. ...

Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/construction-firm-to-fortify-crack-in-white-building-81324/

Gov’t to raise taxes to clean up litter in cities

Environment Minister Say Sam Al on Wednesday announced the creation of a recurring annual $5-million fund to help Phnom Penh and every provincial capital clean up their trash-strewn streets, especially outside homes and restaurants. ...

Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-to-raise-taxes-to-clean-up-

‘One-way’ or the other Sothearos expansion will alleviate congestion

The ever congested part of Samdach Sothearos Boulevard between the Chamkar Mon traffic lights and the Russian Embassy is getting a much needed expansion. Especially since Aeon Mall opend in June 2014 the major arterial road was used beyond capacity. Long Dimanche, City Hall spokesman, said ...

Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/one-way-or-other-sothearos-expansion-will-alleviate-congestion

Phnom Penh municipality plans city expansion

Authorities are planning to further enlarge Phnom Penh by incorporating another chunk of Kandal province’s Lvea Em district into the municipality, a City Hall spokesman said Friday. ...

Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/phnom-penh-municipality-plans-city-expansion-80500/

Wat Phnom to be restored

The Phnom Penh municipality is finalising plans for a potential $1 million renovation of Wat Phnom, City Hall spokesman Long Dimanche said yesterday. The project, which will commence at an unspecified date, will focus on combating hillside erosion while restoring worn-out structures. ...

Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/wat-phnom-be-restored

Official talks future of traffic

City Hall has revealed its three-pronged plan to tackle the chronic congestion on Phnom Penh’s roads, by reducing second-hand vehicle imports, introducing more one-way roads and changing the working hours of government employees. ...

Chhay Channyda and Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/official-talks-future-traffic

Growing pains, as capital keeps expanding

Phnom Penh is one of the fastest-growing cities in Southeast Asia. It added nearly 500,000 people between 2000 and 2010, for a total of 1.4 million. That has meant a lot of changes in a short period: more congestion, more markets, more housing. And, newcomers ...

Phorn Bopha,
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/growing-pains-as-capital-keeps-expanding/2630483.html

Construction ends, resumes near White Building

The “temporary suspension” of construction works widely believed to have damaged Phnom Penh’s iconic White Building was officially lifted on the same day it was announced, according to a government notice. Large cracks appeared across the southern part of the historic apartment block on Sunday evening, ...

Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/construction-ends-resumes-near-white-building

Residents file petition over cracks

Dozens of families living in Phnom Penh’s iconic White Building filed a petition to City Hall yesterday morning, urging authorities to put an end to nearby construction work, which they say has left large cracks in the structure, and demanding compensation. ...

Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/residents-file-petition-over-cracks

Cracks leave tenants in fear

Residents of Phnom Penh’s historic White Building fled from their homes on Sunday night after large cracks suddenly appeared in the structure, which have been widely attributed to nearby construction work, sparking fears for their safety. A group of officials from City Hall and the Ministry ...

Sen David and Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cracks-leave-tenants-fear

Bridge closing for inspection

The Cambodian-Japanese Friendship Bridge – also known as the Chroy Changvar Bridge – will be closed until Friday starting today, to allow a team of Japanese experts to examine damage to support columns discovered last year, the city announced. ...

Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bridge-closing-inspection

Cambodian ruling elite accused of crimes against humanity

Forty NGOs from around the world have called on the prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague to begin preliminary examinations into claims that Cambodia’s “ruling elite” were accused of committing crimes against humanity. On October 7, British lawyer Richard Rogers submitted ...

World Bulletin News Staff
http://www.worldbulletin.net/world/150663/israeli-army-detains-palestinian-woman-in-w-bank

Capital tipped for ‘resilient city’ program

Phom Penh was selected on Wednesday as one of 35 cities joining a $100 million “resiliency” program meant to strengthen urban centres’ abilities to respond to shocks and stresses, including climate change, natural disasters, pollution and resource scarcity. “The intense growth occurring and projected for ...

Laignee Barron, Sarah Taguiam and Taing Vida
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/capital-tipped-%E2%80%98resilient-city%E2%80%99-program

Phnom Penh Authority explains about Psar Chas market fire

Phnom Penh City Hall on Monday denied that someone set fire on Psar Chas market (Old Market), saying that the fire was caused by electric fault in a store inside the market. The denial came after public as well as social media users said that arson ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/phnom-penh-authority-explains-about-psar-chas-market-fire-7719

Swap deal struck: Families to move for city development

More than 130 families will be relocated to make way for a multibillion-dollar development project in the capital’s Chroy Changva district after an agreement was signed yesterday by villagers, district officials and the Overseas Cambodian Investment Corporation (OCIC ) said.​ ...

Kim Sarom
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/swap-deal-struck-families-move-city-development

Floods swamp capital

A torrential downpour that lasted over three hours yesterday morning has left many in the capital struggling with flooded houses, businesses and travel conditions, sparking outcry that authorities have not done enough to manage the rain’s effects. Flooding took place in virtually every district in ...

Taing Vida
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/floods-swamp-capital

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