Chinatown location still unknown

21 November 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Chinese aid / Government / Industries / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Tourism / Non-DAC members / Real estate / Tourism
Bou Chanserey / Chinatown / Chinese aid / Nikkei Newspaper / O’Russey market / Thong Khon

Historic O’Russey Market will not be the location of a planned Chinatown development, according to Cambodia’s Tourism Minister.

Tourism Minister Thong Khon said the government was looking for another site for the tourism-focused development and that O’Russey Market was not under consideration, as had recently been reported by Japanese media. …

A report on November 13 by Japanese financial news service Nikkei singled out O’Russey Market as the location the government was considering for the new Chinatown. …

More than 330,000 Chinese travellers visited Cambodia in 2012, a 35 percent jump from the previous year. …

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