Chinese Push Sesan Dam Talks With Hun Sen

23 January 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Agriculture and fishing / Civil society / Economic policy and administration / Economy and commerce / Electricity infrastructure / Energy / Energy policy and administration / Environment and natural resources / Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture / Generation and distribution facilities / Government / Hydropower dams / Infrastructure / International relations / Land / Land policy and administration / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Social development / Water resources
Ang & Associates Lawyer Co. Ltd / China Huaneng Group / Chinese aid / Eang Sophalleth / Hun Sen / Lower Sesan 2 dam / Zhang Tingke

The chairman of the Chinese company whose subsidiary will construct the Lower Sesan 2 dam met with Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday to inform him that the dam would be completed in three years’ time, Mr. Hun Sen’s assistant said. Zhang Tingke, vice president of state-owned utility provider China Huaneng Group, told Mr. Hun Sen that he was in Cambodia to meet with local partners, including Ang & Associates Lawyer Co. Ltd., owned by tycoon Kith Meng, to start building the dam, Eang Sophalleth, Mr. Hun Sen’s personal assistant, told reporters after the meeting. … “He also informed Samdech Prime Minister that this cooperation will push this the Lower Sesan 2 project forward so that electricity will be produced in 2017,” he said, adding that Mr. Hun Sen welcomed the company’s efforts. “Samdech Prime Minister welcomed China Huaneng Group and said that Chinese investments rely on the good relationship between Cambodia and China,” Mr. Sophalleth said after the meeting at the Peace Palace on Wednesday. …

 Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/chinese-push-sesan-dam-talks-with-hun-sen-50978/