City Hall backtracks amid White Building outcry

5 September 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Government / Infrastructure / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts / Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction / Phnom Penh / Provincial and local governments / Urban administration and development
Cambodian Legal Education Center / Chuch Phoeun / Housing Rights Task Force / LICADHO / Long Dimanche / Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts / Municipal Department of Land Management and Urban Planning / Naly Pilorge / OCIC / Overseas Cambodian Investment Corporation / Pa Socheatvong / Phnom Penh City Hall / White Building

With momentum gathering behind a movement to renovate rather than raze Phnom Penh’s famous White Building, City Hall on Thursday backtracked on its assertion earlier this week that the building was destined for demolition.

On Tuesday, Phnom Penh Governor Pa Socheatvong said the iconic apartment block had been condemned and that “the time has come to knock it down.”

Mr. Socheatvong explained that he was in talks with the Overseas Cambodian Investment Corporation (OCIC) to provide alternative housing on the city’s fringes for the White Building’s residents, who he said are no longer safe in their homes. …

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