Study of Angkor impact to be done

31 August 2012
The Phnom Penh Post
Angkor area / Angkor Wat / Apsara Authority / cultural heritage preservation / eco-friendly heritage model / emissions-free zone / environmental problems / Japan Development Institute / Japanese companies / JGC Corporation / MAEDA Corporation / Memorandum of Understanding / MOU

Apsara Authority on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with three Japanese companies to conduct a feasibility study to solve various environmental problems in the Angkor area. The MoU was signed between Bun Narith, director general of Apsara Authority, Shoichi Kobayashi, chairman of the Japan Development Institute, Yasumasa Isetani, director of the JGC Corporation, and Makoto Nagao, director of the MAEDA Corporation. It was witnessed by Cham Prasidh, Cambodia’s minister of commerce, and Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Yukio Edano. The MoU is aimed at solving various environmental problems in the Angkor area through the introduction of state-of-the-art technology and building on its eco-friendly heritage model to include a possible emissions-free zone, according to a statement released on the signing. …

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