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Floating community clears out before date
Forty four families living in Kandal’s Akrei Khsat commune, characterised by its ethnic Vietnamese population and floating homes, have jumped ship prior to their June 22 eviction deadline, moving to other parts of the country out of fear they would be forcibly removed. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/floating-community-clears-out-date
Vietnamese river dwellers in Cambodia ask for hold on eviction
Dozens of Vietnamese families illegally residing in floating homes on the Mekong River in southeastern Cambodia’s Kandal province have urged local authorities to postpone their eviction by eight months so they can sell the fish they are raising and avoid financial ruin. ...
Sirey Muny
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/eviction-06152015175601.html
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/
Floating houses come back
A fishing community that abandoned a stretch of the Tonle Sap river in Phnom Penh’s Russey Keo district earlier this month after dead fish began appearing in the water have brought their floating houses back home, authorities and community representatives said yesterday. The 29 families who ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/floating-houses-come-back