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FTC to drive activities at PAS to 90%
The soon-to-be-built Funan Techo Canal (FTC), a public-private partnership project, will push shipment activities of the state-owned Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS) up to 90 percent, a report by the Council for Development of Cambodia (CDC) showed. ...
Chea Vannak Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501483296/ftc-to-drive-activities-at-pas-to-90/
Committed to fairness: Govt working out compensation to those affected by Funan Techo Canal project
A senior government official in charge of investment in Cambodia said on Friday that while the impacts of the Funan Techo Canal construction on local residents are inevitable, the government is planning fair compensation and resettlement with a similar approach taken with the Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville ...
Cambodia expects to earn about $88 million a year in transportation costs from the Funan-Techo Canal Project
Cambodia expects to earn $88 million a year from transportation through the Funan-Techo canal by 2050 and reach $570 million a year by then. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501483086/cambodia-expects-to-earn-about-88-million-a-year-in-transportation-costs-from-the-funan-techo-canal-project/
Hun Sen asks Viet Nam to also consider Cambodia’s interests regarding the Funan Techo Canal project
Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen underlined that in addressing the Funan-Techo canal issue, he did not incite hatred toward the Vietnamese people among Cambodians. Rather, he urged both sides to consider the impacts. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501478966/hun-sen-asks-viet-nam-to-also-consider-cambodias-interests-regarding-the-funan-techo-canal-project/
Cambodia’s ambitious Funan Techo canal project sparks concerns near and far
Heang Nang Eng, 60, had a bad feeling when she first heard rumors about a canal project that would impact the Prek Ta Hing stream near where she lives. ...
Seoung Nimol and Ly Rosslan
https://cambojanews.com/cambodias-ambitious-funan-techo-canal-project-sparks-concerns-near-and-far/
Transport Minister: Funan Techo Canal Project to Begin Construction in Late 2024
The Tonle Bassac Navigation Road and Logistics System Project, commonly known as the “Funan Techo Canal” project, is scheduled to conduct a groundbreaking ceremony in the fourth quarter of 2024. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501425184/transport-minister-funan-techo-canal-project-to-begin-construction-in-late-2024/
Infrastructure projects intact under new gov’t: Chanthol
Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol has confirmed the continuation of significant infrastructure projects in Cambodia, expressing that the construction of the Funan-Techo canal and a 400km expressway will proceed. ...
Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/infrastructure-projects-intact-under-new-govt-chanthol
Inter-ministerial commission formed to oversee canal project
The government has established an inter-ministerial commission to implement the long anticipated Bassac-Kep river navigation and logistics system, a first-of-its-kind waterway transportation project in Cambodia which has been named the “Funan Techo Canal”. ...
Sok Raksa
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/inter-ministerial-commission-formed-oversee-canal-project
