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Villagers Petition Against Crematorium’s Removal

29 May 2013
The Cambodia Daily
Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Pollution and waste
Bak Kheng pagoda / commercial development / Council of Ministers / Council of Ministers Secretary of State Prak Sokhon / crematoriums / development projects / Eng Kaing Development Company / Khtor Pagoda / Ministry of Cults and Religion / Ministry of Cults and Religions department of complaints and dissolution / National Road 6A / Net Chambo / pagodas / Phnom Penh / Phnom Penh City Hall / pollution / Prak Sokhon / Prek Liep Commune / protests / Russei Keo district / schools / Secretary of State Prak Sokhon / smoke pollution

More than 1,000 villagers in Phnom Penh’s Russei Keo district have signed a petition protesting the removal of a crematorium that is currently on land slated for a large development project. According to a letter from the Council of Ministers addressed to the Ministry of Cults ...

http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-petition-against-crematoriums-removal-27487/

Resettlement Plans Begin for Families Affected by Sesan Dam

14 November 2012
The Cambodia Daily
Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
agricutural land / Council of Ministers / Dam's reservoir / Kbal Romeas commune / Lower Sesan 2 dam / Mekong river / pagodas / Provincial councilor / Ratanakkiri Province / residential area / schools / Sesan district / Sesan river / Srekor commune / Srepok River / Stung Treng Province / Talat commune

Thousand of families that stand to be evicted when construction work on the Lower Sesan 2 Dam begins in 2014 will each receive a 1-hectare plot of land for a home as well as a 5 additional hectares for growing crops, provincial officials said yesterday. Provincial ...

http://www.cambodiadaily.com

Koh Kong pagodas threatened

2 July 2012
The Phnom Penh Post
Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease
Botum Sakor / Chinese company / concessions / Development / evicted / house / Hun Sen / Kiri Sakor District / Kiri Sakor districts / Koh Kong Province / Koh Sdech commune / land disputes / pagodas / Prak Thon / Prek Smach village / Prime Minister Hun Sen / religion / Union Development Co Ltd / villager / volunteer students

Prak Thon says he will give up everything to stop a Chinese company from destroying his pagoda in Koh Kong province’s Kiri Sakor district. “I’ll allow them to demolish my house, but I will not allow them to destroy the pagoda. I’m satisfied if I die, ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012070257150/National-news/koh-kong-pagodas-threatened.html

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