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Group proposes signing UN water pact
Environmental groups yesterday urged the government to seek greater legal clarity among the Mekong River countries about how they should share its resources. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16099/group-proposes-signing-un-water-pact/
Sesan dam gets new design
Cambodia’s largest hydropower project has been redesigned, leading to concerns from environmental groups, but a company official who confirmed the “design optimisation” over the weekend insisted that the Lower Sesan II dam will provide clean, safe energy and have few downstream impacts. Ren Zhonghua, deputy director ...
Daniel Pye and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/sesan-dam-gets-new-design
New accountability in disaster management
New articles may be added to a draft law on disaster management, including punishments for officials who break the law. The current draft includes prison sentences and small fines for people who, for example, enter restricted areas during a disaster. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/new-accountability-disaster-management
No increase in foreign direct investment last year
Cambodia received roughly $4 billion in foreign direct investment last year—roughly the same amount as in 2013, the secretary-general of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) said after a meeting with the National Assembly’s environment and rural development commission. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/no-increase-in-foreign-direct-investment-last-year-78629/
CNRP lawmaker to visit site of proposed dam
Opposition CNRP lawmaker Pol Ham on Monday said he will visit the site of a proposed hydropower dam in Koh Kong province on Monday with colleagues from his parliamentary commission before they quiz government officials about the controversial project later this month. If built, the 108-megawatt ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-lawmaker-to-visit-site-of-proposed-dam-72038/