Chinese to build international airport in Koh Kong.

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Sat Sep 24, 2016 4:50 pm

Coastal airport project gets nod
Fri, 23 September 2016
Kali Kotoski and Hor Kimsay

The Chinese developer behind a massive $3.8 billion tourism project being built in Koh Kong province has confirmed that it is ready to begin construction on a new international airport to serve the coastal resort and company’s related developments, though declined to reveal the investment capital or project timeline.

A representative of the Chinese-owned firm Tianjin Union Development Group (UDG), which holds a 45,000-hectare land concession in Koh Kong’s Botum Sakor and Kiri Sakor districts, said yesterday that the project plans had been finalised.

Bella Zhang, a Cambodian-based representative for UDG, said the company has already identified a site selection for the airport. “[We] have conducted a geological survey and initial design work has been concluded for this high-grade international airport,” she wrote in an email. “The construction is ready to go.”

While she declined to expand on specific details or the cost of the project, promotional materials of UDG’s Dara Sakor Seashore Resort in Koh Kong province lays out a plan for an airport that can handle 10 million passengers annually and service planes as large as an Airbus 380...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/c ... t-gets-nod

frank lee bent · Post by **frank lee bent** » Sat Sep 24, 2016 4:59 pm

yet another ghost project to inflate the bubble
when war comes it wont matter anyway be it trade war or hot war.
the Chinese already own this region except Vietnam, now that Philippines has been sold by that sawn off cunt that was voted in by mentally defective Catholics.

phuketrichard · Post by **phuketrichard** » Sat Sep 24, 2016 5:31 pm

for who? "10 million passengers annually " LOL
god they do have dreams in Cambodia

Anchor Moy · Post by **Anchor Moy** » Sun Sep 25, 2016 11:51 pm

So, not just an international airport, but also a deepwater port and free-trade zone for Koh Kong. Don't let's forget that there is another big port planned for Kampot, financed by Try Pheap if I remember correctly : https://cambodiaexpatsonline.com/post129 ... ot#p129793. And there are also plans to extend the port at Sihanoukville, including a ferry port for tourists... However, they haven't managed to link up the offloaded cargo containers directly with the railway yet AFAIK. Sigh.

The zone he referred to, dubbed as a Cambodia-Chinese Investment and Development Zone, envisions the partially completed 6,800-hectare Dara Sakor Seashore Resort, in addition to a free trade zone that would include a port designed to handle 10,000-tonne Chinese container ships.

As for international airports... in addition to an extension of SV airport, there's a plan for an airport on Koh Rong, and now also Koh Kong.

Khek Norinda, spokesman for Cambodia Airports, the French-owned company that holds the concession to operate the Kingdom’s three existing international airports, said his company was “aware of UDG’s development plans in Koh Kong”.

He said if the project is completed according to international specifications it would almost certainly cut into Sihanoukville airport’s flight traffic.

“Therefore, such impact will have to be further assessed with all of our stakeholders,” he said.

Norinda added that in response to projected economic and tourism growth on Cambodia’s southern coast, expansion work on Sihanoukville International Airport was expected to commence by the end of the year.

I don't like to be negative, but their expectations of economic growth seem a trifle optimistic. Definitely agree that Cambodia needs to develop air transport, but 3 international airports on the coast ???

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Wed Feb 27, 2019 9:18 pm

Cambodia’s fourth-largest international airport has begun construction
February 22, 2019
By Siv Meng
Koh Kong: The first airport in Koh Kong province which is the fourth airport of Cambodia has been under construction in Dara Sakor project in Koh Kong province.

Leaders of UNION DEVELOPMENT GROUP Co., Ltd. said yesterday at the launch of the Dara Cove project, which was attended by Tea Banh, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, that the UNION DEVELOPMENT GROUP’s project has natural resources, roads, and policies that cannot be copied. Currently, the company is building an international airport, Cambodia’s fourth international airport.

“Chinese companies are building full capacity with the 4F standard, which is the highest international standard,” he said, adding that “the first stage construction project was completed on time and the airport planned to be operational by the end of 2020, which will make Cambodia with Asian countries and other regions closer.”

During the presidency of the Sea Festival in Koh Kong late last year, Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo HE welcomed the construction of the airport, which will attract travel to Koh Kong and promote and attract international tourists. Also, Samdech urged the company to use Cambodia’s rice to receive tourists.
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Kevin168 · Post by **Kevin168** » Wed Feb 27, 2019 10:07 pm

Another debts trap...

markd · Post by **markd** » Wed Feb 27, 2019 10:47 pm

where interconnected ecosystems once existed now all that will be erased & turned into interconnected chinese road, rail, air & sea assets

Big'n · Post by **Big'n** » Wed Feb 27, 2019 11:05 pm

Anchor Moy wrote: ↑Sun Sep 25, 2016 11:51 pm So, not just an international airport, but also a deepwater port and free-trade zone for Koh Kong. Don't let's forget that there is another big port planned for Kampot, financed by Try Pheap if I remember correctly : post129793.html?hilit=ty%20pheap%20kampot#p129793. And there are also plans to extend the port at Sihanoukville, including a ferry port for tourists... However, they haven't managed to link up the offloaded cargo containers directly with the railway yet AFAIK. Sigh.

The zone he referred to, dubbed as a Cambodia-Chinese Investment and Development Zone, envisions the partially completed 6,800-hectare Dara Sakor Seashore Resort, in addition to a free trade zone that would include a port designed to handle 10,000-tonne Chinese container ships.
As for international airports... in addition to an extension of SV airport, there's a plan for an airport on Koh Rong, and now also Koh Kong.
Khek Norinda, spokesman for Cambodia Airports, the French-owned company that holds the concession to operate the Kingdom’s three existing international airports, said his company was “aware of UDG’s development plans in Koh Kong”.

He said if the project is completed according to international specifications it would almost certainly cut into Sihanoukville airport’s flight traffic.

“Therefore, such impact will have to be further assessed with all of our stakeholders,” he said.

Norinda added that in response to projected economic and tourism growth on Cambodia’s southern coast, expansion work on Sihanoukville International Airport was expected to commence by the end of the year.
I don't like to be negative, but their expectations of economic growth seem a trifle optimistic. Definitely agree that Cambodia needs to develop air transport, but 3 international airports on the coast ???

Think Hong Kong in reverse for Koh Kong with the CCP holding the 99 year lease

Barang_doa_slae · Post by **Barang_doa_slae** » Wed Feb 27, 2019 11:15 pm

Anchor Moy wrote: ↑Sun Sep 25, 2016 11:51 pm So, not just an international airport, but also a deepwater port and free-trade zone for Koh Kong. Don't let's forget that there is another big port planned for Kampot, financed by Try Pheap if I remember correctly : post129793.html?hilit=ty%20pheap%20kampot#p129793. And there are also plans to extend the port at Sihanoukville, including a ferry port for tourists... However, they haven't managed to link up the offloaded cargo containers directly with the railway yet AFAIK. Sigh.

The zone he referred to, dubbed as a Cambodia-Chinese Investment and Development Zone, envisions the partially completed 6,800-hectare Dara Sakor Seashore Resort, in addition to a free trade zone that would include a port designed to handle 10,000-tonne Chinese container ships.
As for international airports... in addition to an extension of SV airport, there's a plan for an airport on Koh Rong, and now also Koh Kong.
Khek Norinda, spokesman for Cambodia Airports, the French-owned company that holds the concession to operate the Kingdom’s three existing international airports, said his company was “aware of UDG’s development plans in Koh Kong”.

He said if the project is completed according to international specifications it would almost certainly cut into Sihanoukville airport’s flight traffic.

“Therefore, such impact will have to be further assessed with all of our stakeholders,” he said.

Norinda added that in response to projected economic and tourism growth on Cambodia’s southern coast, expansion work on Sihanoukville International Airport was expected to commence by the end of the year.
I don't like to be negative, but their expectations of economic growth seem a trifle optimistic. Definitely agree that Cambodia needs to develop air transport, but 3 international airports on the coast ???

Hmm can hear and see trains coming close by the water...

Anyways I’ll hold on my SHK lands a tad longer...

Anchor Moy · Post by **Anchor Moy** » Thu Feb 28, 2019 8:16 am

Big'n wrote: ↑Wed Feb 27, 2019 11:05 pm
Anchor Moy wrote: ↑Sun Sep 25, 2016 11:51 pm So, not just an international airport, but also a deepwater port and free-trade zone for Koh Kong. Don't let's forget that there is another big port planned for Kampot, financed by Try Pheap if I remember correctly : post129793.html?hilit=ty%20pheap%20kampot#p129793. And there are also plans to extend the port at Sihanoukville, including a ferry port for tourists... However, they haven't managed to link up the offloaded cargo containers directly with the railway yet AFAIK. Sigh.

The zone he referred to, dubbed as a Cambodia-Chinese Investment and Development Zone, envisions the partially completed 6,800-hectare Dara Sakor Seashore Resort, in addition to a free trade zone that would include a port designed to handle 10,000-tonne Chinese container ships.
As for international airports... in addition to an extension of SV airport, there's a plan for an airport on Koh Rong, and now also Koh Kong.
Khek Norinda, spokesman for Cambodia Airports, the French-owned company that holds the concession to operate the Kingdom’s three existing international airports, said his company was “aware of UDG’s development plans in Koh Kong”.

He said if the project is completed according to international specifications it would almost certainly cut into Sihanoukville airport’s flight traffic.

“Therefore, such impact will have to be further assessed with all of our stakeholders,” he said.

Norinda added that in response to projected economic and tourism growth on Cambodia’s southern coast, expansion work on Sihanoukville International Airport was expected to commence by the end of the year.
I don't like to be negative, but their expectations of economic growth seem a trifle optimistic. Definitely agree that Cambodia needs to develop air transport, but 3 international airports on the coast ???
Think Hong Kong in reverse for Koh Kong with the CCP holding the 99 year lease

Big'n: I wrote that in 2016. I was sceptical. But, the situation has completely changed since then and I have changed my mind on just about everything that I said here. They only started upgrading the existing Sihanoukville airport at the end of 2016. There were still relatively few tourists flying in at the time.
In two years, everything has changed. Previously, things did not move fast in Cambodia. But now we have a rich big brother who is in a hurry to buy up the entire coast so his people can have holiday homes and enjoy themselves*. :OD:

*

Spoiler:

Now all these airports and ports do not seem out of place at all and I agree with what you suggest.

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