offroadscholar wrote: ↑Mon Aug 06, 2018 12:03 pm
At the same time, under the close cooperation between Cambodia and China, the Chinese side has identified four coastal provinces in it’s maritime strategy: Koh Kong, Sihanoukville, Kampot and Kep Provinces and the coastal corridor road from Koh Kong to Kep Province will begin construction.

It's a bit like saying that in the USA, California, Oregon & Washington state have been identified as promising coastal states on the West coast.

Basically, with that new refinery down the road from Kampot and a new "China Town" to go up nearby plus Bokor, this has already started to happen and if one didn't venture too far out that way, most of the Chinese could perhaps easily be avoided.

I know there are a ton of cool Chinese people who are open-minded and a bit renegade-ish and don't swallow the BS from the Chinese CP CS'ers but they're probably not part of this first wave (and not even the 2nd one). I still have my doubts that most of them really want to stay in the KoW long term when there are so many other cool destinations to chose from that have so much more to offer to the consumer-minded party line toe-ers.

I keep looking for more reliable info if there are any plans for Kampot town but all you get is hearsay. There is NAGA's monopoly forbidding any casino built within 200 km's of PP but of course, nothing's really carved in stone in Cambodia, maybe not even at Angkor Wat (pardon the bad pun).

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Mon Aug 06, 2018 6:43 pm drove from Kep to boarder
Massive Chinese developments being built, some look like whole cites going up. Where as 2 years ago it was empty rice fields

Totally 'fucked road, just about the whole way,was better 3 years ago...TO bad their not paying to fix the roads

Only good road in the kingdom runs from PP to Vietnam via Svay Rieng

A few weeks ago, I saw an old Khmer friend, with a good position working for a land development company. He had told me of a new project he was working with, and this is to be one of the proposed Khmer new towns in Tboung Khmum province, located on the central lowlands of the Mekong.
Apparently, there is a new university built and other amenities to attract buyers, with small plots starting at 5 M x 20 m = 3000 $ the company is also offering free transport for prospective buyers to view the land.

Clearing along Koh Kong beach raises eyebrows
28 August 2018
Concerns have been raised over the clearing of mangrove forests along Bak Khlong beach in Koh Kong province’s Mondul Seima district as land prices in the area increase.

Bak Khlong commune chief Eav Kosorl told The Post on Monday that land titles existed for areas along the beach and mangrove forests, so people had a right to sell or clear the land if they own it.

“Land in the area was given to people by former commune chiefs. So if they have the titles, people in those areas can clear or sell it,” he said.

Kosorl said that at Bak Khlong only the forest at the Boeung Krachang tourist site is protected.

Taing Sony, a resident of Bak Khlong commune, said Koh Kong province is in the process of being developed. Investors have started to show interest in the land there, while the flow of Chinese companies and Chinese nationals seeking places to rent in which to reside or do business has increased.
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ ... s-eyebrows

There is this too.

Forest Cleared Illegally In Koh Kong
Koh Kong: Flooded forest land along the seashore and river mouth in Andoung Thuek commune has been sold to a private company.
The activities of logging and destroying the forest land has been going on for weeks, without intervention from any local authorities.
Residents living in the area told Rasmey Kampuchea on August 27, requesting not to be identified, that illegal logging of forest land has been taking place in the Prek Kantout and Prek Ksang areas.
According to the people, offenders cut down mangrove trees and small-scale ferns, and the land has already been cleared. Now it is being sold to a private company.
Mr. Phall Phal, director of Koh Kong Environmental Protection Department, acknowledged the location of these crimes reported by people. He immediately sent environmentalists to check for evidence of illegally cleared land and illegal logging to build a case to go to court.
According to the Law on Forestry of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, July 20, 2002, Chapter 15, Articles 90-93 States that: persons or legal entities who commit deforestation will be liable to imprisonment, confiscation, fines by courts, interim fines, indemnification damages, revocation or suspension of the agreement or permit.
If the perpetrator refuses to pay a transactional fine or fixes the damage, the Forestry Administration may forward the case to the court. Forest offenses shall be subject to administrative penalty in addition to the penalties set forth in this law. First-level forestry crimes are punishable by imprisonment from five years to ten years and confiscated all evidence to state property.
Local authorities are investigating the claims.

http://www.rasmeinews.com/%E1%9E%96%E1% ... %E1%9E%8F/

newkidontheblock wrote: ↑Wed Aug 29, 2018 2:37 am Guess we’ll see how many stars the forestry folks have backing them vs the stars backing the loggers.

It's all about payment in the end.

Another billion dollars to be invested in tourism by Chinese developers in the Koh Kong region. Announcement...

Koh Kong ‘Vacation Town’ to cost $1.2B
5 September 2018
Union Development Group (UDG), the Chinese developer behind Koh Kong province’s $3.8 billion tourism project called Dara Sakor, has unveiled plans for yet another project called “Tourism Vacation Town”.

The announcement comes despite the company releasing little information about its previously touted venture.

News of the plan was disseminated via the Ministry of Commerce’s (MoC) Facebook page on Monday, after UDG’s board director Li Tao met Cambodian Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak.

The MoC’s press release said Tao had told Sorasak that his firm plans to invest another $1.2 billion to develop 1,200ha of land in Koh Kong.

The company plans to build a new town called “Tourism Vacation Town”, consisting of a five-star hotel, modern condominiums, commercial office buildings and a resort.

While construction is expected to begin early next year, MoC spokesman Seang Thay said on Tuesday that he had not received details about the project.

The MoC did not say which area of Koh Kong the new project will be built in.

UDG, a subsidiary of state-owned Chinese real estate developer Wanlong Group, holds a 45,000-hectare land concession in Koh Kong’s Botum Sakor and Kiri Sakor districts.

In 2008, it received a 99-year lease approval to build Dara Sakor Seashore Resort – a project that consist of a casino and golf course within Botum Sakor National Park.

Little information about the project and its progress is available to the public. It is still unclear how much money has been spent.
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ ... n-cost-12b

So much constructions going on in SHV, it seems there is a serious water shortage problem in the midst of the rainy season.