Chinese Media Reports Exodus From SHK

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September 10, 2019
Gambling ban driving Chinese nationals away
Tens of thousands of Chinese nationals are reportedly leaving the Kingdom following a government ban on online gambling intended to reduce the number of crimes committed by foreigners.

Brigadier General Ath Bony, deputy director of the General Administrative Department at the General Department of Immigration, yesterday said more Chinese nationals are leaving in comparison to arriving since the ban was enforced last month.

From August 18 until September 7, there were about 140,000 departures of Chinese nationals recorded. Meanwhile, 130,000 Chinese national arrivals were recorded in the same period.

“Since the government banned online gambling, there are more Chinese [nationals] leaving the Kingdom than coming,” he said. “It does not mean all of them are going to leave.”

However, he noted that the number of those leaving the Kingdom continues to increase.

“Normally, the number of Chinese people leaving and coming remain stable,” Brig Gen Bony said. “Before, there were more arrivals than departures.”

General Keo Vanthan, spokesman of the General Department of Immigration, yesterday said 32,300 Chinese nationals arrived in Preah Sihanouk’s Sihanoukville between August 18 and 31. Meanwhile, the departure rate stood at 36,800 in the same period.

He noted that in the first eight months of this year, as many as 1.7 million Chinese national arrivals were recorded in the Kingdom, while 1.6 million departures were recorded.
From this article: https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50641757/g ... nals-away/

However, it also says:
San Chey, executive director of the Affiliated Network for Social, yesterday said the government ban had indeed influenced foreigners’ decision to stay in the Kingdom.

However, he added that the rising number of Chinese nationals leaving the Kingdom was not only driven by the online gambling ban, but also due to a Labour Ministry announcement last month to bar foreign nationals from self-employment in 10 categories of work, including as managers of human resources or administration in private companies.
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Proof that 10,000 constitutes and exodus.
I’m off to the airport to claim a car.
Don’t listen to Chinese whispers.
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cant they all get EG extensions, + the 1 month visa, good for a 7 month stay...
not much difference in costs and only entails a quick drive to Thailand

More to it than ,
However, he added that the rising number of Chinese nationals leaving the Kingdom was not only driven by the online gambling ban, but also due to a Labour Ministry announcement last month to bar foreign nationals from self-employment in 10 categories of work, including as managers of human resources or administration in private companies.
In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. HST
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phuketrichard wrote: Tue Sep 10, 2019 1:09 pm cant they all get EG extensions, + the 1 month visa, good for a 7 month stay...
They can get 3 year extensions.
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fax wrote: Tue Sep 10, 2019 1:11 pm
phuketrichard wrote: Tue Sep 10, 2019 1:09 pm cant they all get EG extensions, + the 1 month visa, good for a 7 month stay...
They can get 3 year extensions.
if thats so, the ministers comment makes no sense at all :stir:

1.7 in,1.8 out plus past 5 months have been low season.

In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. HST
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There are problems with falling Chinese arrivals throughout SE Asia.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-09- ... se-tourism
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armchairlawyer wrote: Tue Sep 10, 2019 2:15 pm There are problems with falling Chinese arrivals throughout SE Asia.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-09- ... se-tourism
Had a theory for sometime that the Chinese are 1 time visitors when it comes to travel... Go to place, get there selfie, move on... And whilst they have a population of 1.3 billion, only a small percentage can afford to travel, thus there's going to be a drop off.. though its happening a lot sooner than I thought.
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crob wrote: Tue Sep 10, 2019 3:44 pm
armchairlawyer wrote: Tue Sep 10, 2019 2:15 pm There are problems with falling Chinese arrivals throughout SE Asia.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-09- ... se-tourism
Had a theory for sometime that the Chinese are 1 time visitors when it comes to travel... Go to place, get there selfie, move on... And whilst they have a population of 1.3 billion, only a small percentage can afford to travel, thus there's going to be a drop off.. though its happening a lot sooner than I thought.
Yeah, you might be right.

In the case of SHK, I imagine some recent visitors would be none to impressed with the rainy season, associated flooding and issues around garbage removal, poor sewerage/sanitation infrastructure. Methinks hardly worth recommending that to your friends..

And with the more recent yaun/renminbi depreciation against USD, presumably they are feeling the currency pain like aussies and brits.
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A blip.
They'll be back in bigger numbers.

imo
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Any pictures yet of all these car parks & fields full of left behind cars ?
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