Construction of Koh Nora Satellite City 27% Complete

26 October 2020

The development of the multi-million dollars Koh Nora satellite city is 27% complete and has been contributing over US$ 225 million or approximately 0.9% to the kingdom’s GDP annually in the past three years, according to OCIC Chairman Neak Oknha Pung Kheav Se.

OCIC has been thus far building concrete foundations and filling the river bank with sand and stone to prepare for the main infrastructure. Since the beginning of the construction in October 2018 to now, the development of Koh Norea Satellite city is about 27% complete.

“Koh Nora satellite city will cost around US$2.5 billion. In the past three years alone, OCIC has already spent US$550 million for infrastructure development. This has contributed approximately US$225 million or 0.9% to Cambodia’s GDP annually,” said Neak Oknha.

He added that the project can create 7,000 jobs as the project is developing. Once completed, the city will host a least 50,000 people and create over 10,000 jobs in daily operations.

Being developed on over 125 hectares of land, this multi-billion-dollar project will comprise of commercial areas, theatres, parks, residential areas, residential buildings, banks, universities medical centre, among others.
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​​Tonle Bassac is shrinking due to the rich people making developments
April 2, 2021

Phnom Penh: KBN News has already published a number of questions about the erosion of the banks of the Bassac River opposite Koh Pich in Chbar Ampov district, because while one side of the river is filling up with landfill, the other riverbank is collapsing.



Some people are surprised to see that OCIC Chairman Neak Oknha Pung Kheav Se is permitted to fill in the river to build a development on Koh Norea. He is building a bridge across the Bassac River from Koh Pich to the new development area, but they wonder who gave permission to take over dozens of hectares of the river as if it was private property.

Source and photos - KBN News

This morning! Phnom Penh Capital Administration Launches Two Large Ferries to Cross the Bassac River to Koh Nora
Friday, 9 April 20210

Cambodia News, (Phnom Penh): According to the Department of Public Works and Transport of Phnom Penh, on April 9, 2021, this morning, the Phnom Penh Capital Administration launched two large ferries to cross the Bassac River from Koh Pich to Koh Nora from 5:30 am to 8:00 pm to reduce traffic congestion on the Monivong Bridge in Chamkarmon and Chbar Ampov districts.

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Company Filling in Mekong River Causes Concerns among Kandal’s Communities
Ou Sokmean
07/06/2021 [6 July 2021], 7:29 PM
Saying that the details of Khun Sea Development Group’s proposed project were opaque, local communities and activists voiced concerns over the environmental impacts and lack of transparency

PHNOM PENH--Onlookers watched as parts of the Mekong River near the Areyksat Ferry Port in Kandal Province were filled with rock to make way for a new development project.

Kong Sophoan, governor of Kandal Province, explained that Khun Sea Development Group had been awarded an area of roughly 70 hectares which the company will rent from the local government to build a satellite city project and luxury condominiums.

The rocks that had been poured into the river, he said, were to become the foundations of the project, adding that it would be similar to Koh Pich—the controversial man-made island in Phnom Penh that sits largely unoccupied.

According to Sophoan, the laying of the foundations has been approved by environmental experts from a number of institutions who have told him that the river will not be damaged in the process. He did not name the experts or the institutions they hail from.

“The implementation of this investment company’s development project has been approved by the [environmental] authorities as well as the government,” he said.

But onlookers like Sao Sarang, who is the village chief at Wat Khsach Village in Areyksat Commune, said that the rocks were being poured not just around the riverbanks as he had previously been told they would be.

“We could see that they were pouring [the rocks] directly into the river, very far from the riverbank,” he said, adding he was concerned about how the project would affect his community, especially because it now appears different from how he originally believed it would be.

It is a concern that is shared by Heng Kimkong, research and advocacy manager at the Cambodia Youth Network, who said he suspected that the government has not conducted a full study on the environmental impacts that could arise from the project.

“Even the local people don’t know about this development project,” he said, adding that that project might affect the flow of the Mekong River, as it has around other areas where the river has been filled in such as Koh Pich and Koh Nora.

“What we are concerned about in this development project is the impact on water flow of the Mekong River, which could cause flooding in Phnom Penh during the rainy season and other impacts, including loss of fish resources,” he said.

He called on the government to show the results of the environmental impact study of this development project in a transparent manner to the public to avoid any questions and concerns in the future.

Phnom Penh Governor Khuong Sreng and Environment Ministry spokesman Neth Pheaktra could not be reached for comments at press time.

The development lease was noted in an April 2019 circular from the Council of Ministers referring to a notice from Prime Minister HE granting a 50-year lease on the 70-hectare plot of state property to Khun Sea.
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Cam.O'Dear wrote: ↑Fri Nov 20, 2020 5:59 am

John Bingham wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 12:06 am Those new bridges should certainly tale the pressure off the congested inner city streets where pedestrians have to walk on the road.

If those pedestrians bought cars they would not have to walk on the road. Problem solved.

its Cambodia........ most people cant afford cars

Kow4me1 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 08, 2021 3:02 am

Cam.O'Dear wrote: ↑Fri Nov 20, 2020 5:59 am

John Bingham wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 12:06 am Those new bridges should certainly tale the pressure off the congested inner city streets where pedestrians have to walk on the road.

If those pedestrians bought cars they would not have to walk on the road. Problem solved.

its Cambodia........ most people cant afford cars

You could have fooled me , that's why the new bridges are in need and traffic jams everywhere in PP , all the cars on the road that a Khmer can't afford