New Location for Freedom Park

taabarang · Post by **taabarang** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 1:36 pm

If you look under the cation of the photograph you will see the new proposed location of Freedom Park.

http://m.phnompenhpost.com/national/int ... reen-light

But I suspect that even in this tucked away place promises to expedite completion are optimistic at best. Hardly likely to be finished before the national election.

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Sat Feb 11, 2017 5:17 am

New Freedom Park gets new name
The new Freedom Park will open within the next three months and will be renamed Democracy Square, according to City Hall yesterday.

City Hall spokesman Met Measpheakdey told Khmer Times yesterday that renovations to the new park, located in a more remote location along National Road 5 in Phnom Penh’s Russey Keo district, started earlier this week.

“We may have to spend at most three months for preparation to be completed and have it operational. We won’t call this location Freedom Park anymore, we will call it Democracy Square,” he said...
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35328/ ... -new-name/

frank lee bent · Post by **frank lee bent** » Sat Feb 11, 2017 5:48 am

i certainly hope 2018 is not a disaster

Luigi · Post by **Luigi** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 9:34 am

frank lee bent wrote:i certainly hope 2018 is not a disaster

I fear it is inevitable. Got a good running start.

But then again if there is only one party or one ruling party but many factions with no direction then chaos may be unnecessary.

Stay vigilant.

John Bingham · Post by **John Bingham** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 12:25 pm

taabarang wrote:
But I suspect that even in this tucked away place promises to expedite completion are optimistic at best.

It's out of the way, but not "tucked away". It's about 1km long along the river/NR5, and it was in very good condition last time I saw it. I'm guessing they are going to pave a larger area of it, but I have my doubts that it will be too popular with protestors.