Beach wall construction stopped
16 June 2017

Sihanoukville provincial authorities yesterday ordered a stop to construction of an illegal concrete wall near a tourist beach in Ream commune.

Chhit Ratanak, deputy director of Sihanouk provincial hall, said officials went to Ream beach after getting a report about the construction. He said authorities found 29 metres of wall being built to reserve an area for one business. “We went to stop them immediately,” Mr Ratanak said.
“They wished to build the wall for the benefit of their business. We do not allow this. “The beach belongs to the public. No one owns it. The beach is kept for tourism.”

Buon Narith, a provincial coordinator for rights group Licadho, said that if authorities did not take action, more concrete constructions would be built near the beach.

Authorities in Sihanoukville have also ordered 106 families to remove illegal buildings in Veal Renh commune.
The buildings, built for the owners to live in and to sell, have to be removed before Sunday...
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39399/ ... n-stopped/

Forget about the concrete wall, what about that ugly great building!!
Another beach gone.

that looks the same as the big casino theyre building in between sokha and independence beaches

Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Sat Jun 17, 2017 12:49 am that looks the same as the big casino theyre building in between sokha and independence beaches

By "the same" you mean just as ugly ? I'm afraid they are all going to be "the same" right along the coast. If there is any theme or architectural continuity in the coastal development, it is the consistent ugliness and lack of imagination.

As for the OP, how ironic to give planning permission for the building and then decide that a seawall is a step too far. Could be that local authorities are not happy with their share of the commission for this development ?

Anchor Moy wrote: ↑Sat Jun 17, 2017 2:10 am

Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Sat Jun 17, 2017 12:49 am that looks the same as the big casino theyre building in between sokha and independence beaches

By "the same" you mean just as ugly ? I'm afraid they are all going to be "the same" right along the coast. If there is any theme or architectural continuity in the coastal development, it is the consistent ugliness and lack of imagination.

As for the OP, how ironic to give planning permission for the building and then decide that a seawall is a step too far. Could be that local authorities are not happy with their share of the commission for this development ?

yeah just as ugly, but if you see, its a big rectangular building with 2 buildings either side with dome roofs

The Chinese haven't progressed much in architecture since they built the great Wall. Fugly.

CEOCambodiaNews wrote: ↑Fri Jun 16, 2017 7:57 pm “The beach belongs to the public. No one owns it. The beach is kept for tourism.”

Is this a good time to bring up the forests?

vladimir wrote:

CEOCambodiaNews wrote: ↑Fri Jun 16, 2017 7:57 pm “The beach belongs to the public. No one owns it. The beach is kept for tourism.”

Is this a good time to bring up the forests?

No. We don't bring up forests, we cut them down...


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Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Sat Jun 17, 2017 12:49 am that looks the same as the big casino theyre building in between sokha and independence beaches

looks exactly the same... maybe the report is 100% right in translation...