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by offroadscholar
Sun Jan 09, 2022 11:54 am
Forum: Housing for Rent/Sale
Topic: Beautiful pool villa for sale in Kep
Replies: 56
Views: 18459
Australia

Re: Beautiful pool villa for sale in Kep

IIRC, the build was well documented in a thread on this forum, or the other one.

What would it cost to buy a similarly located and sized piece of land in Kep now, and build the same house ?
by offroadscholar
Fri Nov 12, 2021 7:36 pm
Forum: Business and Finance
Topic: The National Bank of Cambodia yesterday announced that is testing a mobile payment application system known as Bakong.
Replies: 43
Views: 18431
Australia

Re: The National Bank of Cambodia yesterday announced that is testing a mobile payment application system known as Bakon

I just setup the Bakong app on my Phone and registered my Canadia account with it. Did a $100 test deposit from Canadia to Bakong Wallet to Prasac account. No fee. Canadia staff tell me there's no fee for transfers up to $1000. Max per day $2500 I didnt ask the fee for over $1000. Looks like a handy...
by offroadscholar
Sat Sep 18, 2021 7:00 pm
Forum: Newsworthy
Topic: Cambodian and Chinese police raid 200 arrested
Replies: 9
Views: 2358
Australia

Re: Cambodian and Chinese police raid 200 arrested

Operation low hanging fruit ?

Media reports indicate thousands invloved....

Make a few token arrests and leave alone the big boys paying the big bucks to those high up ?
by offroadscholar
Wed Sep 15, 2021 2:24 pm
Forum: Business and Finance
Topic: Cambodia to host Ford Motor assembly factory
Replies: 9
Views: 2414
Australia

Cambodia to host Ford Motor assembly factory

Will this reduce the cost of new Ford Rangers in Cambodia ? Cambodia to host Ford Motor assembly factory The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved a multi million dollar investment project of the Ford Motor Company The US$21-million Ford Motor Cambodia’s assembly plant project w...
by offroadscholar
Wed Aug 25, 2021 9:23 am
Forum: Business and Finance
Topic: trade cryptocurrency
Replies: 10
Views: 2865
Australia

Re: trade cryptocurrency

Given Cambodian Banks aversion to crypto transactions, is there much of a liquid market here for stable coins (USDC etc) if I want to sell for USD fiat ? Reason to do this is to simply bypass the banking system in transferring dollars from my home country into Cambodia. Only modest living expenses a...
by offroadscholar
Wed Apr 14, 2021 12:02 pm
Forum: General Chatter
Topic: Elon Musk's Starlink satellites over Cambodia
Replies: 46
Views: 10991
Australia

Re: Elon Musk's Starlink satellites over Cambodia

Some might remember Camshin's satellite service around 10 or more years ago. They lent you a huge $2000 dish/hardware setup which you signed liability for. $55/mth for an unlimited but slow connection that didnt work in the rain. When Camshin went bankrupt and were absorbed by Cellcard, no-one bothe...
by offroadscholar
Wed Apr 07, 2021 1:53 pm
Forum: Newsworthy
Topic: Information on Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Cambodia (Latest Updates December 2021)
Replies: 3687
Views: 659965
Australia

Re: Information on Coronavirus in Cambodia from 8 March 2020 (Latest Updates)

Gottalove the decision making ability of autocratic governments “Vaccines do not poison. They protect us, our organisation and our society. If officials avoid vaccination, they avoid coming to the ministry. Therefore, I would like to emphasise that if the vaccinations reach only 70 percent, please s...
by offroadscholar
Thu Mar 18, 2021 8:26 pm
Forum: Newsworthy
Topic: Information on Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Cambodia (Latest Updates December 2021)
Replies: 3687
Views: 659965
Australia

Re: Information on Coronavirus in Cambodia from 8 March 2020 (Latest Updates)

Someone mentioned a few pages back about postal services being stopped. I've been trying to get a parcel sent from Australia to Cambodia for weeks and Australian postal service won't send to Cambodia. I tryed couriers and they want an arm and a leg for it. So I have to wait. Havent tried them mysel...
by offroadscholar
Tue Mar 09, 2021 2:22 pm
Forum: General Chatter
Topic: Covid - 20 Feb - are you changing your habits?
Replies: 40
Views: 7248
Australia

Re: Covid - 20 Feb - are you changing your habits?

Doc67 wrote: Tue Mar 09, 2021 12:07 pm I was just wondering if people were beginning to take this a lot more seriously...
minimal change.....

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