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by frizzie77
Thu Apr 30, 2020 3:06 pm
Forum: Newsworthy
Topic: Power Cuts for Phnom Penh Announced (UPDATED)
Replies: 14
Views: 5187
Cambodia

Re: Power Cuts for Phnom Penh Announced: 30 April-3 May, 2020

These power cuts seem to be mainly in outlying districts of Phnom Penh. Also many in the same districts on different days. Also see the last sentence of the first paragraph, where it says "due to maintenance operations". So, I don't think this is due to electricity shortages, which would b...
by frizzie77
Thu Apr 30, 2020 2:41 pm
Forum: Newsworthy
Topic: Singapore's Oxley Holdings desperately seeks way out of Cambodia woes
Replies: 1
Views: 1755
Cambodia

Singapore's Oxley Holdings desperately seeks way out of Cambodia woes

It's a two week old article, but I don't think it was ever reported here. Singapore's Oxley Holdings desperately seeks way out of Cambodia woes (Oxley’s prime project in Phnom Penh is The Peak) A few excerpts: But it wasn’t all hunky-dory in this [...] nation either, Cambodian property prices have f...
by frizzie77
Tue Apr 28, 2020 2:58 pm
Forum: Newsworthy
Topic: New form to keep track of foreigners in Kingdom- Foreigners Present in Cambodia System (FPCS)
Replies: 204
Views: 50989
Cambodia

Re: New form to keep track of foreigners in Kingdom

Has anyone actually used the app? I downloaded it and did some test runs but the app isn’t for the foreigner, it’s for the owner of accommodation so it seemed to me. That was indeed the original news (only last month): “Owners of hotels, guesthouses, condominiums and houses are obligated to fill th...
by frizzie77
Tue Apr 28, 2020 2:33 pm
Forum: Newsworthy
Topic: New form to keep track of foreigners in Kingdom- Foreigners Present in Cambodia System (FPCS)
Replies: 204
Views: 50989
Cambodia

Re: New form to keep track of foreigners in Kingdom

rexwell wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2020 2:22 pm What if I said I had the Tefler's Special - a Nokia 105 dumbphone?
In fact, a good question. I do know a few expats who indeed do not have a smartphone. What about them?
by frizzie77
Sun Apr 26, 2020 1:28 pm
Forum: General Chatter
Topic: The Cambodian Coronavirus Exception ?
Replies: 41
Views: 12804
Cambodia

Re: The Cambodian Coronavirus Exception ?

"You don't understaaaaaaand mister, Cambodia people all have tuberculosis vaxan (sic)" (his Frenchy way of saying TB shots) I have heard the tuberculosis vaccination reasoning as well, especially because many Cambodians have relatively recently been vaccinated. This was done through the N...
by frizzie77
Fri Apr 24, 2020 12:18 am
Forum: General Chatter
Topic: Tourist beaten in Phnom Penh by Sethbo Boat Captain
Replies: 51
Views: 13345
Cambodia

Re: Tourist beaten in Phnom Penh by Sethbo Boat Captain

clutchcargo wrote: Thu Apr 23, 2020 1:51 pm
Yobbo wrote: Thu Apr 23, 2020 1:24 pm Hmmm The poster seems to have principles & taken the higher ground in this thread!
if the story is legit
And that's the point I'm questioning.
by frizzie77
Thu Apr 23, 2020 7:07 pm
Forum: General Chatter
Topic: Ringpull redemption fee in PP?
Replies: 25
Views: 7544
Cambodia

Re: Ringpull redemption fee in PP?

Update: after visiting a few shops and being told 800-1000r, I found one that charged 500r per ringpull for Ganzberg. As others have said already: you don't go to some random shop to exchange your ringpulls, you do that at the shop where you bought your beer, and better where you regularly buy your...
by frizzie77
Wed Apr 22, 2020 10:51 pm
Forum: General Chatter
Topic: BBC website
Replies: 31
Views: 8777
Cambodia

Re: BBC website

Traceroute? I'm there in 4 hops. Maybe you can see where it's blocked That was a good suggestion. Results (it does complete, but not without problems, see below): Tracing route to bbc.com [151.101.128.81] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.1 2 2 ms 1 ms 1 ms 42.119.255.177 3 2...
by frizzie77
Wed Apr 22, 2020 10:22 pm
Forum: General Chatter
Topic: BBC website
Replies: 31
Views: 8777
Cambodia

Re: BBC website

Are you getting an error message? Timeout? What happens when you try to connect? \\I get this error: This site can’t be reached The connection was reset. Try: Checking the connection Checking the proxy and the firewall Running Windows Network Diagnostics ERR_CONNECTION_RESET Indeed, the above. I kn...
by frizzie77
Wed Apr 22, 2020 6:47 pm
Forum: General Chatter
Topic: BBC website
Replies: 31
Views: 8777
Cambodia

Re: BBC website

Can anyone replying here please also state which ISP they're using?
For me the BBC website is still not working.

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