Archive for August, 2009
Cambodia announces plan to build country’s biggest prison
Phnom Penh - The government has approved a plan to build Cambodia’s largest prison, capable of holding 2,500 inmates, national media reported Thursday.
Cambodia currently has 24 prisons with a combined capacity of 12,500 prisoners. Many jails are overcrowded.
Heng Hak, the general director at the Ministry of the Interior’s prisons department, told the [...]
Japan provides loans to develop Cambodian Sihanoukville port
PHNOM PENH, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) — Japan on Thursday provided 72 million U.S. dollars in concession loans to develop Cambodia’s Sihanoukville port to expand its capacity.
”The fund is to improve the capacity of Sihanoukville port, the only international deep sea port in Cambodia, by constructing multipurpose terminals including a bulk terminal and oil supply base, [...]
Investment in Cambodian tourism reaches $354 mln in half year
PHNOM PENH, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) — The investment in Cambodia’s tourism reached to about 354 million U.S. dollars in the first six months of this year and is a leading field that got the most investment, the local media said on Tuesday.
”Council for Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved about 1.22 billion U.S. dollars investment projects [...]
Discovery Channel launches adventure tours
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Discovery Channel is launching a new brand of tours and trips called Discovery Adventures.
The brand will offer trips to destinations including Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru, the Amazon, the Galapagos, India, Thailand, Cambodia, China, South Africa, Morocco, Egypt, Alaska and the U.S. Southwest. Itineraries will range from cruises and safaris to [...]
