Thursday, 17 June 2010

DAP News ; Breaking News by Soy Sopheap

via Khmer NZ News Media

New Land Regulation to Deal Resettlement on State Land

Thursday, 17 June 2010 10:28 dap-news

CAMBODIA,PHNOM PENH,June,17,2010-The land issues is a hot issue that occurred in Cambodia after the land price is higher,” Im Chhun Lim, Minister of urbanization, land management said on Thursday.

“Now we have new regulation of resolution of temporary settlement of state land which illegally lived, “he said.

He added that the new circular on the resolution on the temporary settlements on land which has been illegally occupied in the capital, municipal and urban areas officially is effective from now on.

It focused on data collection on actual numbers of temporary settlements, identification and mapping classification of the sites of temporary settlements, households and population census in temporary settlements, solution finding, and coordinated discussion in order to identify solution policies, basic public infrastructure and services to support livelihood, and participation of stakeholder in development.

At the same time, Kep Chutema, Phnom Penh governor said that sometimes we are difficult to deal relocation of poor people in city because it intervened from many people.”Our officials sometimes committed badly through increasing the data of poor families and impacts are huge,” he said. We have to cut their intervention, he added. The meeting this morning took part from the all stakeholders related to seek land resolution and relocation of poor. Phnom Penh is core place of poor and relocation.

Cambodian Government Bans Sculpturing of Country’s Leaders for Sale, Sovenior Display

Thursday, 17 June 2010 10:18 dap-news

CAMBODIA,PHNOM PENH,June,17,2010-The Cabinet of Samdech Techo Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday released directives to guide all state agencies, publics and sculptors about banning the sculpturing or molding of the images of country’s leaders who are still alive for decorating the households or souvenirs.

We informed all state agencies and publics to be aware that in past, it had some places we observed that having displayed sculptures and image of country’s leaders who are still alive as sculpture.

And it also has some artists sculpturing or molding the image of countries’ leader for sale or decorating at household or as souvenirs.

“All these forms are wrong with Cambodian traditions that did not allow anybody to make the sculpture or mold for people who are still alive to do that, “he said.

According to directive, the cabinet would like to appeal to local people, state agencies, and publics to stop displaying that image or sale of those sculptures and stopped molding or sculpturing our country’s leaders from now on.

The cabinet hopes it will have good cooperation and be effectiveness for this directive.

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