The government is planning to build a massive economic zone in Preah Sihanouk province to accommodate up to 10,000 factories similar to Thailand’s eastern economic corridor. Speaking during a cabinet meeting on Friday, Prime Minister Hun Sen said a new working group had been set up, designed to tackle some of the biggest questions regarding the transformation of Sihanoukville into a more developed and industrialised area.

 

“We need to have a solid roadmap to guide the development of the province. This group will help create one,” Mr Hun Sen said. The joint working group consists of officials from the ministries of industry and handicraft, tourism, land management, environment, as well as economy and finance.

 

“We need to adopt a long-term view to develop the industrial sector and transform Sihanoukville into a multi-purpose industrial zone,” said Cham Prasidh, the Minister of Industry and Handicrafts. Mr Prasidh explained that the first action of the new group will be to determine what areas of the province are to be protected and preserved and which ones will be turned into industrial spaces. They will then create a master plan to lay out in detail development plans for the region.

 

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23 hours ago, geovalin said:

“We need to adopt a long-term view to develop the industrial sector and transform Sihanoukville into a multi-purpose industrial zone,”

Don't focus in the long term on just one geographical area. Decentralized such planning that can transform many areas of Cambodia into industrial zones and plan for supportive infrastructure, law enforcement and water/waste management.