Cambodia to build huge TV tower and stadium for 2023 SEA Games

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By Al Gerard de la Cruz on July 26, 2016

A flurry of activity in the Cambodian capital in preparation for the 2023 SEA Games

Hustling and bustling through the Khmer capital. Image credit: hds (Flickr)

Cambodia’s ambitions continue to reach upwards.

Following plans to build the tallest building in Southeast Asia, developers in the Khmer Kingdom have set their sights on constructing a sky-scraping television tower.

As Realestate.com.kh reports, a TV antenna, which will serve as the broadcasting centre for the Southeast Asian Games in 2023, will soon pierce the Phnom Penh skies at 285 meters. China’s Power China Kunming Engineering Corporate Limited will be backing the project, which will take up a 6-hectare area near the Morodok Decho Sports Complex.

At 634 metres, the Tokyo Skytree in Japan is currently the tallest freestanding tower in the world, the second-tallest manmade structure overall next to the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. In Southeast Asia, the 421-metre KL Tower in Malaysia is the tallest, a record it has held since the 1990s.

Phnom Penh is basking in a flurry of activity leading to the games. Next year, the second phase of construction work will begin on the Morodok Decho stadium, which has received a funding package of USD150 million from the Chinese government.

Covering 85 hectares, the stadium will rise inside Garden City, a satellite-city project of LYP Group. The Cambodian developer has completed 70 percent of the stadium’s first phase of construction, an undertaking that would cost around USD39 million.

source http://www.property-report.com/cambodia-to-build-huge-tv-tower-and-stadium-for-2023-sea-games/