PM’s market nationalisation plan to give vendors stall rights in perpetuity

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Chhay Channyda

 

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday declared all markets in Cambodia run by private operators on the state’s behalf will be nationalised when their respective contracts end, a move he says will grant vendors a secure future.

 

In the latest sweeping policy move revealed on Facebook, the premier unveiled a sub-decree on the “management of markets throughout the country”.

 

The document extends a decision made by Hun Sen last week for vendors at Kampong Chhnang’s Phsar Leu market – where he vowed the state would take over and abolish rent in 2025 – to plazas across the entire country.

 

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