Domestic Airports Converted for Public Use

Prime Minister Hun Sen transferred control of some of the Kingdom’s domestic airports to local government authorities for public use during a cabinet meeting last Friday. “We handed over airfields to provincial authorities to manage and use for state or public interest,” Mr. Hun Sen said.
 

He added that the government decided to relinquish control of some airports to make way for a variety of government projects, but said airports in Kampong Chhnang, Battambang, Koh Kong and Stung Treng provinces would be kept for their original purpose. Authorities in charge of one airport in Mondulkiri province are planning to fill the space with huge orchid gardens.    “We keep some and we also hand over some to provincial authorities for public use,” the premier said.
 

State Secretariat of Civil Aviation spokesman Sin Chanserey Vutha said the four remaining airports would be maintained for expanding domestic flights in the future. “Following Prime Minister Hun Sen’s comments, we are now preparing solid documents to manage those domestic airports to keep as reserve airports and implementing the long-term strategy for the future,” Mr. Chanserey Vutha said.  

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