KhmerTimes-Sept 3, 2024
The government has prioritized the development of border areas to safeguard and enhance these regions. To encourage population growth along the borders, the government has been granting social land concessions, particularly to families of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) and border police. In a recent interview with the Khmer Times, Pen Bona, Minister Delegate attached to the Prime Minister and Head of the Royal Government Spokesperson Unit (RGSU), explained that under the leadership of Prime Minister Hun Manet, the government is prioritizing the development of border areas while encouraging more people to settle along the borders.
“The government wants development along the border, and we are encouraging people to move there as much as possible,” Bona said. Former Prime Minister Hun Sen, now the Senate President, shared a video clip on September 1 in which he stated that the government is willing to provide social land concessions to encourage people to live along the border, especially in areas bordering Vietnam. He mentioned that the government would allocate over 2,000 hectares of land along the border, which had been exchanged with Vietnam following a series of negotiations, to families of soldiers, border police, and veterans who do not own land. “We must hand over this land to the provincial administration to prepare as social land concessions for distribution,” Mr Hun Sen said, adding that the government has also built houses for the families of soldiers in Svay Rieng province and other areas along the border. Since 1994, Cambodia has constructed a total of 1,320.66 kilometers of roads along the borders with neighboring countries Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos. Read more at: https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501552022/growing-safeguards-govt-encouraging-more-people-to-settle-in-border-areas/
