The Bay of Lights: Cambodia's city on sand
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- čas přidán 2. 05. 2024
- Cambodia’s southern coastline is being totally transformed by a massive US$16 billion “eco city” in Sihanoukville. But pressures are mounting on the project and its developers, and it has stirred discontent among locals and fuelled environmentalists’ worries. Read the full report: cna.asia/3JNgVC8
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Okay 😒 I’m sure Marina Bay Sand and many of Singapore’s land reclamation also built largely using Cambodian sand and most of them bought from unidentified sources without Cambodian government recognition. Maybe CNA should do a report about these unethical purchase of white sands?
If i recall correctly, the sand for Marina Bay Sands is brought from Indonesia and Vietnam. I think there's a documentary/article about it if you want to look.
Singapore has reclaimed too much land in their soil, did they ask international community permission to do so? Does it affect environment and ecological system in Singapore, Malaysia and the pacific ocean?
@@coreana.aesthetics so true
You don't need to ask permission when reclaiming land within your own sovereignty unless it clearly impacts another nation. Marina Bay is too far to have any impact on other countries and also SG don't have fishermen living there and depending their livelihoods on fishing . @@coreana.aesthetics
How is reclaiming lands gonna affect Pacific ocean from thousands of kilometres or even Indonesia and Malaysia that are hundreds of km away. Why not question China building islands on coral reefs that actually damage ecosystems in the South China Sea. UN condemned China and so what lol they keep building more.@@coreana.aesthetics
Westerners opinion: All projects that are invested in by Chinese are bad but they don't come for invest or helping poor country
Why you saying thr true true 😅😅❤
Wish you good health good luck and success ❤
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I rather see Cambodia stay green with beautiful rainforests. We can
Live with animals and forest land it better sustainable. Live more love and kind.
@@sokhaleang3228 Every thing we think positive, We will get more happiness and live with dignity. Every thing is ambition politic’s superpower country.
Chinese doesn't invest to help the poor. They invest to make the rich richer and the poor poorer. If things don't work out, the country becomes one of the Chinese debt traps... easy like that.
what funny is CNA quoted RFA 😂😂. Rarely or never seen CNA talking about positivity in Cambodia.
Yea the moment they quoted RFA this video lost its credibility
CNA is a US tool of propaganda
US-funded Radio Free Asia (RFA) shuts down its propaganda social media in Hong Kong after passing of new national security law known as Article 23.
Haha you're right! The reporter did not know RFA is a media funded just to fight the government. Or maybe CNA also follows RFA's standard too.
Dude, most of the unfinished buildings in Cambodia have a China investors who are currently bankrupted due to the combined effects of the Great CCP lockdown and Great bubbles burst. Anyone who pickup the abandoned projects will get burnt and take on unnecessary financial risks. The best example would be Forest city in Malaysia also known as 1mdb city.
You're wrong. Currently, most of the unfinished buildings were rebuilt. You need to say new information not old information.
It all depends on the price you pick the buildings up at. But yeah, I do agree with you that here in Cambodia a lot of it had to do with speculation and I'm expecting a real estate crash soon
It is just an overbuilt (speculation bubble). "houses are for living in, not for speculation" - xi jinping. Those who speculate will get burned the most like Wall Street investment funds lose billions on China Evergrande bonds. Today China is a country of homeowners with more than 90% of households owning homes (87% in urban and 96% in rural China) (Clark, Huang, & Yi, 2019). At the same time, more than 20% Chinese households own multiple homes, higher than many developed nations (Huang et al., 2020)
Forest city is a ghost town, investors buy it to invest and not for staying. Which is why 70% sold and hardly anyone lives there. Projects solely for foreigners to park their wealth, simply won't fly
@daya4703 which ones have been rebuilt ?
Never see any good news about cambodia from CNA
There are good coverage about Cambodia during the TCS period. But basically a no 2 economy utopian power country copied Singapore homework but is defeated by internal graft because their assembly are not elected but was selected( like current Hong Kong)反對意見請舉手。 沒有，沒有，沒有。
@@pehclark7256 More like CNA is on the payrol of the CIA like most Western media is.
Singapore wants to prosper thy neighbours because it is in its interest to do so. It shares its successful story and good practices with ASEAN. It provides training for its neighbours and generously give scholarships to young people from ASEAN member countries. These are good news.
@@westwoodly Singapore is American and Israel guard dog in Southeast Asia. The only things It`s wanted is to secured American power in Asean and stop any country develop that threat US. Why did it opposed the Kra canal? why did it support Taiwan independent ? why did support new bases in the Philippine? Why did it choose USA in Us vs China conflict? instance of staying natural?
Go to Phnom Penh post. They post positive contents of Cambodia
Developing countries always face scrutiny when they want to grow economically, as though it's better if they remain old-fashioned, unprogressive.
Did you watch the video? If you did, can you tell me what is exactly being scrutinised? Is it the country as a whole?
Hint: It isn't.
@@John-el5sv Are you happy with Cambodia's development?
That is 1000% true.
@@htahtoo8851absolutely, many of us become much wealthier. I am Cambodian. No time in our recent history we have become this wealthy, but we keep progressing.
@@John-el5sv I came to watch this segment about this project. What I ended up watching was a complete propaganda piece of how bad Cambodia is. That's not news. That's blatant lies.
Beautiful Cambodia
Reminds me of San Francisco Bay Area in 1800s when my family moved there for opportunities. Lots of crime and lawless people roaming around but decades later the area became mature until it went downhill. Five generations later I'm moving to Cambodia. :)
Are you Chinese or Cambodian?
It's funny you say this because a lot of Western people are saying the government and China destroyed the city. But they would never make the argument that NYC was destroyed.
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I'm moving to Cambodia too
@@jadej51 Excellent! I’m starting a hotel business there. 👌
អ្នកក្នុងស្រុក កុំប្រឹងតែខំការពារពេក ក្រែងល ដល់វេនអ្នកអែងគេដេញចេញពីផ្ទះដូចពួកអ្នកនេសាទ បានដឹងប្រឹងក៍ម៉េច? ប្រឹងអរគុណទៀតទៅ ជិតបានស័ក្ដិពាក់ហើយ។ ឲ្យចេះស្ដាប់ការពិតផង។
My hearts goes out to all these local Cambodians, stay safe
Come to Sihanoukville, Cambodian 🇰🇭, you'll see more about abandoned Chinese Belt and Road town.
-It's in contrast with what Xi Jinping said at the BRF in Beijing.
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It's literally on their local news and tons of footage. Went there and seen it too, can see at least hundreds of abandoned buildings
@@lonewolf7992 It’s the Truth LOL! There is plenty of Recent Vloggers that show SihanChina as a …… lmto
The report is laughable when the source it gets from the RFA 😂
Is that true or not?
@@fella9293 yes, true 2%
Please keep watching and raising the human right abuse in Cambodia and also Native Khmer Vietnam, for the local Khmer people!
Human rights abuses? These people were living on that land illegally. Now the government gives them land for free. And that's human rights abuse?
ciami6 ?
@@dan-bz7dz
Use your conscience and brain to what are you saying ? Cambodia it’s belong to all Kun Khmers people . Cambodia doesn’t belong for traitors nor Humanity abuse. Govnment needs Cambodian people and need their rights to express the injustice possessions. Cambodia Govnment doesn’t own a damn piece of Kun Khmer lands , these lands are also belong to all Kun Khmers who has been reside since their ancestry . Even my father own a lots of landscape in Pailin provinces but because of the uncertain fate happen in the country as the Mass Genocides we fled nearly death to escape to another part of the world . If we return back to claim my father landscapes it’s all gone under the corrupted Government regime . Integrities regime it’s a must to all Khmer country and across the world .
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Why is there anything to do with Kun Khmer, the martial arts?
This video is showing Cambodia's reality to the world.
Not really.
I went to Sihanoukville last month. While I was laying down on the beach, I saw an old Chinese pooping in the distance.
lol
Basically, it is a China colony land now
It doesn't seem right to treat human beings in this cruel way. At least give these people a proper place with electricity and running water to live comfortably.
These people were living illegally on that land and they did not have electricity or schools there either. The government decided to give them a piece of land that they owned. You're a victim of propaganda. You really should learn what critical thinking is.
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It’s not a victim of propaganda as a Kun Khmer I’ve seen and watch these poors and vulnerable Kmers got kick out and end up homeless, even they receive daily threat from whoever has crook money laundering to abuse its power it’s disgusting to the chore! As I myself Kun Khmer . Govment are evil doers he’s lead almost 48 years without elections nowadays he transfer to he’s son Hun Manet without a fair elections. Kun Khmers are entitle to live wherever they want as long they didn’t live on neighbors properties nor under certain. Infrastructure that is part of public safety . Cambodia was so beautiful and prosperious before the Genocides .
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Don’t participated in an iniquities or believe the evil doers. Khmer lands belong to the native Cambodians they’ve been living since their live or since their ancestry. No one is illegal within their own lands unless these crooks investment were involved and chase all Sihanoukville native out of their natural habitats . These poors and vulnerable native Sihanoukville are receiving daily treats if they resist sadly once move out they don’t compensate anything and left them on their own meant without cleanse water,electricities etc.. Cambodians native that were the nation of Sihanoukville sustain their living by fishing and trading how can they survive fairly if no help were offering ????
Lol then all khmer native is illegally living on their ancestor land? The gov in this scerario seems like petty criminal
@@hf..7271you are right on Khmer land belong to Khmer people. Anyway, it doesn’t means you can take the land whenever or wherever you wanted. You have to got approval from authorities.
I wish CNA implement the DW-style narration, where there is a foreign-language spoken during the interview, they dub it in English so it becomes listenable. Very helpful for me and to others who prefer listening to these kind of contents while driving.
You'd get brainwashed either way
@@dan-bz7dz people always say these things to the mainstream media, and CNA is no exception. If u dont want to listen to them, just do not watch. Easy. Watch RU, ChinaDaily or Global Times.
I lived in Sihanoukville back in 2009/2010. The town is unrecognizable now compared to what it was back then. Long gone are the days of Mick & Craigs, Freedom Bar night life and the days of marijuana openly smoked at local restaurants.
Not for the locals...for the ultra rich prcs
Yeah, not like the port, and freezone is going to provide work for Cambodian people. Not at all.
Not only sihanookville, poipet, koh kong , were ever there is a casino , or a gated compound anywhere in scambodia, do not work there , you could be a hostage worker ! Just be a normal expat.
Common Thai people 🤣
I like Kampot better than Sihanoukville.
Source of funds?
Sihanoukville is very beautiful, natural and nice foods. Development has advantages and disadvantages, however, after a few years of development you can see nice roads, beaches, hotels and restaurants. Sure we need to ignore some abandon buildings because of Covid-19, I believe not only Cambodia the rest of the world is facing the economics slowdown. but who care I go to Sihanoukville to enjoy the view of the beach.
The construction company makes money while everyone else loses.
there's no such thing as high crime rate in cambodia
It's not because it is western media that's why they have a negative view in this. If you learned to research and read, the projects that China built in Cambodia are of unbelievably high interest rate. Not to mention, prices are so bloated that you can build 4 projects of the same size in other SEAsian nation and yet is only used for 1 project on Cambodia.
There is no hope for this country. Little did they know, their islands and sovereignty are sold and given in exchange.
Singaporean building a casino there
Did anybody understand what the Aussie guy said?
If it is local , it is Cambodia Govt, Cambodia land is owned by the govt, how they help the citizens is their issue. Land was on concession rights. Investors just make sure their investment is profitable .Sands?
Wanna make an omelette, you gotta break a few eggs.
What they don't tell you is those people were living on that land illegally. Now they actually own their land
@@dan-bz7dzwho? Chinese or Khmer?
Want to be rich you got to steal some cash from other, am I right? @gosnooky
A ghost city abounding in unfinished and dilapidated buildings. The pseudo glitz and glamour would not help the locals at all but rather, render the city a nickname:" A new chinese colony"
Westerners should come to invest in Cambodia if you want us better than this but Cambodia is safety country than you thought.
Yes, it is true, If you have pistol.
I kind of disagree with that guy Virak. Most of these projects are built with black money and comes mostly from corrupt private individuals. They don't have the funds to complete the project in the first place so they build to resell it to another investor hoping to make big profits. When things went south they all fled. The problem is nobody will want to pour investments into these poorly built buildings. It's better if they tear all of it down and restart over. I think they need to change the model to a sustainable affordable housing market framework. The prices of these condo units are insane for majority of the locals making less than 1 dollar a day.
I came here for information on the project. Got negative propaganda of how bad Cambodia is instead
It's true I live here , it's scambodia
@@PeteNasia…
@@PeteNasiawhy don’t you move out?
I have 5 friends working in Prince building and doing scam work, stop denying it
British system also hand Land Acts among the commonwealth system countries.
160,000 people in this eco villiage?
Eco friendly with Chinese people 😂😂😂
- In 2017 Kem Sokha 👉👉openly admitted to working with the US to overthrow the Cambodian government in a Washington-sponsored Serbia-style color revolution;
Details in the video 👇.
(US Proxy Jailed in Cambodia for Treason Amid US Meddling Region-wide in Asia)
Look same Venedig
👍👍👍👍to CNA for making videos about Cambodia.
It gives viewers the chance to learn about what a foreign country is doing to interfere with the political affairs of Cambodia.
(US Proxy Jailed in Cambodia for Treason Amid US Meddling Region-wide in Asia)
- In 2017 Kem Sokha 👉👉openly admitted to working with the US to overthrow the Cambodian government in a Washington-sponsored Serbia-style color revolution;
Sihaknuk ville has lost its identity
“ innocent of the rumors my @ “ 😂
A country which is still largely empty but reclaims the sea? 😂
Big lands but those are protected for environment and green space.
60% of Cambodia are covered by Forest.
@@coreana.aesthetics with no wild animals, I live in koh kong
@@PeteNasia You can live wherever you want.
@@coreana.aesthetics
I’ll love our forestry it’s very resourceful people are living better and happier during Khmer Angkorian . 🇰🇭🇰🇭🇰🇭🇰🇭💜💜
What local Cambodians need is better core utilities like drinkable water as bottled water is expensive. Better roads in existing cities. Better standard of living in existing cities. Stop polluting their rivers with better sanitary system and industrial waste processing. Better waste management in local cities. Increase GDP with manufacturing hiring local people. Reducing gap in income inequality. Protection of their national forests and river systems. Imagine how much 16B can improve the life of the locals if the investment went to all these.
I drink the municipal source water (tap water) and no problem.
Thanks CNA News❤
The rich and the foriner are living well including Vietnam citizens
China's 100 billion abandoned city, 90% of buildings abandoned
Don’t get your source from RFA, if you think your media is unbiased.
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Build whatever you want. Live whatever you want too. We are building a new city for you, you can dun wan it
Exactly. But we in the West have to have opinions about everything and tell you how to govern your country.
I went out there to have a look and it’s taken some of the best coastline away frm local Cambodian people .. I couldn’t even access any of the beach as it’s all controlled.. what a joke .. come in if your rich only
CambodiaNS must CHANGE their mindset ?
Wherever the Chinese 🇨🇳 regime goes, that place becomes *hopeless.*
Whether it's Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Argentina, Zambia, Kenya, Laos, Cambodia, Afghanistan, or Pakistan.
You are brainwashed by the west media! What a pity
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BBC of South East Asia.
Please talk good about Cambodia, we are better than you think!
Chinese projects haven't been doing well. Like botum sakor national park literally carved out to make a city since 2008. Loss of biodiversity and barely anything there, nowhere near the miracles the developers touted
Where is good thing? Tell me once! Please
Why CNA always badmouth about Cambodia even what you said is really truth? So funny news channel 😂No transparency 😂
only the poor are suffering
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I dont think this city will gonna work.
Yes it is work, but not for home families to live, it is for Chinese online worker.
Cambochina & Claimbodia That's the definition I heard.
I heard don't Thai to me or thiefland 😆
Stay in your lane TheftLand, CrookLand, LadyBoyzLand
Stopping Thai (lie) to the world please.
I’m not here for hatred nor distorted someone nation but Ive feel shamely and disgusted as you are by going around slanders and distorted the origin of Cambodia histories . Google from the world Geography map where and how was “ Kmer Empire” before the invaders, a Thai-Thief raided and sacked our kingdom then later mislead and lies about Cambodia . 19 Khmers outlying provinces were seized by Siem( Thai) and 21 Khmers outlying provinces were seized by Vietnam!!
@@keatkimhengagree
Cambodia gets so much attention. That means we have become importance.
Well said.
Because its the place to be kidnapped for online scamming
@@PeteNasia It did happen at one point where there are too much inflow of money/people. It is not that Government approved this. However, Govt cracked and crashed them to ash these days. Lolz
@@PeteNasia Cambodia does indeed have a lot of problems. But its GDP is growing every year. Your racism isn't helping in any way
@@dan-bz7dz racism I live here , and what race am I ?
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This video is focusing mostly on the negative side, and maybe it's the reason that CNA is created for!
cambodia: we just want to deleloping our country
the world : ok lets us help you here some bad reputation take it or leave.😂🙂
That’s Chinese’s plan
Dont RFA(US-Sponsored News) to me😒👍
Scam factory
Real estate bubble + organized crimes, Good luck with that!
It's what a developing country often face
Like US never had that problem too. But of course, lying "news" media like CNA is going to focus on just that bit. Nothing else that is actually good for the Cambodian people. And how the Cambodian economy has grown for the last few decades.
No. Cambodia is in bed with the Chinese. Therefore they are bad.
RFA is a joke 😂.
Haha 😀😀😀😀😀
Always negative, fake news about Cambodia, give everything time before judging
What is positive news? Where is it?
Hardly anything finished, its a big shìte hole , i live here.
Patience my man
you have internet?!
Then why live there?
@d.c.3534 i have land in koh kong you want buy it ?
The innocent citizens loses their lives and freedoms to the rich and Chinese money
Bad reputation for you, not for us.
Cambodia is better than your thinking, how much money that you get paid for this unreal new?
This is not local news dear. There is no system like Cambodia’s news.
As a Cambodian seeing those unfinished building literally ruined the whole city's beauty. Sihanoukville use to be a beautiful beach city with beautiful beaches and few high rises mostly hotels, casinos didn't exist at that time, but now there're hundreds of them and most of them aren't even finished when the Chinese left. And I hope the government do something with those casinos and unfinished buildings by remodeling them into something else maybe like malls, apartments, or an entertainment centre.
Style of building without parking floor. How? Those are build specific for online worker.
Cambodia country is known for the Great Khmer Empire Civilization. Ancient Khmer people were living in peace and prosperity . Since ancient histories Khmer Empire were attacked and seized Khmer outlying provinces on a massive scale from few neighboring people .
Sihanoukville was the gems island of Khmers native and its people and nations. Our King Norodom Sihanouk was one of he’s favorite retreat spa during he’s leisure time. That’s why the Cambodia nation name this location as Sihanoukville . Sihanoukville were riches in minerals and known for its plentiful natural resources green landscape with a white sandy beaches full of treasure as forestry , seafoods the native Cambodians make their living by fishing’s and merchandise that help them to sustain their lifestyle.
But since the investors as China were investing and taking advantage from our native people. These poor and vulnerable Cambodians are lifeless they receive daily threat to give up their natural habitats without receiving anything in return the Government display these populations on a remote area mostly end up homeless as you can sees the images . Sihanoukville has reputation of a paradise island with its natural wildlife habitats but no longer exist .😣😓🇰🇭🇰🇭🇰🇭🇰🇭🙏🙏
Keep living in the past, like Mongolia.
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Why not every country has its past and every past has its histories . I’m Kun Khmer why should I conceal my ancestry identity. It’s like you dishonor your parent! 🇰🇭🇰🇭🇰🇭🇰🇭💜💜💜
More like you leaders started and lost a bunch of wars. Don’t blame others for your own shortfalls. And now the country is owned by China, including the “gem” of Sihanoukville.
Your beloved kings and leaders started and lost a series of wars. Don’t blame other your own shortfalls. And now the country is owned by China, including the “gem” Sihanoukville.
Stupid news from CNA. How can news like this happens. 8 family you decided the vision of Cambodian people. Are you afraid we better than Singaporean?
Talk again when your GDP per capita income matches SG, you're definitely not the locals in poverty who earn few hundreds a month, feeling the rise in the cost of living. I have donated plenty of cash to young kids begging in the middle of the street where they can be killed any second from passing cars just for any little cash they can take. Oh btw it's literally along the main boulevard roads of your capital city.
Cambodia is owned by China, face it dude.
Makes my blood boil when China is involved
Westerners opinion: All projects that are invested in by Chinese are bad but they don't come for invest or helping poor country
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The US has provided about $1 billion to Cambodia since 1992. From 2010 to 2019, the majority of US aid went to health and population, governance, and education. In 2021-2022, USAID programs in Cambodia helped nearly 120,000 people economically, including $50 million in carbon credit sales to help indigenous and underserved communities.
These aids are targeted at the locals and not the elites so it doesn't make headlines. But it's crucial to meet the UN SDG goals.