ASEAN HEADLINE | CAMBODIA: 57 hectares of central Phnom Penh to be pedestrianized as massive tourist area
CAMBODIA: 57 hectares of central Phnom Penh to be pedestrianized as massive tourist area
Ambitious plans to pedestrianise the centre of Phnom Penh have been revealed, to be started next month and completed by the end of 2024.
The plans were revealed during a meeting chaired by Mr. Khuong Sreng, Governor of the Board of Governors of Phnom Penh on the afternoon of April 26, 2024 at Phnom Penh Capital Hall.
Phnom Penh Pedestrian Street’ will encompass 57 hectares in Daun Penh district, and include shops, restaurants, hotels, bars.
It is planned to be started in early May 2024 and completed before the upcoming Global New Year 2025.
May 2024 and completed before the upcoming Global New Year 2025.
Mr. Sam Piseth, Director of the Department of Public Works and Transport of Phnom Penh, said that the pedestrian street in Phnom Penh is divided into three areas with an area of 57 hectares.
The first area is located in front of the post office. With boundaries:
– North: Street 94
– South: Street 106
– West: Street 13
– East: Sisowath Quay (this area will be designated as Food Street and Shop).
The second zone pedestrian area is bordered by
: North: Street 106
– South: Street 184
– West: Street 13
– East: Sisowath Quay (this area is organized as pop street area).
Pedestrian Street, Zone 3, Boundary
-North: Street 184
-South: Sihanouk Blvd, West: Street
07- East: Sisowath Quay (organized as a recreation area).
Mr. Sam Piseth stated that these 3 areas will be organized by Phnom Penh Capital Administration to be beautiful green areas with mixed lighting gardens.
There will be toilets, temporary parking lots, shops, restaurants, hotels, bars and pop streets.
This area, after preparation, will be open to national and international guests to shop and enjoy from 6 pm to 11 pm.
Mr. Khuong Sreng during the meeting said that we have already studied this project, so he urged the Department of Public Works and Transport Phnom Penh to start implementing this project from now on to be completed before the Global New Year 2025 to make this area an area with shops, restaurants, hotels, bars and pop street.
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Memento Maxima Digital MarketingMYANMAR: Myanmar records hottest ever April temperature of 48.2°C
Much of the country is struggling to keep cool amid a heatwave that continues across most of South and Southeast Asia
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Myanmar recorded its hottest ever April temperature of 48.2 degrees Celsius (118.76 Fahrenheit), authorities said Monday, as the Southeast Asian nation bakes in a heatwave.
The mercury hit 48.2°C in the town of Chauk in central Myanmar’s Magway region on Sunday, according to a statement from the country’s weather office, the highest temperature seen anywhere in Myanmar in April since records began 56 years ago.
The same day temperatures hit 40°C in commercial hub Yangon and 44°C in the second city of Mandalay, the weather office said.
“It was too hot here, and all of us just stayed at home,” said one resident of Chauk, which is located in Myanmar’s arid central plains.
“We can do nothing when it’s like this,” he told AFP, asking not to be named.
Across swathes of Myanmar’s arid heartland daytime temperatures last Thursday were 3-4°C higher than the April average, according to the country’s weather monitor.
Global temperatures hit record highs last year and the UN’s World Meteorological Organization said Asia was warming at a particularly rapid pace, with the impact of heatwaves in the region becoming more severe.
Scientific research has shown climate change is causing heatwaves to be longer, more frequent and more intense.
SINGAPORE: Retrenchments in Singapore fall for second straight quarter, employment growth cools
SINGAPORE – Retrenchments in Singapore fell for the second straight quarter while the hiring outlook improved, according to preliminary first-quarter labour market data released by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on April 30.
The data also showed that total employment grew by 4,900 in the January to March quarter, down from 7,500 in the previous quarter. The growth came wholly from Singaporeans and permanent residents (PRs).
At the same time, non-resident employment contracted for the first time since the third quarter of 2021 due to cooling labour demand, mainly in construction as tighter foreign worker quotas kicked in.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/jobs/retrenchments-in-singapore-fall-for-second-straight-quarter-employment-growth-cools
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THAILAND: Thai FM resigns over Deputy PM omission
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s foreign minister abruptly resigned in dissatisfaction over a Cabinet reshuffle that removed him as one of the country’s deputy prime ministers. Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin on Monday confirmed the report of the resignation of Parnpree Bahiddha-Nugara, saying that he respected the decision, and that he has already started looking for a
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