Remember the tall buildings we saw in our second visit to Phnom Penh this summer? It seems that there are some people with even wilder dreams for the future of Phnom Penh than we do. There are many new construction projects going on in the capital. For me, it is shocking simply to imagine that there will be buildings like these that stand on the land of Phnom Penh (picture on the left). What a big transfermation that will be.
Some may argue that it is a bad thing to turn this city into another modern financial center, destroying all the beauty of its original culture. There are some truth in it; however, let us be realistic for a moment--how can a culture that hardly feeds its own people manage to beat the power of capitalism? In this cause of reducing poverty and transforming countries, developed countries seem to take the lead for the time being.
This new construction plan is still appealing in that it attracts the neccessary foreign capital for Cambodia to continue its development especially in the time of global financial crisis. Nonetheless, let's first wait and see how these all develop and which country has the final word.
Further information
- More information on the construction of the plan
- The credit cruch reaches Phnom Penh somehow - Korea building projects delayed
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