New-dug soil has just been dumped 100 meters into Prey Treng seashore and beach at Sihanoukville

A Local Company Fills Up Sihanoukville Seashore - About twenty dump trucks are driving in and out two days and nights now to fill up Prey Treng seashore of Sihanoukville without any objection from the local authorities. Sihanoukville's Koh Santepheap Daily correspondent investigates and took pictures from the distance as no one —even provincial officials— dare to approach the working site, where the new portion of land filled is, so far, 100 meters into the shore, located in Sangkat 1 Center, Mittapheap district of the coastal city. It is secretly said that powerful nicknamed Yeay Phu's Pheapimex Co, Ltd., is responsible for the seashore destruction. Article 58 of Chapter 5 of the Constitution stipulates that underground land, mountains, seas, seafloors, airspace, islands, rivers, creeks, lakes, forests, natural resources, eco-cultural centers, National Defense Grounds, and other state buildings belong to the nation. (...)

Koh Santepheap : China Builds a Five-Story Building For Preah Keth Mealea Hospital - Minister of National Defense, Tea Banh, and Chinese Ambassador Tuesday laid the cornerstone as a commencement sign of the construction of a Preah Keth Mealea Hospital Building funded by Chinese Defense Ministry. The Chinese Defense Ministry funded $1.93 million to construct a new five-story building, said Dr. Kao Try, director of Preah Keth Mealea Hospital. According to the hospital report, this is the second time that China assists the hospital. In 2001, China helped repair five old buildings, restore the streets around the hospital, renovate the parking lot, build sewage system and provide devices to clean dirty water and renew the gateway.

The picture of the five-story building funded by China, and Defense Minister Tea Banh and Chinese Envoy unveiled the picture to start the building

Thai senior officials told border- crossing police not to allow Thai people to enter Cambodian Casinos

Koh Santepheap : Thai Prime Minister Warns Thais of Entering Cambodian Casinos - "Any Thai government official, who enters to gamble in Cambodia, will be fired, with pay cut and no pension," said Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. "It is our government policy to encourage my people to spend their holiday together in Thailand," Thaksin told Deutsche Press Agent Tuesday. “If government officials were arrested over crossing the border for game during holiday, they will face consequences -- dismissal or pay cut” said Thaksin, quoted by Bangkok Post Monday. At Poipet border crossing, Thai police installed a digital camera to check everyone who cross the border. “They will have their ID cards checked and be strictly controlled and pictured by camera video,” he said. But on December 31, 2003, Thai gamblers are being seen crossing the border in Aranyaprathet of Srah Keow province into Cambodian Poipet Casinos, said Thai Rath newspaper issued Thursday. Thai authorities, however, checked gamblers’ passports and ID cards strictly when they go into the Casinos, said the Thai language newspaper.