Residents said yesterday that city authorities had promised a temporary halt to the filling of the lake after parts of Srah Chak commune experienced chronic flooding. However earlier in the week attempts to voice their opinions in public were controversially thwarted by Police authorities. http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2010082441457/National-news/police-clash-with-lakeside-villagers.html

PREAH Sihanouk provincial authorities have moved closer to resolving a standoff with 70 business owners and vendors slated for eviction from a 1.5-kilometre stretch of Sihanoukville’s Otres beach by increasing the size of a financial “gift” offered to those who choose to leave peacefully.Sok Phorn, deputy provincial cabinet chief, said yesterday that authorities had offered lump-sum payments of US$4,000 for business owners and
$1,500 for landless vendors if they were to leave, a $500 increase on an offer made earlier this week.Officials say the owners are not entitled to compensation because the land they occupy is state land. http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2010070840343/National-news/otres-residents-get-higher-offer.html

Local developer 7NG Group has begun construction of an employee fitness centre on the former site of the Dey Krahorm community in Chamkarmon district, a company official said Thursday. Srey Chanthou, managing director of 7NG Group, said Thursday that company employees would soon have an exclusive gym where they could “play” in their free time. http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2010061839948/National-news/eviction-site-to-become-gym.html