Open invitation from students at Passau University to a discussion Friday 23rd March on ‘Rapid Urbanisation’. Event organised by Manolis House and the University of Passau at Botanic Gallery Cafe (126 Street 19, back of Wat Sarawon)

More than 30 families living near the Siem Reap River in Siem Reap’s Aranh Sakor village have sent a letter to Prime Minister Hun Sen and member of parliament Seang Nam, asking not to be evicted from their land because of the planned widening of the river. http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012031655068/National-news/river-widening-divides-opinions.html

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has been working with Cambodia’s government since 2001 on an urban transport master plan and say further feasibility and data studies being undertaken will not be completed until 2014 . Despite traffic woes, it might take until 2035 for a public transport system to be operational.  http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012022854751/National-news/gridlock-going-nowhere-fast.html