Phnom Penh, Cambodia (01 February 2011)
The Phnom Penh municipal government and Diamond Island developers, Overseas Cambodian Investment Corp (OCIC) which is Chinese Canadian bank holding company started the construction of two bridges next to Diamond Bridge on January 31 to prevent hundred Cambodian people death event on the Diamond Bridge on 22nd November 2010 happen again and regulate the entrance to island.
H.E Kep Chuktema, Phnom Penh Governor, said that the developing of Diamond island is showed the development of Cambodia as well as Phnom Penh and it is a sign of a city that full of standard infrastructures with many resort and many of attractive places in Cambodia to attract a lot of national and international tourists to visit Cambodia especially Phnom Penh.
“From weed island to Diamond Island, it has been transformed into business opportunities for Cambodia, and it will continue to develop into a large zone.” The diamond island is a pace of economic rise, which is unique environment to attract the attention of domestic and foreign tourists
Through this development, Diamond Island became one of Phnom Penh’s commercial, economic, cultural and tourism center.” Diamond Island will become the most shining pearl Cambodia”, now Diamond Island built more bridges to regulate all entrances and exits from visitors to benefit long-tram development.
Poung Sovan, president of Canadian Bank said that these two bridge, one was designed for entering the Diamond Island, and the other was designed for exiting Diamond Island in order to meet the needs of the people and tourists in visiting. He said that “these two new bridges named Diamond Island Double Dragon Bridge.”
These two bridges is one of five bridges project, which is nine month project. “These two bridges will be finished before water festival this year” he said.
Until now, Overseas Cambodian Investment Corp already investment a big amount in the diamond island in Cambodia and the achievement of these investments include: a 8,000 square meters of grand ballroom, 14,000 square meters of two wedding hall , night markets, leisure parks, which is total cost about 1 billion U.S. dollars.
He said the company plans to build 3,000 sites of international standards theaters, a 3,000 square meters conference (Diamond Hall), residential, commercial, and examine the construction of a 555 meter tall building.
It is understood that the Diamond Island Double Dragon Bridge has 101 meters long and 12.7 meters wide, with 60 meters of concrete bridge, invested by Overseas Cambodian Investment Corp in estimated amount of 2,555,090 U.S dollars.
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