The chairman of the
Chinese company whose subsidiary will construct the Lower Sesan
2 dam met with Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday to inform him
that the dam would be completed in three years’ time, Mr. Hun
Sen’s assistant said.
Zhang Tingke, vice
president of state-owned utility provider China Huaneng Group,
told Mr. Hun Sen that he was in Cambodia to meet with local
partners, including Ang & Associates Lawyer Co. Ltd., owned
by tycoon Kith Meng, to start building the dam, Eang Sophalleth,
Mr. Hun Sen’s personal assistant, told reporters after the
meeting.
“He [Zhang Tingke] is
visiting Cambodia to cooperate with Ang & Associates Lawyer
group to build a hydropower dam and produce electricity at the
Lower Sesan 2,” Mr. Sophalleth said.
“He also informed Samdech
Prime Minister that this cooperation will push this the Lower
Sesan 2 project forward so that electricity will be produced in
2017,” he said, adding that Mr. Hun Sen welcomed the company’s
efforts. “Samdech Prime Minister welcomed China Huaneng Group
and said that Chinese investments rely on the good relationship
between Cambodia and China,” Mr. Sophalleth said after the
meeting at the Peace Palace on Wednesday.
Despite environmental
concerns by NGOs, Mr. Tingke said that Hydrolancang
International Energy, the subsidiary of Huaneng, would avoid
damaging the environment and people’s livelihoods.
However, the $781 million
project in Stung Treng province is expected to displace more
than 5,000 residents, impact the livelihoods of more than
100,000 and cause a drop of fish stock by nine percent for the
entire Mekong basin, according to scientists.
(Additional reporting
by Denise Hruby)
Source:
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/
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