( Oct. 21, 1986 The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution A/RES/41/6, by
vote of 116-21 with 13 abstentions, calling for a withdrawal of Vietnamese
forces from Cambodia.
NOT RESPECTED BY VIETNAM AS OF TODAY SEPTEMBER 26 2008.
AND VIETNAM EMPIRE BUILDS UP THROUGH SOKIMEX OF SOK KONG 1979-2008
in Cambodia.
SOK KONG ( A VIETNAMESE ) OF SOKIMEX AND HIS EMPIRE IN CAMBODIA as
reported Roderick Brazier Asia Times (Hong Kong).
With arrogance and in violation of the UN Charter & 10 UN resolutions ,
Vietnam continues to occupy Cambodia with no concern and here , from CAMBODIA
WITH THIEVERY ,UNDER VIETNAM OCCUPATION AND EXPLOITATION 1979-2008 .
"A Cambodian business conglomerate called the Sokimex Group recently announced
its intention to repair the neglected road and renovate the hilltop casino and
hotel at Bokor.
A group spokesman assured that the original French buildings would be
renovated, not demolished, as part of the ambitious and costly project.
In addition to the renovations, insiders in Phnom Penh talk of cable cars, golf
courses, and helipads.
Sokimex was established in the early 1980s by Sok Kong, and is today one of
Cambodia's biggest business groups.
Closely associated with the ruling Cambodian People's Party, Sokimex's mainstay
is the distribution and retail sale of petroleum.
Notable among its many other interests is the lucrative concession to collect
entry fees at the world-famous Angkor temples.As often is the case in Cambodia,
these arrangements are being concluded without competition, and in secret.
The fee will likely be revealed to the public only after the deal has been
struck, if at all.
Sokimex's concession to manage the Angkor temples was awarded in a similarly
opaque manner.
The International Monetary Fund has repeatedly urged the government to tender
the lucrative Angkor concession, but closed-door negotiations remain the
preferred approach.
The bad habit is being repeated in Bokor.
Why does it matter how such concessions are awarded?
The trouble is that in the absence of a competitive tender, the true value of
such concessions cannot be known, and the state could miss out on valuable
revenue.
Secret negotiations also create lucrative rent-seeking opportunities that again
deprive the state coffers of valuable revenue"But SOKIMEX IS AWARE OF THIS CALL
FROM AMERICA .
The good and bad of Cambodian investment Sep 15, 2007
By Roderick Brazier Asia Times (Hong Kong)
"...the Cambodian government and society more broadly could get far more value
from it if the concession were competitively tendered, rather than negotiated
in secret..."
PHNOM PENH - What's happening today on Bokor Mountain in Cambodia speaks
volumes about what is good and bad about new investment in Cambodia in 2007.
Bokor Mountain is just 37 kilometers from the sleepy Cambodian riverside town
of Kampot, yet the journey to the 1,000-meter peak takes more than two and a
half hours by sport-utility vehicle.
The steep, winding road was built by French engineers in the 1920s, and not a
centimeter of it has seen a road-maintenance crew since.
Today vehicles climbing the mountain crawl over an uneven surface of large,
loose stones, deep ruts cut by rushing rainwater, and mesa-like vestiges of the
bitumen that covered the original road. The result is a bone-jangling,
exhausting journey.
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