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Busy days for the monks at the pagodas: the two-week long festival of Pchum Benh, honouring the deceased is well under way, climaxing next week.

Some more pictures of yesterday’s violent eviction at Boeung Kak Lake. This morning some people were defiantly building shelters on the previous location of their house. Most likely they will soon be torn down, together with several other houses located outside the 12,44 Ha allocated to the on-site relocation for some 750 families.

Boeung Kak Lake was the scene of yet more violence and destruction. The authorities moved in and destroyed houses located outside the 12,44 Ha granted by Prime Minister Hun Sen for on-site relocation for about 750 families. Development company Shukaku Inc. bought a 99-year lease to the 144 Ha of Boeung Kak Lake, filled the […]

Boeung Kak Lake residents who held out and are included in the 12,44Ha on-site development enjoy the cool evening breeze on their new beach… But it is all beach and no more water… The lake is filled. And this story is probably not over yet. It seems (unverified info) that some 20 plots of the […]

Yesterday evening there was a house. This morning there isn’t… The owners of the house I took pictures of on the 13th and which is not included in the on-site development program for the 750 Boeung Kak families, held out as long as they could before accepting the Shukaku development deal in the night.

Many of the remaining families obtained 12,44Ha to do an on-site development. Good… We’ll see if it really happens and how. Meanwhile about 3000 families were evicted and some others were not included in the on-site development deal. The lake is nearly full…

I didn’t feel like asking the price tag…

I uploaded the pictures of ‘Khmeropédies III’ on my website. Choreographed by Emmanuèle Phuon, the piece is seeking the fusion of classical Khmer dance techniques and contemporary dance. Clearly, fusion is an enrichment for all.