The reversal came following a direct order from Prime Minister Hun Sen.
According to a letter dated January 4 and signed by Council of Ministers permanent secretary of state Hing Thoraksy, the government has annulled its previous prakas, numbered 790, giving permission to carve out 15ha of the lake in Prek Phnov district which was to be used to construct new facilities for the Ministry of Rural Development.
The government also annulled prakas number 791, which would have carved out another 15ha of the lake to make way for the construction of new facilities for the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM), the Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) and the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA).
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1. Opening of the meeting
The meeting was opened by its Co-Chairs, Natapanu Nopakun of Thailand and Dorina Xhixho of Albania. In opening the meeting, the Co-Chairs expressed their strong desire that delegations use the meeting as an opportunity to discuss specific initiatives related to enhancing cooperation and assistance. They indicated that is time now to get past talking about generalities and to proceed with advancing the cooperation and assistance agenda and noted that this point was formally recognised by the 11MSP, which took note of and encouraged action on the concrete ideas suggested by the in-coming Co-Chairs and others to make the best possible use of this new Standing Committee.