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As the new school year will begin on January 2, local authorities and education officials in remote rural areas have launched a campaign to promote the enrolment of younger children.

Work is to begin in Kampong Cham province in January on the construction of a water treatment facility and landfill, worth a combined $22 million. Officials said the facility will filter safe wastewater for release into the environment, reducing the odours affecting people living around target areas.

A Preah Sihanouk water treatment plant has declared an end to water shortages in the province, even in the summer. Water distribution however, remains a problem in some areas, according to local residents.

The Kingdom’s civil aviation regulator has voiced support for plans set forth by France’s Vinci Airports, the parent company of Cambodia Airports, for expansions at Sihanouk International Airport that would allow long-haul flights to the coastal province of Preah Sihanouk.

Preah Sihanouk administration plans to carry out inspections of several businesses, including casinos, hotels, karaoke and entertainment clubs across the province from January 1. The administration will use the inspections to update its database of business activities and prevent illegal activities, said a December 16 press statement.

A total of five provinces and the capital had been declared mine-free as of December, as Cambodia’s 2025 goal of becoming mine-free approaches. A senior official said the Kingdom is now on track to declare a further six provinces mine-free by the end of next year.

Despite the traditional rainy season being over, two days of heavy thunderstorms have drenched residents of Kampot and Preah Sihanouk provinces, said local authorities there.

More than 10 suspects are being questioned by the Preah Sihanouk provincial Military Police in relation to the nearly 900kg of Ketamine that was discovered in a rented warehouse in Commune 1’s Village 2 of Sihanoukville and province on December 11.

Public-listed Pestech (Cambodia) Plc (PCL), a subsidiary of Malaysia’s Pestech International Bhd, and locally-owned Attwood Investment Group Co Ltd on December 13 entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to conduct feasibility studies on the construction or ownership of solar-based assets in Pailin and Preah Sihanouk provinces, according to Pestech International.

The Kingdom’s civil aviation regulator has voiced support for plans set forth by France’s Vinci Airports, the parent company of Cambodia Airports, for expansions at Sihanouk International Airport that would allow long-haul flights to the coastal province of Preah Sihanouk.