Handover and Recognition Ceremony of Result of the Project on the Production of National Base Map and the Establishment of Master Plan for the NSDI in Cambodia

The above-mentioned ceremony was held yesterday under the presidency of Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction, H.E. Mr. Im Chhun Lim with the presence of Dr. Shin Eui Cheol, KOICA Representative to Cambodia and other national and international distinguished guests. The project, US$2.5 million-grant aid from KOICA, has been implemented since 2010, said Dr. Shin Eui Cheol. He added that the produced National Base Map is the data including geographical information for the development of industrial plans like mapping, construction of road, dam, airport and port and so on. This project is developed for the expansion of Phnom Penh and other two tourist sites: Siem Reap and Sihanouk Ville, he continued. In the occasion, the Minister also highly appreciated the project, adding that, it will make significant contribution to the enhancement of the establishment and use of geography with quality and effectiveness so as to facilitate working implementation in many sectors such as land management and allocation, natural resource management, natural catastrophe reduction for the sake of Cambodia’s socio-economic development. (Kampuchea Thmey.)