It’s official: Colourful smoke bombs are ignited during the groundbreaking ceremony of the Funan Techo Canal in Kandal province. — AFP
THE country’s Prime Minister Hun Manet has launched a controversial US$1.7bil (RM7.6bil) canal project that aims to provide a new link from the Mekong river to the sea.
At the launch event yesterday in Prek Takeo, southeast of the capital Phnom Penh, Manet called the 180km project “historic”, as drums sounded and fireworks shot into the air.
