The Skyway at "Kbal Thnal" to be started to concrete in the Mid-December 2009

The Skyway at "Kbal Thnal" in construction will started to concreted in the Mid-December 2009, the last of this year after the 7 supporting columns have been already built.

This is the source from Mr. Chiev Kang, the interpreter of Chinese supervisor of the work site has told to Kampuchea Thmey Daily in the morning of 3rd December 2009.

He added that the supervisors of the construction are Chinese and the other s are Vietnamese and Cambodia. This skyway has a distance of 300m and a width 0f 12m, it will be completly finished in the early May 2010...

Mr. Chive Kang continueed that the construction of the skyway on the land like this, so easier to construct than in the water, it is difficult everyday in the morning and in the eveining when the traffic is busy, so the work site beginss only at night.

This skyway has 7 supporting columns the main column are 6.20m and the side column are 4.60m height. The start of concrete will begin from the northern, in front of the byon clinic to the front of the police commissioner gerneral, and the southern from the roundabout "Kbal Thnal".

The traffic problem happens when the work site begins. (Sourced from Kampuchea Thmey Daily)

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Battambang student crowned Miss Landmine in online vote

Dos Sopheap, an 18-year-old student from Battambang province, was crowned winner of a controversial beauty pageant for Cambodian land mine victims in an international online vote on Thursday.

Miss Landmine Cambodia 2009 organiser Morten Traavik had planned to stage the event in Cambodia earlier this year, but it was banned by a July 31 government decree, which also forbade the 20 contestants to leave their hometowns to participate

After returning home to Norway, Traavik posted images of the 20 women on the Miss Landmine Web site and held an online vote in which more than 2,300 voters from 30 countries participated. He hosted a function in the town of Kristiansand, Norway, on November 14 in which photos of the contestants were displayed for judges, an event Dos Sopheap also won...

As winner of both Miss Landmine competitions, Dos Sopheap is slated to receive $1,000 and a custom-made prosthetic limb worth US$15,000. Other contestants will receive cash prizes.

“Due to the Cambodian government’s unexpected and inexplicable ban on Miss Landmine Cambodia ... the prizes will be handed over at a date to be announced later and as soon as the government guarantees that the participants will suffer no negative consequences for accepting their prizes,” Traavik said in a statement on Thursday.

Dos Sopheap, who lost her leg in 1996 when she was 6 years old, said last month that participating in the pageant had been a wholly worthwhile experience.

“I was glad to participate in the contest because I want people to know that disabled women are not discouraged,” she said. (Sourced by Phnom Penh Post Website)

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Contact lences kill my world

I got email from my visitor that he sent email to me about something happening at party about wearing contact lenses. Please read information below.

" Dear All,

Just want to share you an important information, especially for those who are wearing contact lenses. Please read below information.

A 21 year old guy, he used to wear a pair of contact lenses, during a barbecue party. While, barbecuing he stared at the fire charcoals continuously for 2-3 minutes. After a few minutes, he started to scream for help and moved rapidly, jumping up and down.

No one in the party knew why he was doing this? Then he admitted into the Hospital, the doctor said he'll be blind permanently because of the contact lenses that he had worn.

Contact lenses are made by plastics, and the heat from the charcoal melted his contact lenses.

So, send this information to all your friends..... DO NOT WEAR CONTACT LENSES WHERE OVERHEATING AND FLAMES ARE CONCERNED... ..OR WHILE COOKING...!

Friends if this information is important... ...please pass this message to all your near & dear ones.

Go Green… Save Earth…

Have a good day!

Phea "

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