PHNOM PENH, Jun 12, 2008 (Xinhua) -- South Korean investors will hold ground-breaking ceremony here next week for its 52-story skyscraper, the tallest building currently designed for Cambodia, said English-Khmer language newspaper the Mekong Times Friday.
GS Engineering and Construction, the largest real estate developer in South Korea, will take four years to complete the project near the Tonle Bassac River, the paper quoted Mu Hion Woo, its chief of business division in Cambodia, as saying.
The project will include a 52-story office block, a 32-story residential block, an international school and a shopping mall, he said.
"Which country has the most experience in developing satellite cities? The answer is South Korea. There are probably four or five such cities near Seoul," he told the paper.
"But for us, it is business on one hand and a contribution to the development of Cambodia on the other. If you want to see the potential of Cambodia, you can see it in this project," he added.
Currently, a second South Korean real estate developer is constructing a 42-story skyscraper of comprehensive functions in downtown Phnom Penh and a third one developing a satellite city in the suburb.
When all South Korean projects were accomplished, the skyline of the capital would be totally renewed, as it is now dominated by buildings only four- or five-storey high.
GS Engineering and Construction, the largest real estate developer in South Korea, will take four years to complete the project near the Tonle Bassac River, the paper quoted Mu Hion Woo, its chief of business division in Cambodia, as saying.
The project will include a 52-story office block, a 32-story residential block, an international school and a shopping mall, he said.
"Which country has the most experience in developing satellite cities? The answer is South Korea. There are probably four or five such cities near Seoul," he told the paper.
"But for us, it is business on one hand and a contribution to the development of Cambodia on the other. If you want to see the potential of Cambodia, you can see it in this project," he added.
Currently, a second South Korean real estate developer is constructing a 42-story skyscraper of comprehensive functions in downtown Phnom Penh and a third one developing a satellite city in the suburb.
When all South Korean projects were accomplished, the skyline of the capital would be totally renewed, as it is now dominated by buildings only four- or five-storey high.
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