Phnom Penh (FN), Jan. 29 – Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen praised the progress of the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone(SSEZ) as Cambodia's exports last year reached 1.5 billion, an increased of 26.5 percent compared to 2019 despite being severely hit by COVID19 outbreak.
In a letter sent to the President of SSEZ on 26 January 2021, Prime Minister Hun Sen emphasized that the Royal Government of Cambodia has always recognized the private sector’s necessary and indispensable partner in contributing to the growth of the national economy.
"I welcome and support innovative ideas for more investment that will accelerate the development of the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone," according to the letter seen by Fresh News on Friday.
Jointly developed and built by Cambodian and Chinese enterprises, SSEZ has always been adhering to the “win-win” concept, improving production and living support facilities and enhancing international service capabilities continuously in order to create a perfect operation environment for enterprises from all over the world with the aim to establish a multi-national development platform for enterprises.
After COVID19 broke out this year, SSEZ took strict prevention and control measures to protect the lives and health of employees and ensure normal operations of enterprises are unaffected in the zone.
SSEZ has built supporting facilities such as a sewage disposal plant, thermal power plant, apartments and walk-up flats, and established a “one-stop” service window, which is composed of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC), Custom and Excise Department, Ministry of Commerce (MOC), Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training and Sihanoukville provincial government to provide smooth handling of formalities and other administrative services for all enterprises in SSEZ.
SSEZ has also established a community health care centre and a training centre to provide medical and training services etc for all enterprises in SSEZ.
"We are very proud to receive a high response letter from the Prime Minister. We will strive to promote the high quality development of Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone to promote industry, internationalization, privatization and capitalization in the SSEZ, as well as accelerating the integration of industry and the city, the integration of industry and education, and the integration of enterprise development and social responsibility to ensure Enterprises from countries and regions around the world can achieve a win-win development in the SSEZ and become more involved in the development of industry and improve the lives of people in Cambodia,"said Chen Jiangang, president of SSEZ.
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