(Svay Rieng): Prime Minister Hun Manet explained that clean water systems and public roads in Cambodia often follow, rather than precede, community development, attributing this pattern to the country’s market-based economic system.

Speaking from Svay Rieng province on Thursday (Mar. 26), during the inauguration of the Andong Tasey Water Treatment Plant, the premier said infrastructure expansion tends to follow the pace of private and local development rather than precede it.

Addressing public concerns over uneven infrastructure rollout, Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet said differences across areas are shaped by market dynamics and the degree of economic freedom. He noted that in some regions, infrastructure appears later because development has already been driven by private investment.

He contrasted this with centrally planned systems, where the state can designate development zones and build infrastructure in advance. In Cambodia’s market-driven model, particularly in the land sector, residential projects and urban expansion in some areas have outpaced government infrastructure planning and implementation.

On the occasion, the prime minister reaffirmed that the government will continue expanding state infrastructure, including clean water supply and road networks, to meet growing demand nationwide.
=FRESH NEWS