CIRCULAR DATED JANUARY 15,
1996
ON THE LAND USE PLANNING IN THE PROVINCES AND
MUNICIPALITIES
THROUGHOUT THE KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA
Office of the
Council of Ministers
N. 02
To date, we have
noticed that since the formation of the Royal Government, the socio-economic
activities, the rehabilitation and construction of infrastructure and buildings
have been developed in a rapid way. However, the Royal Government has observed
that constructions of new infrastructures, factories, hotels, restaurants, markets,
gardens, public parks, development-zones, tourist centers, especially housing
settlements and shops were not developed according to sound technical
principles of urbanization and construction.
To overcome such
problems, the Royal Government shall hereby instruct ministries and
institutions as follows:
To implement the
Law on Land Use, Urbanization and Constructions in accordance with Article 5
which read "The Committee for the Urbanization of Phnom Penh municipality
or the Sub-committee for the Urbanization and Construction of provinces and
municipalities shall make the plan for the preparation and development of Phnom
Penh and provinces and municipalities. Such plan to be agreed by the National
Committee for the Urbanization and Construction and shall be specified by an
anukret.
To keep the
national patrimony and environment and to ensure the economic development of
special areas as specified by the Council of Ministers, the National Committee
for Urbanization and Construction shall prepare plan to be submitted to the
Council of Ministers".
To implement the
Law on Land Use, Urbanization and Constructions which was approved by the
National Assembly on May 23, 1994, the Royal Government shall delegate the
duties to the Ministry of Interior to instruct the Phnom Penh City hall and
throughout the country on the co-operation in improving the technical component
of the Committee for the Urbanization and Construction of Phnom Penh, and the
sub-committee for the Urbanization and Construction of provinces and
municipalities. They shall prepare plan to develop their provinces and
municipalities and specify the infrastructure, road networks, commercial areas,
industrial areas, hotels, tourism centers, garages, railroad stations,
airports, schools, Buddhist monasteries, public administration areas, police
areas, military areas, environment areas, gardens, public parks, garbage
collection, sewer tanks, water pipes, electric network, land for development,
forests, wild animal refuge, lakes, rivers, sea, islands, residential land, and
land for cultivation, etc.
The Ministry of
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the Ministry of Public Works and
Transports, the Ministry of Industries, Mines and Energy, the Ministry of
Tourism in co-operation with the Ministry of Environment shall instruct
immediately institutions under their supervision in all provinces and
municipalities on the study of the above mentioned land use.
The National
Committee for the Urbanization and Construction shall instruct the Committee
for the Urbanization and Construction of Phnom Penh and the Sub-committee for
the Urbanization and Construction of provinces and municipalities on the
technological advances in the land use planning so that it can be the
"Etat Major" for provincial and municipal governors to prepare plans
for the development of each province and municipality.
The Ministry of
Interior, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the Ministry
Public Works and Transports, the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mines, the
Ministry of Tourism, the Ministry of Environment, other relevant ministries and
institutions, city halls and provincial governor’s offices shall implement this
circular and submit 4 copies of their plans to the Ministry of Interior prior
to sending to the National Committee for Urbanization and Construction for its
approval by the Royal Government before the end of July, 1996.
First Prime
Minister
Norodom Ranariddh
Second Prime
Minister
Hun Sen