No clubs near schools, Council of Ministers says
The Council of Ministers on Friday passed a sub-decree on the management of adult entertainment clubs and a draft of a new national housing policy to promote home ownership, a cabinet official said. The new Sub-Decree on Management of Adult Entertainment Places, consisting of 25 articles, prohibits the establishment of discos or nightclubs within 200 meters of an embassy, school, pagoda or government institution, according to Council of Ministers spokesman Phay Siphan. ... According to a statement issued by the Council of Ministers, Cambodia currently has 659 adult entertainment establishments that employ a total of 11,331 people, but only 480 of these establishments are properly licensed. ... The Council of Ministers also passed a draft of the new National Policy on Housing, developed by the Land Management Ministry in conjunction with a number of housing rights groups, that would help middle- and low-income Cambodians own their own homes. The policy aims to ensure that “all shall have proper housing for living a decent life,” Mr. Siphan said. He said the plan would establish a joint committee to work with NGOs and the private sector to encourage home ownership. ... Beng Hong Socheat Khemro, spokesman for the Land Management Ministry, said the policy would not provide homes directly, but would “find ways to help the people find homes.” Asked if the policy would address widespread land and housing evictions that have become a major human rights issue over the past decade, he said: “It’s necessary to relocate the people in some places that belong to the state or to other people, but this policy would help them when they are asked to move out.”
Kuch Naren
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