Cambodian workers proud to work for Chinese-invested expressway

STORY: Cambodian personnel proud to work for Chinese-invested expressway DATELINE: July 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:33 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Khmer): NEM SREYPOV, Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway's central laboratory 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Khmer): SENG MAKKRA, Safety Officer at the Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway Section 3 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): HU ZHAOGUANG, General Manager of the Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway Project Office STORYLINE: Connecting the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh and the deep-sea port province of Preah Sihanouk, the Chinese-invested Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway project is scheduled to be open for trial use in September. Invested by China Road and Bridge Corporation, the construction work on the 187-km-long and 24.5-meter-wide expressway began in June 2019 and is now over 94 percent completed. The Chinese-invested expressway project has employed local personnel, who have expressed their pride to participate in such a major infrastruc