1.
LS. SIHANOUKVILLE'S SATELLITE TOWN
5 ft

2.
LS. BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION
7 ft

3.
LS.WORKMEN AT BUILDING SITE (THREE SHOTS)
12 ft

4.
LS. SHOP HOUSES
14 1/2 ft

5.
SIGNS (TWO SHOTS)
17 1/2 ft

6.
LS. COMPLETED SHOP HOUSES
20 1/2 ft

7.
LS. AIR STRIP
22 1/2 ft

8.
LS. PORT
25 ft

9.
MS. FRENCH FLAG ON SHIP
26 ft

10.
LS. CARGO INTO SHIP
30 1/2 ft

11.
LS. HARBOUR WORKERS
33 ft

12.
LS. MORE CARGO INTO SHIP (TWO SHOTS)
39 ft

13.
LS. LAKE IN SIHANOUKVILLE
41 ft



Initials CAR/S/MK/GAP/AB



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Background: THE ONCE BUSY SIHANOUKVILLE PORT, BUILT WITH FRENCH AID TOTALLING THREE MILLION AMERICAN DOLLARS, IS NOW MOVING AT A VERY SLOW PACE. THE PORT, IN THE GULF OF THAILAND, CAN ACCOMMODATE THREE OCEAN-GOING STEAMERS AT A TIME.

IT IS LINKED WITH PHNOM PENH, THE CAMBODIAN CAPITAL, BY THE 130-MILE AMERICAN HIGHWAY WHICH IS FALLING APART. EXPERTS CLAIM THAT UNLESS THE WASHED-AWAY PARTS ARE REBUILT, THE WHOLE HIGHWAY WILL GRADUALLY DISINTEGRATE. BUT WITH THE WITHDRAWAL OF AMERICAN AID, FINANCE IS A PROBLEM.

MEANWHILE, THE SATELLITE TOWN IS EXPANDING WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SHOPS, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS, ALL OWNED BY SONGSAK KITCHPANICH, CHAIRMAN OF THE PHNOM PENH BANK, WHO FLED FROM THE COUNTRY RECENTLY.