BATTAMBANG’s first shopping mall will open its doors in early 2010, Battambang Supermarket Managing Director Phou Puy said Sunday. Construction of the US$9 million, four-storey retail complex on National Road 5 in O’char commune was 85 percent complete. Marketing of the retail space, which includes air-conditioning and elevators, had not yet started, he said. The complex has taken one-and-a-half years to build. Battambang Provincial Hall Finance Director Uy Liv said the mall would create jobs and boost the local economy. SOEUN SAY