The government has announced dozens
of new names for administrative zones in the Kingdom as part of the
early stage of sweeping decentralisation reforms it says will enhance
decision-making and spending powers of local officials. During a
meeting of the National Committee 14 for Development through Democracy
at Sub-national Levels on Wednesday, Interior Minister Sar Kheng
announced that nearly a dozen districts, including Kratie and Prey
Veng, would be reclassified as cities. King Norodom Sihamoni last month
signed a royal decree that changes the municipalities of Kep,
Sihanoukville and Pailin into provinces and re-demarcates the
boundaries between the provinces of Battambang and Pursat, and
Sihanoukville and Koh Kong. The government has said the administrative
reshuffle will improve administrative efficiency and law and order by
localising governing powers.
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