An influx of Chinese that some Cambodians resented for bringing noise, dust and ...
SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia - An influx of Chinese that some Cambodians resented for bringing noise, dust and chaos to the port of Sihanoukville, is the cause of more pain now that it has gone into reverse.
“Now things are calm and in order, unlike before, but it is bad for businesses like mine,” said tuk-tuk driver Kwan Samhay, 55, as he cruised the streets looking for passengers. “There are no Chinese tourists riding on my tuk-tuk anymore.” That stopped last year, when Cambodia banned the online casinos under pressure from Beijing - driving out tens of thousands of Chinese who had moved to the city. Before that an estimated 80,000 Chinese lived in Sihanoukville, roughly on a par with the Cambodian population.
Sihanoukville has had its own virus scare - recording the only case in Cambodia, but also hosting the cruise ship MS Westerdam from which one passenger has tested positive for the virus.“Since the Chinese left and then the coronavirus outbreak started, the crowd in this city is very much different from before, it is now so quiet,” said Kwan Samhay.
Local authorities say at least 7,000 Cambodians have lost their jobs since the ban on online gambling last August. “Sihanoukville cannot rely on online gambling to increase GDP or fiscal revenue... So I think this change is positive.”
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