BBC The Mekong River With Sue Perkins 3 of 4 2014.nfo
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Title: BBC The Mekong River With Sue Perkins 3 of 4 2014
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Type.................: TV Series
Part Size............: 50,000,000
Number of Parts......: 15
Compression Format...: RAR
File Validation......: PAR2/SFV
Number of PAR2 files.: 7
SFV Files............: 1
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Posted by............: johncymru
Posted to............: alt.binaries.documentaries
Posted on............: 20141123
Original Air Date....: 20141123
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04t0b30
In this third episode, Sue reaches Laos, one of the poorest and least developed
of all the Mekong nations. It's a country shaped by both Buddhism and Communism
and has hardly changed for centuries. Today, the beauty of its landscapes and
people is bringing in foreign tourists - backpackers in search of unspoilt
Asia. Sue spends time with Bounsom, a fisherman who's turned to tourism,
setting up a restaurant on the beach. And she visits Luang Prabang, a beautiful
town which was once the Royal City of Laos and is now a Unesco World Heritage
site, famed as the centre of Buddhism. Thought to be the home of more monks
than anywhere else in Asia, Sue spends a day with the novice monks and gives a
surprising English lesson in the temple's school.
Laos is on the verge of huge and irreversible change - massive dams are being
built to harness the power of the river. After months of access negotiation,
Sue films at the Xayaburi hydroelectric dam, SE Asia's biggest and most
controversial engineering project. It's the first dam to be built across the
Lower Mekong and will completely block the flow of the river, changing water
levels, blocking fish migration and destroying fish stocks. Under strict
supervision, Sue is told about the merits of the dam by the vice minister for
energy and mines, Mr Viraphonh Varavong. When the waters rise, thousands of
people will be forced to leave their traditional homes, so she is given a tour
of their new village, complete with electricity. Having seen the effects of
damming in Vietnam and Cambodia, Sue grapples with the complexities of projects
such as this. While the Xayaburi Dam will bring economic benefits to Laos and
beyond, the industrialisation of the Mekong will harm the livelihoods of tens
of millions of people downstream.
Foreign investment is coming to Laos on projects beyond the dams. The
government has tempted Chinese developers with tax incentives to create tourist
playgrounds in an area branded as the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone. At
the river's bank, Sue is met by a stretch limo to take her to a Las Vegas-style
casino, built for Chinese VIPs who aren't allowed to gamble in their own
country. It's a world away from the charm and serenity of the Laos she's fallen
in love with.
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