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15 FEBRUARY 2019 - SIHANOUKVILLE, CAMBODIA: Children prevent alms to a Buddhist monk in a migrant camp in Sihanoukville. Families who live in the shanty town came to Sihanoukville from other Cambodian provinces because of the town's booming economy and construction industry building Chinese resorts and casinos. There are about 80 Chinese casinos and resort hotels open in Sihanoukville and dozens more under construction. The casinos are changing the city, once a sleepy port on Southeast Asia's "backpacker trail" into a booming city. The change is coming with a cost though. Many Cambodian residents of Sihanoukville have lost their homes to make way for the casinos and the jobs are going to Chinese workers, brought in to build casinos and work in the casinos. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ

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15 FEBRUARY 2019 - SIHANOUKVILLE, CAMBODIA: Children prevent alms to a Buddhist monk in a migrant camp in Sihanoukville. Families who live in the shanty town came to Sihanoukville from other Cambodian provinces because of the town's booming economy and construction industry building Chinese resorts and casinos. There are about 80 Chinese casinos and resort hotels open in Sihanoukville and dozens more under construction. The casinos are changing the city, once a sleepy port on Southeast Asia's "backpacker trail" into a booming city. The change is coming with a cost though. Many Cambodian residents of Sihanoukville have lost their homes to make way for the casinos and the jobs are going to Chinese workers, brought in to build casinos and work in the casinos. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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