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The transformation of Sihanoukville, a once quiet little seaside resort, was even more extreme.

He arrived at Saturday’s military demonstration to give a speech and had a seaside view of the M777 howitzers as they fired the first volley of shells.

Abu Warda gunned the tractor’s engine, pushing it faster as he passed the shell of a seaside cafe where his family once stopped for tea and grilled chicken on weekend sojourns.

Plenty of other renaming ideas have been floated, including changing the name of the Eastern Cape seaside town of Port Alfred, which commemorates Queen Victoria's second son.

"The Prime Minister will travel to Egypt to attend the Sharm El-Sheikh Peace Summit on Monday," Downing Street said Saturday, referring to the seaside town in Egypt.