TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2020 Intelligent . In-depth . Independent Issue Number 3572 / 4000 RIEL PM to address nation on Covid Mom Kunthear – with only four more remaining ployed, and plans for the purchase province during that time. Oddar Meanchey deputy provin- hospitalised as of December 28. of Covid-19 vaccines. He said the provincial authorities cial governor Dy Rado estimated that RIME Minister Hun Sen is set Television Kampuchea (TVK) said Separately, from December 20-28, had prepared sufficient quarantine 1,300 returning migrant workers had to address the nation regard- it would broadcast Hun Sen’s live over 3,000 migrant workers have accommodations for them and of- entered the province from Thailand ing the “November 28 com- address on the November 28 inci- returned from Thailand via check- fered them three meals daily. The since December 20. They were sent munity event” – a reference dent and other Covid-19-related is- points in the seven border provinces workers, he added, understood the to quarantine facilities prepared by Pto last month’s outbreak and com- sues from his residence in Kandal and are being quarantined as stipu- seriousness of containing the pan- provincial and district authorities. munity transmission of Covid-19. province’s Takhmao town at 9am. lated by the health ministry, accord- demic and intended to comply with Returning migrants whose homes The planned address, due to be This marks the second time that ing to provincial officials. their quarantine. were in other provinces were taken broadcast live on national televi- the prime minister will have ad- Banteay Meanchey Provincial Ad- “Civil servants from all departments, there for quarantine, he explained. sions on December 29, comes as the dressed the nation concerning the ministration spokesman Sek Sok- police and medical staff have taken “In general, between 100 and 200 Ministry of Health reported four re- recent outbreak. On December 15, hom told The Post that more than turns standing by at all quarantine workers have entered the province coveries – one community transmis- he spoke for four hours about the 1,000 Cambodian migrant workers sites round the clock to help them if sion case and three imported cases event, safety measures being em- had returned from Thailand via the they have health problems,” he said. CONTINUED – page 2 Cambodia adopts ASEAN service for customs clearance May Kunmakara member states but also with other countries,” Heng said. CAMBODIAN importers and The ASW is a regional initia- exporters can now apply for tive that links and integrates ASEAN Customs Declaration the National Single Windows Documents (ACDD) electroni- (NSWs) of the 10 ASEAN cally through the ASEAN Single member states, according to Window (ASW), the General the ASEAN Secretariat. Department of Customs and “The ASW’s objective is to Excise of Cambodia (GDCE) expedite cargo clearance and said on December 24. promote ASEAN economic The documents will be rec- integration by enabling the ognised by authorities of the electronic exchange of bor- 10 ASEAN member states, der trade-related documents which brings the facilitation of among ASEAN member trade and customs clearance states,” it said. in the region up a notch. Anthony Galliano, the group The GDCE said it will CEO of financial services firm implement the “exchange of Cambodian Investment Man- ACDD and ASEAN Trade in agement Holding Co Ltd, Goods Agreement [ATIGA] pointed out that Cambodia e-Form D which are issued by now interfaces with other par- the authorities of the ASEAN ticipating ASEAN members Swimming in fish member states from the date who have successfully adopt- The early season for catching fish to make prahok, Cambodia’s signature fermented fish paste that is a hallmark of the national STORY > 5 cuisine, will end at the next full moon on December 29. HEAN RANGSEY of the announcement”. ed the ASW initiative. Cambodia Chamber of “Cambodia can take advan- Commerce vice-president Lim tage of this secure IT archi- Heng said the paperless sys- tecture and legal framework tem initiative marks signifi- that will allow trade, trans- cant progress for cross-border port and commercial data to Three voices of desperation amid Brexit trade promotion and trade be exchanged electronically facilitation that the private among government agencies THEY transport goods from the UK border from January 1. migrants have tried to stow Crowe from Scarborough in sector has been calling for. and the trading community,” Europe to Britain, export Brit- “To me, Brexit means logistical away illegally in lorries head- the north of England. The move “also contributes he said. ish produce to the EU, or recruit chaos, which will hinder our ing to Britain. He says: “I still do feel like we to reducing the bureaucracy Among the benefits are the scientists and researchers . work,” he explains in the garage But Brexit will make it even are left in the dark a lot for what and customs barriers. We seamless, secure and reliable AFP has spoken to three people of his employer Eurospeed, based more so, the driver says, com- we do. The fish that we land and have observed that the gov- exchange of data based on whose lives will be directly in the outskirts of Sofia which plaining that he gets no sleep the scallops and the shrimps, ernment has been modern- international standards affected when Britain leaves employs more than 300 drivers. at all while waiting to embark all that is the freshest food on ised not only in customs and between member states and the EU’s single market and cus- Velinov says: “I transport from the French port of Calais this planet and we’re not praised excise but also in taxation”, trading partners, he said. toms union on December 31. goods across the European to avoid heavy fines for those enough for what we do.” he said, noting that technol- Additional benefits include Union and for me it is important found carrying stowaways. Crowe, who principally ogy use has cut down on a binding legal framework Dimitar Velinov, lorry driver to be able to do my job without catches crab in the North Sea face-to-face interactions. that governs both domestic A truck driver with many years problems, without having to wait Sam Crowe, fisherman for export to Europe and Chi- “We wish to see this kind of and cross-border exchange of experience under his belt, Bul- at borders for one or two days.” “We want to leave, 90 per na, says he has been heartened paperless system be applied garian Dimitar Velinov, 74, says Crossing the Channel was cent of fishermen want to not only among ASEAN CONTINUED – page 7 he is expecting long queues at already difficult as for years leave,” says 26-year-old Sam CONTINUED – page 9 2 THE PHNOM PENH POST DECEMBER 29, 2020 WWW.phnompenhpost.COM National Private clinics ordred to Minister: Transparency vital in follow prescription rule Mom Kunthear “I think the time has come that we should strictly imple- identifying poor households THE Ministry of Health has ment the instructions of the again reminded all private health minister. We have ob- Niem Chheng health service providers to served that some prescrip- issue computer-printed pre- tions couldn’t be read. Even INISTER of In- scriptions and results from though it has not been many, terior Sar Kheng laboratories after finding that this is an issue where we need has instructed all some clinics still give patients to make improvements to municipal and handwritten paperwork bring all service providers in Mprovincial governors to im- which is not in accordance line with the ministry’s long- prove the process of identify- with medical regulations. time guidance,” she said. ing poor households qualified Clinics which fail to comply Vandine said that the warn- for financial support from the will be subject to fines and ing was issued not from an government’s cash handout possibly closure. interest to punish noncom- programme. Spokeswoman Or Vandine pliance but to address short- The move came after Min- issued a letter on December comings in the country’s ister of Planning Chhay Than 25 stating that the ministry health services sector. She urged local authorities not to has observed compliance with added that the Ministry had collude with relatives or better- its directives for computerised occasionally received inqui- off families to get IDPoor cards. prescriptions from some pri- ries from people whose pre- In a directive dated Decem- vate clinics but not from oth- scriptions were illegible. ber 28, Sar Kheng said that ers. She discouraged hand- Thirty year-old Mom Sak from June to December, more written medical documents as said that he had become ac- than 700,000 households, messy and substandard. customed to handwritten equivalent to 2.8 million peo- “All private practitioners of prescriptions being unread- ple, have been receiving the health services, please imple- able but hoped the ministry’s government’s financial support ment procedures in accordance efforts would succeed. every month. The financial aid with the health ministry’s guid- “I support the health min- is greatly appreciated by the ance in issuing computer-gen- istry’s measures to encourage public from all walks of life. erated medical prescriptions. private health services to uti- The government will con- “For any case where a private lise computers for prescrip- PoorID cards are handed to people in Oddar Meanchey province on December 22. BANTEAY MEANCHEY PROVINCIAL tinue this programme for ADMINISTRATION health service does not obey tions, but if they are written by another three months from the instructions, the health hand, please write carefully. January to March 2021. The a transparent, countable, and any case in which commune Poor cards for this reason, but ministry will strictly enforce Please don’t make it readable authorities must implement effective manner.