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Mull ASEAN Border Opening, PM Urges R 3453 E MB U N SSUE I MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2020 Intelligent . In-depth . Independent www.phnompenhpost.com 4000 RIEL First-ever Mull ASEAN border degree in ninja Gov’t reporTS opening, PM urges awarded 11 NEW COVID-19 Ry Sochan compared to other regions. prudent rehabilitation plan by and public health, disruption JAPAN has produced its first The prime minister’s re- introducing a number of sce- to the functioning of the global ninja studies graduate after CASES, REITERATES RIME Minister Hun quest was made at the virtual narios for gradually launch- supply chain as well as serious Genichi Mitsuhashi spent Sen has requested 36th ASEAN Summit under ing cross-border transit and socio-economic impacts. two years honing his martial PREVENTIVE CARE that ASEAN launch a the theme “Cohesiveness trade operations between He said a united response arts skills and absorbing the NATIONAL – page 2 scenario for gradually and Responsiveness”. countries and rehabilitate and global solidarity on a finer traditions of the feudal reopeningP cross-border travel “ASEAN really needs to be sectors that are most affected multilateral basis, especially martial arts agents. and trade between countries strategically prepared for by the crisis,” he said. under the UN framework, is The 45-year-old complet- in the region. the post-Covid-19 world. Hun Sen said Covid-19’s indispensable. He said ASEAN ed the master’s course at He said ASEAN has had more To achieve this goal, ASEAN unprecedented challenges in- Mie University in central success combating Covid-19 should establish a clear and clude issues related to safety CONTINUED – page 2 Japan, the region consid- ered the home of the ninja. In addition to researching historical documents, Mit- suhashi said he took the practical aspect of being a ninja to heart. “I read that ninjas worked as farmers in the morning KINGDOM’S LISTED and trained in martial arts in the afternoon,” he said. PORT OPERATOR So Mitsuhashi grew veg- etables and worked on his PPAP WORKS TO martial arts techniques, in addition to copious ninja SOFTEN VIRUS HIT study in the classroom. BUSINESS – page 6 “With this combination, I thought I could learn about the real ninja,” he said. Better known as black- clad assassins famous for secrecy and stealth, ninjas also had “comprehensive survival skills”, he said. Mitsuhashi, who has also learned kung fu and a Japa- nese martial art known as Shorinji Kempo, teaches ninja skills at his own dojo and runs a local inn while RUSSIA AccUSED pursuing his PhD. The Mie University set up OF OFFERING the world’s first research centre devoted to the ninja BOUNTIES TO KILL in 2017 and opened a grad- Drug haul uate course a year later. AMERICAN TROOPS Some 500kg of confiscated drugs are prepared for destruction on Phnom Penh’s Koh Pich Convention and Exhibition It is located in Iga – 350km Centre on Friday. HEAN RANGSEY STORY > 2 WORLD – PAGE 9 southwest of Tokyo – a mountain-shrouded city once home to many ninja. Yuji Yamada, a professor of Japanese history at the univer- Kingdom revs up pedal power sity in charge of the ninja cen- tre, was surprised at Mitsu- Hin Pisei the international market in the merce vice-president Lim Heng key factors in the increased hashi’s devotion to the task. first five months of the year. said favourable investment demand for bicycles,” he said. “We provide historical class- AS THE ongoing Covid-19 This was up 26 per cent on a laws and a young workforce Cambodia exported $418 es and courses on ninja skills. pandemic spurs renewed yearly basis, with European mar- has gradually enhanced the million worth of bicycles last But I didn’t expect him to interest in cycling and chang- kets accounting for 60 per cent. attractiveness of the Kingdom year, up 26.28 per cent from engage to this extent” like a real es the public’s attitude towards The Kingdom exported to the growing number of 2018’s $331 million. living ninja, Yamada said. bicycles, the local industry 495,341 bicycles worth $119 investors wanting to establish Heng said the Kingdom’s bicy- To enrol, students have to CURTAINS RISE stands to rev up its pedal pow- million to European markets bicycle assembly plants. cle exports will maintain a take an examination on er and reap huge gains from and 223,912 bicycles worth He said the spread of the Cov- healthy growth pace as devel- Japanese history and a read- AS ART MASTER heightened global demand. $44 million to the US market. id-19 disease had had a hand in oped countries encourage and ing test on historical ninja Data from the Ministry of It also exported 338 bicycles boosting the Kingdom’s bicycle facilitate switching from cars to documents. INSPIRES YOUTH Economy and Finance’s Gen- worth $94,137 to the Japanese exports during the period. bicycles. “About three students enrol eral Department of Customs market and 31,419 bicycles “The adoption of social dis- “This trend in bicycle every year . This is a course WITH TRADITION and Excise show that 876,612 worth more than $8 million to tancing rules and reduced use exports augurs well for boost- to learn about the ninja, not locally-assembled bicycles other markets. of public transportation to pre- ed figures that outstrip last to become one,” the profes- LIFESTYLE – page 11 worth $197 million pedalled into Cambodia Chamber of Com- vent Covid-19 infections were year’s levels,” he said. sor said. AFP THE PHNOM PENH POST World Bank gives $93M National News credit for landless poor Inside page 4 2 THE PHNOM PENH POST JUNE 29, 2020 WWW.phnompenhpost.COM National Hun Sen issues direction on Ministry reports 11 new Covid-19 cases, tackling, stopping drug crime reiterates vigilance Niem Chheng They must pursue all drug offences, even if they involve Khorn Savi virus is high when mobile in- RIME Minister Hun family members or friends, dividuals move from place to Sen issued a letter Hun Sen said. The authori- MINISTER of Health Mam place and forget or fail to take with a six-point di- ties must not be loose in law Bun Heng has urged people preventive measures,” it said. rective and a list of enforcement and all people to continue practising virus Bun Heng announced on Prequests on the International must report to the authori- prevention techniques after Sunday that two Cambodian Day Against Drug Abuse and ties any potential drug crimes 11 people tested positive for passengers, aged 15 and 23, Illicit Trafficking 2020 on Fri- they suspect are occurring. Covid-19 within two days af- tested positive for Covid-19 and day as anti-drug authorities He told the Ministry of So- ter arriving in the Kingdom. were admitted to the Chak An- burnt some 500kg of confis- cial Affairs, Veterans and Youth Speaking on Sunday, Bun gre Health Centre in Chak An- cated drugs. Rehabilitation to speed up the Heng stressed the importance gre Krom commune after trav- In the six-page directive, construction of a drug treat- of washing hands, wear- elling from Malaysia on June 26. Hun Sen thanked the relevant ment centre in Preah Sihanouk ing masks or scarves when The plane had 107 passengers, authorities, NGOs, and peo- province. He also told anti-drug coughing or sneezing and including two Malaysians. ple involved in the crackdown authorities to improve the qual- practising social distancing. The 103 Cambodians who on drugs, and its prevention, ity, effectiveness and attractive- He said doctors are having tested negative were sent to treatment and education. ness of drug treatments. difficulty saving the lives of Quarantine Centre 1 (QC1) at He said victims of drugs “I appeal to parents and people infected with Covid-19. Hun Sen Champuvorn High need treatment, while those caretakers to pay attention “The seriousness of Covid- School. The two Malaysians involved with trafficking drugs to and educate children to 19 is not to be overlooked, be- will quarantine at a hotel in are criminals who must be se- make them grow up healthily cause it is an extremely cruel Phnom Penh. verely punished under the law. and safely. They should [take respiratory virus. It makes it On Saturday, the ministry Drug production and traf- Prime Minister Hun Sen says victims of drugs need treatment, while preventive measures against] difficult to breathe due to a lack reported an additional nine ficking have recently increased those involved with drug trafficking must be severely punished. SPM Covid-19, and stay away from of oxygen. The coronavirus is infected people who had around the world, he said, and drugs and other negative so- in a very worrying situation all travelled from Indonesia on called on the authorities to put and the wider community.” “White Village” status, or a vil- cial problems,” he said. over the world,” he said. June 25. The patients includ- in more effort to prevent and The authorities were told lage without drugs, he said. National Authority for Com- Separately, the World Health ed eight Cambodians and an crack down on traffickers. to educate the public to stay To achieve this status, he bating Drugs (NACD) on Fri- Organisation (WHO) said it is Indonesian. There were 40 He said: “In the context of away from drugs by teaching said, authorities must comply day burned some 500kg of known that individuals can be passengers on the flight, in- the dangerous Covid-19 pan- them about the negative im- with the slogan “Three Don’t, confiscated drugs at Koh Pich. infected in any circumstance, cluding a Vietnamese nation- demic, the government has pacts of drugs and how they One Report”.
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