'No Chance Cambodia Booted out of ASEAN'
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R 3531 E MB U N SSUE I THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2020 Intelligent . In-depth . Independent www.phnompenhpost.com 4000 RIEL TWO CAMBODIANS YAWNING DEMAND METRO MANILA TO INBOUND FROM FOR RETAIL SPACE RETAIN QUARANTINE JAPAN GET COVID IN PP EXTENDS TO Q3 STATUS TILL NOV 30 NATIONAL – page 2 BUSINESS – page 8 WORLD – page 11 NBC launches Bakong inter-bank platform Thou Vireak enables interoperability between tions, improving the efficiency and system in the Kingdom in response to withdrawals, sending and receiving banks and financial institutions that safety of the payment system, boosting global economic and financial tech- [via] e-wallet,” Serey said. THE National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) is safe and cost-effective. financial inclusion and promoting cash- nological advances, she added. In response to rising concerns on Tuesday launched an inter-bank She attributed the watershed achieve- less payments in the local currency. “I hope the official launch of the domestically and internationally, mobile payment platform, known as ment to NBC governor Chea Chanto, At the same time, she said the system Bakong System today will help promote Serey stressed that Bakong is not a the “Bakong System”, aiming to give a noting that it was his stewardship that will champion economic development social welfare and also prevent the spread Central Bank Digital Currency. powerful impetus to rural financial made development of the core payment and help design an adaptive digital of [Covid-19] by providing seamless Speaking at the ceremony, Associa- sector development and nurturing system’s infrastructure possible. economy ecosystem as the foundation e-payments from person to person. tion of Banks in Cambodia (ABC) financial inclusivity in the Kingdom, Heralding the system as a “backbone for the Kingdom’s participation in “Online payments can also be president In Channy pointed out the director-general Chea Serey said. payment system”, Serey listed its pri- Industry 4.0 consistent with the ASEAN made through Bakong System, significant strides made in payment Speaking at the launch ceremony, mary objectives as – enabling payments digital integration framework. which also offers alternative options Serey said the NBC-initiated Bakong between banks and financial institu- Bakong will modernise the payment for … transactions such as deposits, CONTINUED – page 6 ‘No chance Cambodia booted out of ASEAN’ Niem Chheng rivalry in ASEAN was not new and alleged that Cambodia GROUP of former and and Laos were proxies for un- current Cambodian named external powers. diplomats on Tuesday He said the two countries try fired back at retired to be passively neutral in the SingaporeanA diplomat Bihalari competition of superpowers Kausikan after he proposed that to serve their own interests. ASEAN dismiss Cambodia and “To state things bluntly, I see Laos from the bloc. Cambodia and Laos teetering Women walk past uprooted trees in central Vietnam’s Quang Ngai province on Wednesday, in the aftermath of Typhoon Molave. AFP In an open letter, the Cambo- precariously on the edge of dian diplomats said Kausikan’s making a parallel mistake as remarks were made from a that which led to very tragic nostalgic perspective and rep- results for their countries in 26 missing as Molave hits Vietnam resented a plea for attention. the late 1960s and 1970s,” On October 24, Kausikan Kausikan wrote. TWO people were reported trying to protect their homes cut off across the region. the International Federation wrote an article suggesting He added while Cambodia killed and 26 others missing as from the storm. Nav y and surveillance ves- of Red Cross and Red Crescent that ASEAN should consider and Laos may not have an in- Typhoon Molave hit central “The people of Vietnam are sels were deployed to look for Societies (IFRC). expelling some member states terest in the South China Sea, Vietnam on Wednesday, knock- tough, yet this is among the the crew members after their Close to 1.2 million people if they continue to be heavily they are keen on the Mekong ing down trees and tearing roofs worst destruction ever seen in two boats disappeared after were in “severe danger” and in influenced by other superpow- River as it is an essential life- off homes in some of the worst many areas,” said Vietnam they attempted to dock, Dep- need of relief, the IFRC warned. ers. Kausikan singled out Cam- line which directly affects live- destruction seen in years. Red Cross Society president uty Prime Minister Trinh “These relentless storms are bodia and Laos, arguing that lihoods in the two countries. Authorities relocated Nguyen Thi Xuan Thu. Dinh Dung said. yet another example of the the two countries have made “We shall see. They have around 375,000 people to “The relentless storms and A fishing ban has been in devastating impact of climate the ‘wrong choices’ by follow- some difficult choices to make. safety, cancelled hundreds of flooding are taking a devastat- place since Tuesday, while all change,” Red Cross spokes- ing the superpowers’ lead. And if they should make the flights and closed schools and ing human toll, further airports in the area were man Christopher Rassi said. The former ambassador-at- wrong choices, they will con- beaches ahead of the typhoon, destroying livelihoods and closed until further notice. Vietnam is prone to natural large at Singapore’s Ministry front ASEAN as a whole with which made landfall south of isolating millions of people.” The typhoon comes on the disasters in the rainy season of Foreign Affairs and the cur- difficult choices. We may have Danang packing winds of up Officials were also searching back of weeks of severe flood- between June and November, rent chairman of the Middle to cut loose the two to save to 145km/h. for 26 missing fishermen, with ing and landslides that have with central coastal provinces East Institute at the National the eight,” he wrote. State media said at least the storm – Vietnam’s fourth claimed 130 lives and dam- commonly impacted, but the University of Singapore, two people were killed in this month – bringing waves aged or destroyed more than storms have notably wors- Kausikan said the China-US CONTINUED – page 2 Quang Ngai province while up to 6m high as power was 310,000 homes, according to ened in recent years. AFP THE PHNOM PENH POST Oxfam: Kingdom reducing National inequality in three key areas Inside page 2 2 THE PHNOM PENH POST october 29, 2020 WWW.phnompenhpost.COM National Oxfam: Inequality on decline Two more Covid Mom Kunthear cases confirmed REPORT released by Oxfam on Mom Kunthear Cambodia with their coronavi- October 26 stated that Cambodia rus-infected parents from Iraq has made progress in its efforts THE Ministry of Health report- via a connecting flight in South to reduce inequality in three key ed two more Covid-19 cases on Korea – tested negative again Aareas – public services, tax collection, and October 28 after two Cambo- and is allowed to stay at the hos- workers’ rights and wages – even with the dian men travelling from Japan pital after it was decided that the Kingdom facing the Covid-19 crisis. tested positive, bringing the to- parents were fit for guardian- The Global Inequality Index 2020 ranks tal active cases to seven. ship despite being in treatment. the Kingdom eighth out of the 10 ASEAN In a press release, the minis- The child’s parents first tested member states, with Cambodia rising to try said one of the men is a 34- positive on October 19. 111th out of 158 countries this year from year-old resident of Sarikakeo Meanwhile, the 73 Cambo- 121st in 2018. commune in Kandal province’s dian UN peacekeepers who re- “In 2018, the index ranked Cambodia at Lvea Em district, and the other turned home after completing 121 out of 158 countries, and today Cam- is a 23-year-old from Pursat their mission in South Sudan bodia has climbed to 111. The increase in province’s Bakan district. on October 27 are being held rank demonstrates the positive progress Both of them arrived in for quarantine and testing at that Cambodia has made in policies on Cambodia on October 26 the Training Centre for Peace- public services, tax and workers’ rights. via a connecting flight from keeping Forces and Explosive These are three areas that are essential to South Korea. They are being Remnants of War Clearance in reducing inequality and weathering the treated at the Khmer-Soviet Kampong Speu province. The report says Cambodia has made progress in key areas despite the pandemic. HEAN RANGSEY Covid-19 storm,” Oxfam said. Friendship Hospital. Ork Sieng, deputy direc- The report continued that among low- Government of Cambodia [RGC]; to we did not reduce social protection. The They were among a total of tor of the National Centre for er-middle income countries, Cambodia contain the pandemic on the one hand, government is very concerned about 39 passengers on board the Peacekeeping Forces, Mine has established itself as one of the lead- and to respond to its economic impacts this issue,” Soksensan said. plane, including seven females. and Explosive Remnants of ing nations on taxation policies, show- on the other hand”. Cambodian Institute for Democracy The other 37 tested negative War Clearance (NPMEC- ing increased progressivity, particularly “The RGC has already generated in- president Pa Chanroeun on October 27 and are being quarantined at ERW), said while welcoming on personal income tax. credible momentum to drive social de- said while he acknowledged the govern- Pochentong High School and a the peacekeepers home at It said that regarding labour rights and velopment, and there is confidence that ment’s efforts in improving these three hotel in Phnom Penh.