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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2020 Intelligent . In-depth . Independent Issue NUMBER 3569 / 4000 RIEL Siem Reap airport to be 67% done by end of 2021 May Kunmakara ond visit by Mao Havannall, the min- per cent completed, and the ground construction site,” he said. Fence-building and related works ister in charge of the State Secretariat and first floors of the passenger ter- Lu also confirmed that the flyover are underway for a 16.5km section CONSTRUCTION on the new nearly- of Civil Aviation (SSCA), to inspect the minal building had been “100 per cent construction team started work on of road that connects national roads $900 million airport project in Siem project’s progress on December 23. concreted”, while the second floor December 23. 6 and 64, he said. Reap province will be 67 per cent While the spread of Covid-19 has had been “25 per cent concreted”. In addition to the thoroughfare He said the company is currently in complete by the end of next year, resulted in unprecedented disrup- “On October 15, we started con- linking the project to National Road talks with Electricite du Cambodge according to Angkor International tions, Lu said construction is more struction of the aircraft fuel depot, 6, the company has built an 8km (EdC), with plans in the pipeline to Airport Investment (Cambodia) Co than 30 per cent complete since the and on November 1, we started work road connecting National Road 64 sign a memorandum of understanding Ltd (AIAI) chairman Lu Wei. project broke ground on March 15. in the flight area. So far, we have to the passenger terminal, which Lu made the remark during a sec- He said the basement had been 100 cleared 80 per cent of the land of the will be paved soon, he said. CONTINUED – paGE 8 Trade with VN crushes $5B target Niem Chheng economic activity as trade volumes exceeded target goals HE Kingdom’s bilateral and pledged to facilitate an ex- trade with neighbour- pansion of imports and exports ing Vietnam reached a between the two countries. record $5.27 billion A press statement by the lastT year, one point among sev- Cambodian foreign ministry eral that were lauded by both detailed topics addressed in governments in a December 22 the meeting: “[The two min- video conference. isters] reiterated their strong Minister of Foreign Affairs commitment to joint efforts in and International Coopera- containing illegal [resource-] tion Prak Sokhonn and his exploitation activities and Vietnamese counterpart Pham cross-border transportation Binh Minh held the 18th meet- and trading of timber and ing of the Cambodia-Vietnam wildlife, and in strengthening Joint Commission on Eco- cooperation in the fields of Tearful reunion nomic, Cultural, Scientific and agricultural sanitation, phyto- A passenger (left) arriving from the UK receives a hug from his father after he went through a Covid-19 coronavirus test at Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport on the outskirts of the northwestern Indian city of Amritsar on Tuesday. AFP Technological Cooperation, sanitary certification, fisher- with both sides praising their ies, farming, livestock produc- mutual progress and reaffirm- tion and irrigation systems.” ing commitments to further The two nations “have strengthening cooperation. agreed to enhance cooperation Air pollution led to 1.67M dead in India in 2019 The two ministers expressed to bring about effective and their appreciation for effec- sustainable utilisation, man- GLOBALLY, India is the coun- human and economic toll in Foundation of India, indicates. cent of the country’s gross tive cooperation and mutual agement and development of try where air pollution kills India, a country of about 1.35 Published in the journal The domestic product (GDP). support in the prevention and Mekong water resources and the most people per year, billion people. That’s what an Lancet Planetary Health, the “Successful reduction of air fight against the Covid-19 pan- also promote environment reveals a new report by US alarming report on the subject study shows that globally last pollution in India would lead demic while sustaining cross- protection and conservation, and Indian researchers. As unveiled on December 22 by year, air pollution was the to substantial benefits for border flow of trade in goods climate-related action, green many as 1.67 million deaths researchers from the Global most deadly in India. both the health of the popula- and maintaining investments. growth and land manage- last year were attributable to Observatory on Pollution and In addition, it is the cause of tion and the economy,” the They both expressed sat- ment,” the statement said. air pollution – 17.8 per cent of Health at Boston College, the colossal economic losses, report’s authors comment. isfaction with the strong de- all deaths in the country. Indian Council of Medical estimated by researchers at velopment of cross-border CONTINUED – paGE 5 Air pollution takes a heavy Research, and the Public Health about $36.8 billion, or 1.36 per CONTINUED – paGE 10 2 THE PHNOM PENH POST DECEMBER 24, 2020 WWW.phnompenhpost.COM National Gov’t receives NEC’s voter list decision upheld Nov Sivutha THE Constitutional Coun- aid materials cil of Cambodia (CCC) has upheld the decision by the National Election Commit- tee (NEC) in relation to com- for prisoners plaints about names deleted from the voter registration Niem Chheng Tamesis said the UN team list, filed by the League for met with the prison general Democracy Party (LDP). HE General Depart- department’s director-general CCC spokesman Prom Vi- ment of Prisons has and visited the Phnom Penh- chet Akara told The Post on received aid mate- area prisons affected by Octo- December 23 that the CCC rials from the UN ber flooding. UNODC assis- had decided to not entertain TOffice on Drugs and Crime tance delivered on December the complaints and announce (UNODC) for distribution to 22 covered priority medicines, the final decision. prisoners across the country. hygiene kits and other sup- Citing reasons for the deci- The general department plies requested by the general sion, the council said the LDP deputy director, Nuth Savna, department, she said. did not attend a second hear- said the donations consist When Battambang province ing. That amounted to waiving of face masks, cleaning sup- was flooded in October, the the right to demand a solution. plies, and other equipment. Office of the UN High Com- The CCC received 95 com- A decision concerning their missioner for Human Rights plaints from the LDP over names deployment was pending. provided 950 sandbags to the deleted from the voter list. “Hygienic supplies for 3,335 provincial prison and delivered To date, the CCC has ad- detainees were donated in sanitary supplies to the prison dressed 28 complaints at Members of the Constiturtional Council of Cambodia (CCC). The CCC has upheld the decision by the National part by the Japanese govern- general department, including the first time and 23 for the Election Committee (NEC) in relation to complaints filed by the League for Democracy Party. CCC ment through UNODC in re- soaps, detergents, sanitary pads, second time. The remaining sponse to flooding atM 2 [Prey toothpaste and toothbrushes, complaints will be addressed the CCC claimed that it was for Free and Fair Elections in eral Som Sorida welcomed the Sar Prison] and in Banteay to improve hygiene in prisons on December 25. correct, the procedure to ad- Cambodia (NICFEC), said the CCC’s decision, which he said Meanchey [province]. Now within the context of Covid-19 Although the LDP did not dress the complaints was LDP seemed to be unhappy was in line with the earlier so- that the floods have receded, prevention efforts, Tamesis said. send a representative to attend unjust and not transparent about the CCC’s decision to lution put forward by the NEC. we are considering where She said UNICEF also pro- the hearing, the procedure still because the hearing was not the point of boycotting the “The NEC had gone to to distribute the materials,” vided soap to 1,000 juvenile moved forward as usual with- broadcast live in public. second hearing. The hearing conduct research study into Savna said, adding that the and female prisoners evacu- out delay. Vichet Akara said “All of this is for the public seemed to have been held for the cases and addressed the UN’s response to flooding and ated from Banteay Meanchey that attending it or not is the to know, it is not a private a short time and questioning LDP’s complaints in a com- Covid-19 prevention in pris- to Siem Reap prison during right of the complainant. matter because it is a nation- sessions were short, making plete, detailed and investiga- ons was also closely coordi- the October floods. “But we still don’t know al issue. Inside the CCC room, the complainant unsatisfied. tive manner. nated with the International “The UN considers the health how the CCC will make a de- there is no justice. But outside “The CCC should have pro- “The CCC understands and Committee for the Red Cross. of prisoners to be part of public cision this coming Friday. It it, members of the CCC said it vided equal opportunities and believes in the NEC’s deci- “So far, the assistance from health concerns, particularly in depends on the CCC and at- is correct. In other words, we [sufficient] times to both sides, sion, which is based on the the two donors has yet to be the context of the current Covid- tendance of the complainant have to debate this matter. especially allowing the plain- law,” he said. distributed to the target ar- 19 pandemic.