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FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 2021 Intelligent . In-depth . Independent Issue Number 3688 / 4000 RIEL GDP growth forecast 4.0%: World Bank May Kunmakara which the jab drive loses too ven and volatile, due in part to goods exports have adapted, dia-China Free Trade Agree- much steam and is accompa- a lockdown imposed to control growing by 12.2 per cent year- ment [CCFTA]”. WORLD Bank on June 17 pro- nied by frequent, prolonged the spread of Covid-19. on-year during January-April, The CCFTA was signed on jected Cambodia’s economic and nationwide lockdowns. “Cambodia’s growth outlook or 31.8 per cent year-on-year October 12, allowing the King- growth to accelerate to 4.0 per Under this scenario, the econ- remains highly uncertain, with in April alone, as external dom to export a wide range of cent this year after contracting omy is projected to grow by just the shape and pace of recovery demand improved. goods to the Asian juggernaut 3.1 per cent in 2020, thanks to 1.0 per cent in 2021, it said. largely dependent on the He said a contraction in at a zero per cent tariff rate. ONLINE REGIONAL a fast rollout of Covid-19 vac- In its latest Economic Update course of the virus and the exports of garments, footwear According to Sodeth, gar- cines and the revitalisation of for Cambodia entitled Road to speed at which vaccines can and travel goods (GFT) was ments accounted for 45.6 per MINISTERS OF global demand. Recovery launched at a virtual be rolled out,” it said. “partly offset by rising electri- cent of total goods export val- However, the Washington- press conference, the World World Bank senior econo- cal/vehicle parts and bicycles, ue in the first four months of DEFENCE MEETS based multilateral lender also Bank cautioned that recovery mist for Cambodia Ly Sodeth agricultural, and other exports, COME TO CLOSE offers a downside scenario, in in the Kingdom remains une- told the press conference that boosted in part by the Cambo- CONTINUED – page 7 NATIONAL – page 4 THE first astronauts arrived at China’s new space station on June 17 in the country’s longest First astronauts crewed mission to date, a land- mark step in establishing Bei- jing as a major space power. arrive at China’s The trio blasted off on a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan launch centre in space station northwest China’s Gobi desert, and their craft docked at the Tiangong station around sev- GLOBAL COVID en hours later, where they will spend the next three months. JAB DRIVE UPS State broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) DOMESTIC RISE showed a live feed from inside the spacecraft during the jour- IN FUEL PRICES ney, with the three astronauts lifting their helmet visors after BUSINESS – page 9 it reached orbit as one smiled and waved at the camera. Another floated a pen just off his lap in zero-gravity as he browsed the flight manual. Around seven hours after lift- off, space officials confirmed that the craft had docked with Tianhe, the core module of the country’s new space station. The Shenzhou-12 craft has “successfully docked with the forward port of the core module” US’ BIDEN SETS of the Tiangong station, said the China Manned Space Agency, as RED LINE FOR state TV showed live footage. The mission’s commander is PUTIN OVER Nie Haisheng, a decorated air force pilot in the People’s Libera- CYBER ATTACKS tion Army who has already par- ticipated in two space missions. WORLD – PAGE 11 A Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-12 spacecraft and a crew of three astronauts, lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch The two other members are also Centre in the Gobi desert in northwest China on Thursday, the first crewed mission to China’s new space station. AFP members of the military. AFP US redirects Prey Lang aid Ry Sochan be redirected to various other protected areas, particularly cooperation between the port for increased ranger stakeholders concerned with in the sanctuary where USAID Cambodian government and patrols, training of law en- JELLY BAKERY HE US embassy the conservation of Prey Lang had previously invested sig- local communities and civil forcement and development in Cambodia an- Wildlife Sanctuary. nificant resources. society organisations to find of a national protected area MAKES DIGITAL nounced an end to The embassy said although A senior Ministry of Envi- solutions to protect Prey Lang management system, the assistance to govern- Cambodia had made some ronment official, however, and the natural heritage of the Prey Lang sanctuary has lost SWITCH WITH mentT entities under the US important strides in envi- countered the claim, saying Kingdom for the benefit of all approximately 38,000ha of Agency for International De- ronmental protection, the that only scall-scale offences Cambodians and the world.” forest, or nearly nine per cent VIDEO LESSONS velopment’s (USAID) Green- US had repeatedly expressed remained in Prey Lang. Unfortunately, it said, the of its forest cover. ing Prey Lang project. concerns about persistently In a statement, the embassy situation is worsening. Since LIFESTYLE – page 14 This assistance will instead high deforestation rates in said: “We have urged increased 2016, despite USAID’s sup- CONTINUED – page 2 THE PHNOM PENH POST Provinces gear up for National Covid-19 jab campaign Inside page 2 2 THE PHNOM PENH POST JUNE 18, 2021 WWW.phnompenhpost.COM National P Sihanouk, S Rieng gear Ministry takes steps towards digital gov’t up for vaccination drive Ry Sochan more efficient. For example, to cre- ate a website or to respond to people’s Nov Sivutha THE Ministry of Interior has set up a concerns electronically,” Setha said. digital government working group to He said this digital system will help HE Preah Sihanouk Provin- focus on the use of information tech- his ministry work speedily and accu- cial Administration plans to nology to speed up the ministry’s rately. He explained that previously start a large-scale vaccina- work and make it more efficient. population registration was done by tion drive for people 18 and The working group has 15 mem- paper, but now electronically. Tover from June 21, while Svay Rieng is bers and is chaired by Sak Setha, “With the digital system, a per- also planning the rollout of vaccines. the ministry’s permanent secretary son’s data is accurate. It cannot be Preah Sihanouk Provincial Hall of state, and has an assistant sec- corrected or changed by mistake or spokesman Kheang Phearom told retariat headed by the information without authorisation,” he said. The Post on June 17 that many vac- technology department under the According to the ministry’s deci- cination sites had been set up. Small general-secretariat. sion regarding the establishment scale vaccinations started from June “There are many related depart- of digital governance for informa- 17 and the process has run smooth- ments and sections within the interior tion, communication and tech- ly with people getting jabs in an or- ministry and they all need to be inte- nology (ICT) released on June 16, derly fashion due to prior prepara- grated into a digital government sys- this working group has the role of tions by authorities, especially the tem,” Setha told The Post on June 17. managing the ICT project in the preventative measures. He said that today the use of a ministry’s general departments “Vaccinations are for people from paper system resulted in multiple and units and developing a master the age of 18 and older, factories workloads, and it was too slow. plan for ICT and human resource workers, and all foreigners residing Having a digital government would capacity building training. in this province,” Phearom said, add- not mean that the use of the paper The working group is tasked with ing that more than 4,000 people in People wait for their turn to get vaccinated against Covid-19 in Preah Sihanouk system would be abandoned en- managing connectivity integration the province have contracted Covid- province in April. PREAH SIHANOUK PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATION tirely, however. between the ministry’s ICT systems 19 linked to the February 20 commu- “In the past, we always used phys- and those of other relevant minis- nity outbreak, with 22 deaths. trict; four in Kampong Seila district; mander of Paratrooper Brigade 911. ical paperwork. Now we’ve got a tries and institutions. According to the announcement two in Koh Rong town; and a loca- According to the provincial ad- working group within the ministry The working group is also re- by governor Kuoch Chamroeun on tion in Stung Hav district. The other ministration, the vaccination drive preparing a strategic plan to achieve sponsible for managing updates June 16, the province initially pre- locations are in the Special Eco- will focus on factory workers and the goal of finally organising our and evaluating the quality of the pared five locations for vaccinations nomic Zones,” he said. the general public, though the ac- system to be modern and electroni- ICT systems and equipment in line which started on June 17. He added vaccinations will be tual vaccination plan is yet to be cally advanced,” he said. with the evolving state of technolo- He said the province has more administered by medics from the finalised, said provincial adminis- He said paperwork is still used gy in the world, doing professional than 200,000 people aged 18 and provincial health department, Ream tration chief Hem Sina. because it is a necessary compo- work and providing more effective over, but around 10,000 of them Naval Base and Brigade 70.

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