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Thursday, november 19, 2020 Intelligent . In-depth . Independent www.phnompenhpost.com 4000 RIEL US lawmakers’ calls for ex-p sihanouk land director more sanctions rebuffed Niem Chheng of mutual respect, independence, They accused Prime Minister Hun Sen nalists, were arrested for exercising HIT WITH SEVEN sovereignty and non-interference, of having a long record of intimidation, their freedom of expression, associa- AMBODIAN officials have while political analysts said the hu- censorship, and corruption to maintain tion, and peaceful assembly. YEAR SENTENCE rebuffed calls for the US man rights situations had been inflat- his rule. Since the dissolution of the Cam- They urged the US and its allies to national – page 3 Department of State and ed for geo-political reasons. bodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) in send a strong message to Hun Sen that Treasury to impose sanctions In a letter to US Secretary of State 2017, they said, many party members any crackdown on opposition parties onC certain individuals in the ruling Mike Pompeo, four US House of Rep- were arrested while the government has and freedom of speech is unacceptable. Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and resentatives members and four sena- made laws to restrict freedom. “It is vital that even as our govern- the security forces over alleged rights tors urged him to address what they Citing a Human Rights Watch ment prepares for the transition to a abuses in the Kingdom. described as the “alarming deteriora- report, the US lawmakers said 55 new administration that we are clear In rejecting the claims, officials tion in human rights protection and people, including environmental ac- urged the US to respect the principles democratic rule in Cambodia”. tivists, opposition activists and jour- Continued – page 3 Greenland’s fourth round glaciers likely of fta talks with south to melt faster korea opens than feared business – page 6 THE three largest glaciers in Greenland – which hold enough frozen water to lift global sea levels some 1.3m – could melt faster than even the worst-case warming predictions, research pub- lished on November 17 showed. Until 2000, the main driver of sea level rise was melting glaciers and the expansion of ocean water as it warms. But over the last two decades, the world’s ice sheets atop Greenland and Antarctica have become the single largest source of sea level rise. A team of researchers based in Den- poor nations mark and Britain used historical imag- es and a host of other data to estimate face covid-19 how much ice had been lost from Greenland’s Jakobshavn Isbrae, vaccine wait, Kangerlussuaq Glacier and Helheim Glaciers in the 20th century. experts warn They found that Jakobshavn Isbrae WORLD – Page 10 lost more than 1.5 trillion tonnes of Hand-in-hand ice between 1880-2012, while Kanger- A girl plants a mangrove seedling as part of the ‘100,000 Mangrove Campaign’, which has seen more than 100,000 lussuaq and Helheim lost 1.4 trillion mangrove seedlings planted on 15.5ha in eight community fisheries (CFIs) in Kampot province. AAC sTORY > 5 and 31 billion tonnes from 1900-2012, respectively. The ice melt has already contributed more than 8mm to global sea levels, the researchers wrote in a paper pub- Hun Sen set to leave quarantine lished in Nature Communications. Shfaqat Abbas Khan, a researcher at Mom Kunthear inces and Phnom Penh who were in will end on November 23. Quaran- the Technical University of Denmark, contact with Szijjarto will end tine for 20 people in Preah Vihear said using photographs taken before the PRIME Minister Hun Sen, who was according to the Ministry of Health and 10 others in Ratanakkiri will end satellite era was another tool to help quarantined for 14 days following a timeline. on November 25. recreate the last century’s ice loss. HeaLth experts visit by Covid-19-positive Hungarian The ministry said 1,702 people “[I] would like to remind authorities The UN’s climate science advisory Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade including five Hungarians in Phnom to advise those in quarantine to con- panel, the IPCC, has forecast sea level rise and scientists Peter Szijjarto on November 3, said he Penh, Kandal, Pursat, Prey Veng and tinue to do it properly. Otherwise, they from all sources of between 30-110cm by will return to work on November 19 Kampong Thom provinces will leave will be required to self-quarantine for 2100, depending on emissions. at odds over after the fourth and final test for him, their quarantine on November 19. another 14 days,” Hun Sen said. Under the IPCC’s high emissions his wife and those living with him came Quarantine for 11 people in Kam- He said everyone must wear masks, pathway, known as RCP8.5, nothing is surgical masks out negative. pong Chhnang province will end on wash their hands and maintain social done to curb carbon pollution through- In a Facebook post, Hun Sen also November 21. Quarantine for 18 peo- distancing, according to the health out the 21st century, leading to a cli- lifestyle – page 13 announced that quarantine for the ple in Kep province, 40 in Preah mate more than 3C hotter than pre- more than 1,000 people from prov- Sihanouk and one in Kampong Cham Continued – page 2 Industrial levels. AFP

THE PHNOM PENH POST Environment ministry National promotes eco-tourism Inside page 4 2 THE PHNOM PENH POST november 19, 2020 www.phnompenhpost.com National Ministry, local travel company offer free training for students

Orm Bunthoeurn Tourism ministry spokes- man Top Sopheak told The THE Ministry of Tourism and Post on November 18 that stu- travel company Alliance Plus dents studying at public and Solutions have announced a private schools, if interested, free AMADEUS flight-book- can register for the course. ing training course for those He says the course can help studying to work in the tour- lead to job opportunities in ism industry. the sector and internships. AMADEUS is a website and “They can study and get in- app that allows users to book ternships at a company or they flights and other services in the can find a job somewhere that region from a smartphone or suits the professional skills computer. that they received through the Da Riya, a technical sup- training. They also receive a port and sales specialist at certificate from the Ministry Alliance Plus Solutions said: of Tourism which gives them “It runs on a website that re- the opportunity to become a quires users to have access ticket agent on the digital mo- after obtaining permission bile app,” Sopheak said. from Alliance Plus Solutions. He added that there is no Through the app, users can limit to how many students Officials discovered 415,917 overloaded trucks during the first nine months of the year. transport ministry book flights with all airlines. can be accepted. The course In addition, people can book will be offered over two weeks train tickets or whatever is with morning or evening available locally.” classes of 25 students offered. According to a ministry an- “So, if they have free time in Ministry warns truck drivers to nouncement released on No- the morning, they can choose vember 17, the programme is that shift, or the evening shift for students studying at tour- for those who are free in the ism and hospitality institu- evening. keep cargo under weight limit tions in Cambodia. “The training takes two They must have a certifi- weeks, with classes held from Nov Sivutha roads and reduce traffic ac- driving licence and truck has ing drivers, the illegal practice cate of education from their Monday to Friday. cidents,” he said. to be detained for a year. continued, Ratanak said. school, display a high level of “The deadline for receiving INISTER of Pub- Ek Rath, the transport min- The 40-tonne limit applies to “Truck overloading seems responsibility and studious- applications is November 30. lic Works and istry’s undersecretary of state, vehicles with at least five axles, to not decrease. I personally ness, have a good command After that, applicants will take Transport Sun confirmed on November 18 per the law. see that the effectiveness of of English and have basic an entry exam for the classes, Chanthol led a that the law permits heavy “The ministry released mea- respecting legal standards can- computer skills. They also which will begin in Decem- Mteam which discovered 32 trucks to weigh a maximum sures a long time ago, but it not be practised. We should must pass an entrance test. ber,” Sopheak said. heavy trucks travelling over of 40 tonnes while delivering understood [not to fine driv- find the root cause of the prob- the 40-tonne limit in Kam- goods, including the weight of ers seriously]. When they are lem and why truck drivers do pong Cham province on both the truck and its cargo. fined, they still don’t regret not respect the law,” he said. November 16, the same day Chanthol ordered the 32 [their actions]. Some people Ratanak said it could ei- the ministry said it would truck drivers driving over the are not afraid even after they ther be corrupt officials not increase its vigilance against weight limit to remove 10 have been fined,” said Rath. enforcing the law properly offending truck drivers and tonnes of goods each by having Institute for Road Safety di- or simply that drivers don’t delivery companies. another truck retrieve them. rector Kong Ratanak said that respect the law. The trucks were delivering Rath added that the road drivers continue to break the According to a ministry report, goods such as rice, cassava, ani- traffic law states truck drivers law because the ministry’s during the first nine months mal feed, mangoes and rubber are fined based on how much announcements had a lim- of 2020, officers worked in col- and were found to be 10 tonnes extra cargo they are shipping. ited effect and law enforce- laboration with local authori- overweight. If the total weight is five to 10 ment is lacking as well. ties and checked more than 1.5 “The companies, enter- per cent over the 40-tonne Despite the ministry releas- million heavy trucks. prises and owners of heavy limit, the fine is 100,000 riel, ing announcements forbid- They found that 415,917 of trucks have to cooperate from 10 per cent to 20 per ding drivers from driving over the trucks were overweight, and take this law seriously. cent 200,000 riel, over 20 per the limit, installing weight equal to 26.96 per cent of all It is to avoid damage to the cent is 300,000 riel, while scales and stopping offend- such vehicles in Cambodia. The course will train students on a ticket booking app. hong menea Cambodian woman inbound from US tests positive for Covid Continued from page 1 ministry that the fourth test result came out negative,” he said. ministry’s guidelines. Minister of Foreign Affairs “Bear in mind that Cambodi- and International Cooperation ans and people around the globe Prak Sokhonn also announced hate Covid-19, but Covid-19 not he tested negative. only doesn’t reciprocate that “The result of the fourth Cov- hate, it loves us, and its love for id-19 test for me and my fam- us will only leave us dead or with ily proved negative,” he said. a loss of health,” he said. Separately, the health ministry Hun Sen also said the Min- said it detected another Covid- istry of Education, Youth and 19 case on November 18 – a Sport and the Ministry of 49-year-old Cambodian woman Labour and Vocational Train- who travelled from the US via ing will reopen and vocational South Korea on November 16. schools will return to normal. The woman is being treated “The November 3 event taught at the Chak Angre Health Cen- us and reminded us to be careful tre in the capital. and that we can overcome Covid- There were 123 passengers on 19. We can contain it in advance. board the same flight, all of whom Prevention is better than treat- tested negative. Among them, 18 ment,” he said, referring to Szij- are being quarantined at Hun Sen jarto’s November 3 visit. Borey 100 Khnong Secondary Minister of Agriculture, For- School, one at the Japanese estry and Fisheries Veng embassy, and 104 others at four Sakhon said on November 18 separate hotels in Phnom Penh. that his last test came back The latest case brings the negative for Covid-19. Kingdom’s Covid-19 tally to “I am very excited after receiv- 304 and total active cases to 13 ing the news from the health as of November 18. THE PHNOM PENH POST november 19, 2020 www.phnompenhpost.com 3 National Men held Court charges two for for damage defamation over land to statues dispute in Koh Kong Soth Koemsoeun Long Kimmarita “I see that it is very unfair for PONHEA LEU district police both of them because they did arrested two people on Novem- HUNDREDS of people gath- nothing wrong and they were ber 17 in Kandal province for ered in front of the Koh Kong [falsely] accused. They only destroying religious statues at Provincial Court on Novem- talked about those who sold the Trai Trung pagoda on Basith ber 18 to await the sentencing state land and shared [mon- Mountain in Chhvang com- of their three community land ey] with each other. They only mune, Ponhea Leu district. representatives who were ac- want to reclaim community Ponhea Leu district police chief cused of defamation related land as state property or give Duong Teng said the two – Kong to a land dispute. it to people in the community Samnang and Bin Sophea –were Provincial court prosecu- who have no land. They did sent to court on November 18 on tor Un Sovantheany identi- not intend to secretly sell the charges of vandalizing several fied the three activists as land,” she said. statues and other property. Phao Nherng, Seng Lin and Neither Investigating Judge He said damage was done to Khon Phon. They were sued Lor Krem nor prosecutor So- statues of Preah Neang Leak, for defamation by one of vantheany could be reached Preah Neang Pov, Koh Ma Pech, their former fellow represen- for comment on November 18. Preah Ang Chek and three stat- Nuon Pok, the former director of the Preah Sihanouk provincial land management department. SUPPLIED tatives, Chhay Vy. In a separate case on No- ues of Preah Klas. One flower Vy said the three had falsely vember 17, five other com- pot, two jars and some prayer accused her of persuading munity land representatives accessories were also destroyed people living in Sre Ambel dis- were sent to the Koh Kong along with four statues of Preah trict’s Chi Khor Leu commune Provincial Court in relation to Neang Tep Pranom, two Drag- Ex-land director gets to sell their community land. defamation and incitement on Head statues and the pago- Vy’s lawsuit came after 175 over land disputes. da’s gate. families in Chi Khor Leu filed They were summoned to Teng said Samnang was the a complaint to Minister of In- court to contest a complaint one who committed the act, seven years in prison terior Sar Kheng on Novem- by Heng Huy Agriculture while Sophea was just a taxi ber 25, last year accusing her Group, an entity owned by driver. He said the reason is Long Kimmarita ing and using fake documents. and said he wanted to see of inciting people to sell their tycoon Heng Huy, who holds related to mental problems. “The accused has the right more measured taken against land. the honorific Oknha. The five According to Teng, Sophea is HE Phnom Penh Mu- to file an appeal in the case if other corrupt officials who Nherng, one of the three ac- defendants were released on not in the wrong but he was nicipal Court sentenced he is unsatisfied with this rul- have committed illegal acts. cused, told The Post that she bail but put under court su- detained because he is a taxi Nuon Pok, the former ing,” he said. “[The courts] should investi- and Lin were charged with pervision. driver. He was hired to take director of the Preah Si- Pok, 45, held the position of gate and research the case and the defamation charge, while Thong Chan Dara, the pro- Samnang to a sacred place to hanoukT provincial Department the director of the provincial take appropriate measures be- Phon was acquitted. vincial coordinator for rights burn incense and pray. He did of Land Management, Urban land management depart- cause it is something people “The judge decided to release group Adhoc, said all seven not expect he would destroy Planning and Construction to ment from 2016 to 2018. and civil society organisations us on bail under court supervi- of the community represen- sacred statues. However, Teng seven years in prison and fined According to an ACU report, want to see,” he said. sion. Whenever the authorities tatives convicted in the two sent both of them to court to let him 100 million riel ($25,000) the arrest came after the unit Sen Karuna said the mea- or court summons us, we have cases were protesting to pro- the court decide. for abuse of power and other received complaints from vic- sures taken against the for- to go. We also have to pres- tect their land. The Post could not contact corruption charges. tims accusing Pok of charging mer official boost public trust ent ourselves at the Sre Ambel He said the charges against Kandal Provincial Court The court also seized three unlawful service fees. He al- and faith in law enforcement district police station once a them for defamation and in- spokesman So Sarin for fur- plots of his land for state legedly charged $1,600 per and government officials. month. We are not allowed to citing chaos were “serious” ther comment. property. land title and $1,000 to trans- Pok is not the only official to move either,” Nherng said. and called for an in-depth in- Sot Sim, an officer at Kandal Pok was arrested by the An- fer ownership rights. go down recently. On February Yy Kunthea, one of the peo- vestigation. Provincial Department of Cul- ti-Corruption Unit (ACU) on Pok was also accused of 27, the Phnom Penh Municipal ple who gathered in front of the “In this case, one party sued ture and Fine Arts who is also March 1 at his house in Preah paying a bribe to get his posi- Court also sentenced Pursat court, said many people had them. But obviously, the court the conservator of Basith Moun- Sihanouk province and sent tion. During his tenure, he al- provincial land management turned out because they were should investigate this mat- tain said on November 18 that to the court on March 4. legedly requested the removal department director Liem afraid that the court would de- ter further. I am asking for an he made a phone call to Chh- Phnom Penh Municipal of subordinate officials for no Bunroeun, his deputy and an- tain their representatives. in-depth investigation before vang commune police because Court spokesman Kuch Kim- apparent reason. He denied other official to eight years in Even though they were summoning people for clari- there were two people driving a long told The Post on Novem- all the allegations during prison for abusing power and not arrested, Kunthea said fication,” he said. car on Basith Mountain. ber 18 the court decided to questioning by the ACU. misappropriating funds. people thought it was unfair One ran to the pagoda, kicked charge Pok on November 17 Rights group Adhoc spokes- The three officials were ap- for the land representatives www.phnompenhpost.com the door in and destroyed with abusing power, exploiting man Soeng Sen Karuna ap- prehended by the ACU in July to be placed under court su- check the post website sacred objects, he said. natural resources and provid- plauded the court’s actions last year in Pursat province. pervision. for breaking news

Lawmakers told to respect principles of mutual respect, sovereignty Continued from page 1 vember 17, the US embassy in ther merely expressed their bodian officials, but have the Phnom Penh said the US was thoughts or did so because officials been affected? Not and consistent in our con- closely following a growing they had connections with at all. Banning their travel to demnation of Hun Sen and number of court cases targeting the opposition group. the US won’t make them die; his party’s crackdown on free civil society activists, journalists, “In principle, Cambodia they want to live in Cambo- speech, association, and as- and supporters of the Supreme works with the US on a state- dia happily,” he said. sembly,” the letter reads. Court-dissolved CNRP. to-state relationship. We hope US-based political analyst They urged Pompeo to “We urge the authorities to the US respects international James Sok said in the short US work with Department of protect these freedoms as en- principles and the UN Char- presidential transition period, Treasury to impose targeted shrined in Cambodia’s consti- ter, especially the principle nothing from the letter could sanctions under the Global tution and to take meaningful of mutual respect, indepen- happen. It depended, he said, Magnitsky Act or apply other steps to reopen civic and politi- dence, sovereignty, and non- on the foreign policy of incom- measures against the se- cal space in the lead up to 2022 interference in a sovereign ing US President Joe Biden. nior leadership of the ruling commune elections and the state’s affairs,” Malin said. “The human rights situ- Cambodian People’s Party 2023 national elections,” it said. CPP spokesman Sok Eysan ations in Cambodia have and the top leadership of the Embassy spokesman Chad said suspending tariff privileges been inflated. They [foreign- police, whom they said had Roedemeier said: “US offi- for Cambodia would not have ers] criticised and exert pres- been involved in the arrests. cials have consistently raised any impact on the government, sure [on Cambodia]. But the “We also call on you [Pompeo] democracy and human rights but it would impact workers problem is not human rights, The lawmakers urge Pompeo to work with Department of Treasury to to coordinate with other gov- concerns with the Cambo- impose targeted sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Act. supplied and their dependents. There- it’s actually geopolitical con- ernments and urge them to do dian authorities. We support fore, he said, it is the US who test in the region,” he said. the same,” they wrote. the Cambodian people and lative bodies, he said, are in- Ministry of Justice spokes- should be held accountable. Political analyst Lao Mong The lawmakers also called their constitutional right to dependent from each other. man Chin Malin said from “Who violates human rights? Hay said the efforts by US on the US Trade Representa- democracy and fundamen- Government spokesman a legal perspective, whether They accuse Cambodia of Senators and House mem- tive to undertake an immedi- tal freedoms.” Phay Siphan referred reporters it is in Cambodia, the US or violating human rights and bers to protect human rights ate review of When asked about the let- to the Ministry of Foreign Af- other democratic countries, freedom, but when they cause in Cambodia should be very Cambodia’s tariff privileges ter to Pompeo, the spokes- fairs and International Coop- criminal cases must be han- harm to workers and their de- much appreciated. However, in response to “a worsening man said it merely expressed eration when asked about the dled by the courts. pendants they are actually the it is very doubtful Pompeo environment for labour lead- the views of certain US law- letter. The Post could not reach He said the letter reflects ones who violate human rights. could meet their request for ers and unions”. makers from both parties. ministry spokesman Koy Kuong the personal views of cer- “They [US] have imposed sanctions in this transitional In a Facebook post on No- The US executive and legis- for comment on November 18. tain US lawmakers who ei- sanctions on a dozen Cam- period, he said. 4 THE PHNOM PENH POST november 19, 2020 www.phnompenhpost.com National Man held after raping Eco-tourism gets gov’t boost two step-daughters in Voun Dara options and new occupations for the community and cut HE Ministry of Envi- off the traditional activities Preah Vihear province ronment is working of logging and hunting in the to spur local eco- forest,” he said. Kim Sarom Moeun continued that the nomic development Pheaktra said the govern- daughter waited for her par- byT organising small-scale ment policy is to turn some PREAH Vihear provincial ents to go to the fields and tourism products in commu- locations into protected areas police arrested a man on then ran to tell the deputy vil- nities to provide new jobs and with tourism potential so com- November 16 in connection lage chief the story. boost local incomes. munities can participate in with raping his two step- Moeun said the deputy The ministry hopes the idea the development and growth daughters at a remote area village chief then reported it will reduce dependence on of the national economy. in Sangkum Thmei district’s to the Roanakse commune forest harvesting and help The policy will also con- Roanakse commune, Preah police who reported to him. protect the environment. tribute to strengthening Vihear province. After receiving an order Environment minister Say the conservation of natural Sangkum Thmei district from the province police, Sam Al announced the initia- resources and biodiversity. police chief Chuon Moeun he led officers to the remote tive in a Facebook post while This policy has now become told The Post the 54-year- village. sharing photos of Phnom a reality and has provided old suspect was a farmer. “My officers arrived in the Preah Resort in Banteay fruitful results, he said. The victims are an 11-year- village in the evening. We Meanchey province’s Thma Ngerm Lough, a Bunong in- old girl who dropped out of left the suspect there for one A woman sells handicrafts at Preah Dak village in Siem Reap province’s Puok district. Banteay Srei district in February. hong menea digenous villager in Sre Preah school and a nine-year-old night and on the morning of “We encourage and pro- commune’s Pou Char village, girl who is a second-grade November 17 we brought him mote local economic devel- (Phnom Khnong Phsar) eco- the eight provinces is esti- in Mondulkiri province’s Keo student. to the Sangkum Thmei dis- opment, such as the develop- tourism community in Kam- mated to have injected more Seima district, said through He said he is still question- trict police,” he added. ment of small-scale tourism pong Speu province’s Oral than $25.21 million into the the Wildlife Conservation So- ing the suspect and will send The suspect allegedly told products, to provide new district; the Phat Sanday float- local economies. There were ciety in Cambodia (WCS Cam- him to provincial police when police he had raped his step- employment options and in- ing communities in Kampong 536,545 national and inter- bodia) project in cooperation he is finished. daughter only once, on the crease incomes for locals to Thom province; the Teuk Chob national tourists [529,160 na- with the environment minis- “My officers are questioning night of November 11 at his reduce dependence on forest Khnar Po Ecotourism Com- tional tourists and 7,385 inter- try, he and other villagers are the suspects and the victims home. As for his younger products,” he wrote. munity in Siem Reap province; national tourists],” he said. currently using bamboo to to make a report and send it stepdaughter, he said he did According to the ministry, 22 and the Boeung Sneh area in Pheaktra said the num- make everyday items and sou- to the provincial police. The not rape her. However, the ecotourism communities cur- Prey Veng province. ber of tourists visiting eco- venirs such as water glasses, suspect confessed to com- older girl said her stepfather rently managed by the minis- Environment ministry tourism sites in conservation teapots and tissue boxes. mitting the crime,” he said. had raped her sister several try cover an area of 35,003ha spokesman Neth Pheaktra and protected areas this year “We started this process in Moeun said that the vic- times. The younger girl said in 12 protected areas in eight said eco-tourism in protected increased compared to the July through a WCS [Cambo- tims’ mother divorced her her stepfather only touched provinces including Ratanak- areas had brought in millions 2018-2019 figures. Minis- dia] project that provided bam- ex-husband and later mar- her genitals. kiri, Kampong Speu, Koh Kong, of dollars into local econo- try data shows that in 2018, boo processing machines for ried the suspect. He said the “The evidence is based on Pursat, Preah Vihear, Kampong mies. It’s also promoting the $16.16 million was earned bamboo processing products. mother never suspected that the answers of the two girls Thom, Kampot and Kampong potential of eco-tourism that from 343,852 tourists and last We earned about $1,000 from her new husband abused her and the confession of the sus- Chhnang provinces. Cambodia has for local and year, $18.90 million came in selling processed products. daughters. pect show there was indeed a In addition to these eco- foreign tourists. from 402,293 tourists. “We and the people in some The older daughter said crime,” Moeun said. tourism sites, there are many “In the first nine months of “The development of eco- other villages in Keo Seima her stepfather had raped her new ecotourism resorts that this year, revenue from eco- tourism is the right strategy to district are also producing since she was nine. But he al- www.phnompenhpost.com are attracting tourists, such tourism in 22 communities improve the livelihoods of lo- processed materials from this ways threatened to kill her if check the post website as the Roleak Kang Choeung in the 12 protected areas of cal communities, create new bamboo,” Lough said. she told her mother or sister. for breaking news THE PHNOM PENH POST november 19, 2020 www.phnompenhpost.com 5 National Kampot plants 100K mangrove seedlings

Mom Kunthear mangrove trees and organis- from outsiders to carry out ing mangrove planting events this campaign, but fisher- HE “100,000 Mangrove and other activities for com- men who are members of the Campaign”, which munity development. whole community have all has seen more than The campaign was also start- joined together to pick and 100,000 mangrove ed to encourage public partici- plant seeds with very little fi- seedlingsT planted on 15.5ha pation in the conservation and nancial support,” he said, add- in eight community fisheries protection of mangrove forests, ing mangroves attract tourists (CFIs) in Kampot province, has which it said are important and promote eco-tourism and wrapped up with encouraging habitats for biodiversity and a Cambodia’s green economy. results after nearly a year. major resource that maintains Reaksmey called it a true work The campaign is co-or- the balance of ecosystems and of community solidarity and ganised by ActionAid Cambo- the environment. said he appreciated the leader- Some of the 250 swiflets that were de-feathered and sold in Siem Reap. supplied dia (AAC), the Children and AAC country director Hong ship and participation of the Women Development Centre Reaksmey told The Post on eight CFIs. Volunteers included in Cambodia (CWDCC), SA- November 18 the project was students and young people who Swiflet shippers warned MAKY, and the eight CFIs. a significant success because worked under the coordination In an announcement on No- the mangrove planting ex- of the Kampot provincial Fish- Khouth Sophak Chakrya them while others were caught lars in yearly income to the vember 18, the AAC said the ceeded expectation. eries Administration and other with nets on bodies of water. nation through their saliva, campaign started from Septem- “Planting more than the partner organisations. THREE women were arrested “Our specialists will contin- which they use to build their ber 2019 to August 2020 in com- target of 100,000 trees is a He said many other com- in Siem Reap province on ue to cooperate with local nests. The nests are then sold munity fisheries in Kampot. considerable success, but munities have asked AAC November 18 in connection authorities to crack down on as a delicacy throughout Asia. It said the goal of the cam- the more important achieve- to start similar campaigns, with illegally trafficking swift- cases of setting nets to catch Soksan added that one swift- paign was to promote public ment is active participation but he has not discussed any lets, according to provincial swiftlets in local areas. Other- let can produce $10 of income participation to support the by the whole community. specific plans yet. Forestry Administration chief wise, swiftlets will go extinct per year for up to 15 years, eight CFIs in planting 100,000 “Our project raised funds Sim Him, the head of Tra- Mong Bunlim. surely,” Bunlim said, adding while a swiftlet that is sold for peang Sangke’s Community Bunlim said the three sus- swiftlets like to live in low-ly- meat can fetch only 2,000 riel Fisheries, called mangrove pects were caught with a total ing areas close to the water. ($0.50). It represents a large forests the kitchen of poor fish- 250 dead swiftlets which had Those in the legal swiftlet loss, especially considering ermen. Since the start of the been de-feathered. business praised the crack- the offspring they could have “100,000 Mangrove Campaign”, “After they were questioned down and called on people to produced, Soksan said. biodiversity in the community and educated, they signed let- stop selling them and their “Please stop killing swiftlets to has increased significantly and ters promising to stop traffick- eggs at markets. eat them. We must join hands the number of fishermen has ing wild animals. Our special- Khy Soksan, a Siem Reap to protect and preserve swiftlets also increased, he said. ists decided to fine them businessman who has worked more and more,” he said. Prek Tnaot community fish- according to legal procedures. with swiftlets, told The Post on He continued that in the eries head Ouk Sovannarith A total of 250 [dead] swiftlets November 18 that swiftlets do future, Cambodia will establish said he was happy the com- were set on fire,” he said. not eat crops, rather they eat a factory to process the saliva of munity has become an impor- Bunlim said one of the sus- insects which destroy crops. swiftlets for export to China. If tant part of this campaign. pects had bought the birds Soksan also said swiftlets there are no swiftlets, this sector “The campaign is impor- from locals who had trapped could bring in millions of dol- will be crippled, he said. tant because more people in the community have become aware of the importance of mangroves and have come together to protect them,” Sovannarith said. The number of mangroves planted was 111,240 trees, or Mangrove forests are important habitats for biodiversity and a major 11.24 per cent more than the resource that maintains the balance of ecosystems. AAC target. Two rare tree species identified in Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary Khouth Sophak Chakrya types of trees in the sanctuary that research into Cambodia’s which produce luxury wood forests began in 2009 and the TWO rare tree species believed or first, second or third-grade two rare species were first to be endangered were dis- timber, according to the For- observed in 2011 and 2015, covered in Keo Seima Wildlife estry Administration. although they were only re- Sanctuary in the northeastern Researchers also found new cently properly identified af- provinces of Mondulkiri and plant and tree species at Phnom ter years of analysis. Kratie, according to an an- Bokor National Park in Kampot “Machilus cambodiana and nouncement released by the province and the Central Car- Machilus seimensis are types Wildlife Conservation Society damom Wildlife Sanctuary. of medicinal plants. They are in Cambodia (WCS Cambo- WCS country director Ken similar to the Tep Piro plant dia) on November 17. Serey Rotha told The Post that and the Mreah Prov Phnom The Machilus cambodiana to protect the two rare species, plant,” he said. and Machilus seimensis spe- the WCS will encourage its staff Phourin added that Machi- cies – named after the location to study and monitor them lus plants have also been where they were found – were while continuing to perform found in Phnom Bokor Na- discovered by a group of Cam- their duties in the main loca- tional Park and the Central bodian and Japanese botanists. tions of its development plan. Cardamom Wildlife Sanctu- The WCS said: “Even though “It is unknown at this time ary in Cambodia and they ex- the International Union what they [the WCS staff] ist in Southern Vietnam and for Conservation of Nature will do after they leave their Thailand as well. (IUCN) did not include these posts. As a first step, we need “If there was no Covid-19, Tet- two new trees on its red list to protect and preserve these sukazu Yahara would cooperate yet, researchers believe they trees [and plants] well so that with us to further research new are endangered. Numbers the next generation can study plants and trees,” he said. of these two trees are low in them,” he said. Ministry of Environment dense forests. Researchers Chhang Phourin, deputy spokesman Neth Pheaktra ex- found only two of these kinds director of the Institute of pressed great enthusiasm and of trees during their research.” Forest and Wildlife Research said Cambodia welcomes co- Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary and Development (IRD), said operation in research into plant is known to shelter more than he had studied the two rare and tree species, wild animals 260 species of small plants and species with Japanese bota- and biodiversities in wildlife trees, 20 of which are endan- nist Tetsukazu Yahara. He sanctuaries and multiple use gered globally. There are 53 told The Post on November 17 areas in the country. 6 THE PHNOM PENH POST november 19, 2020 www.phnompenhpost.com Business

USD / KHR USD / CAD USD / CNY USD / JPY USD / MYR USD / SGD USD / THB AUD / USD EUR / USD GBP / USD 4,061 1.3073 6.553 103.91 4.0870 1.3411 30.31 0.7323 1.1883 1.3290 Cambodia, Fourth round of S Korea FTA opens Denmark vow Thou Vireak

AMBODIA and South Ko- to forge closer rea on November 18 kicked off the fourth round of ne- economic ties gotiations on a bilateral freeC trade agreement (FTA), which Thou Vireak is expected to boost bilateral trade and investment once it enters into CAMBODIA and Denmark have force. pledged closer economic coopera- Ministry of Commerce spokes- tion to enhance tourism, trade and man Seang Thay told The Post that investment between the two coun- the talks would conclude two days tries, according to the Royal Embassy later on November 20. of Cambodia in Bangkok. “The ins and outs are not yet im- The vow was made during a meet- mediately clear as negotiations are ing between Cambodian ambassador ongoing, but both sides are bend- to Thailand Ouk Sorphorn and new- ing over backwards to move forward ly-minted Danish ambassador to as planned,” he said, stressing the Thailand and Cambodia Jon Thor- fruitfulness of the first three rounds gaard at the Danish embassy in Bang- of talks. kok, the embassy said. The first round was held in July, Denmark closed its representative the second was held from August 31 office in Phnom Penh in June 2013 and to September 2, and the third ended is now represented in Cambodia through on October 8. its Bangkok embassy, according to the Minister of Economy and Finance Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Aun Pornmoniroth early last month At the meeting, Sorphorn highlight- told a closed-door meeting that the ed the Cambodian embassy’s efforts two sides are determined to conclude to promote economic diplomacy – FTA talks by the end of this year. with a primary focus on trade, tourism The latest round would focus and culture – as well as the “Thailand on general rules, rules of country, Plus One” investment policy to draw Bilateral trade between Cambodia and South Korea came to $661.15 million in the first nine months of this year. HONG MENEA customs clearance, market access, in more tourists and investors to come among other issues, according to processed agricultural products, Exports of Cambodian mangoes portunities for investors from both and do business in Cambodia. South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency. live animals, textiles, garments and to South Korea began in January countries to find trade partners. “I would like to express my high A South Korean Ministry of Trade, miscellaneous components to the after Korean authorities approved “Considering the plethora of po- appreciation for the past bilateral Industry and Energy official was South Korean market. shipments of the fruit. tential products at our disposal such cooperation between Cambodia and quoted as saying: “A free trade deal “We look forward to enjoying accel- But Mao Sothea, a sales manager as fresh and dehydrated mangoes, Denmark,” he said. with Cambodia would provide erated trade flows and improved mar- at Kirirom Food Product Co Ltd, a cashew nuts and pepper, I believe The Thailand Plus One strategy is a South Korean companies with a ket conditions following the conclu- mango processor and exporter, told that the FTA will help perk up Cam- business model in which Japanese wider access to the rapidly growing sion of negotiations,” said Sovicheat. The Post that the Covid-19 econom- bodia’s export figures once we’ve companies extend their supply chain Southeast Asian market.” Exports to South Korea mostly ic shutdown has hurt her company’s clinched the megadeal,” Sothea said. networks developed in Thailand to Ministry of Commerce spokesman comprise of clothes, footwear, travel dried-mango exports. Bilateral trade between Cambodia neighbouring countries to benefit Pen Sovicheat said the two sides goods, beverages, components for She said her company exported and South Korea came to $661.15 from low-cost production sites while continued to scrutinise over the electronic equipment, rubber, phar- about 2,000 tonnes of dried mango million in the first nine months of maintaining their primary regional more technical aspects of the agree- maceuticals and agricultural prod- to international markets in the first this year, down 15 per cent from year- production base in Thailand. ment to ensure mutual benefits. ucts, according to data compiled by nine months of this year, of which ago period, data from Kita showed. At the meeting, Thorgaard noted “Our hopes are high that the agree- the Korea International Trade Asso- South Korean-bound shipments took The Kingdom exported more than that the Danish government’s ongo- ment will help iron out some of the ciation (Kita). a 50 per cent year-on-year plunge. $246.20 million worth of goods to ing mink cull was hammering exports challenges related to tariff barriers and Meanwhile, the data show, the King- Still, she voiced her optimism that South Korea, down 4.9 per cent from Denmark to Cambodia, but was non-tariff barriers [NTM],” he said. dom mainly imports vehicles, elec- the FTA will open the door for Cam- year-on-year, and imported $414.95 upbeat about the prospect of further According to him, the Kingdom tronics, kitchen appliances, beverages, bodian products to flow into the million, down 20 per cent year-on- cooperation with the Kingdom. expects the FTA to buoy exports of pharmaceuticals and plastic products. Korean market and breed new op- year, its tabulations show. “I am optimistic about the commit- ment to continue to promote eco- nomic diplomacy with each country – Cambodia included – to strengthen and expand trade volume,” he said. The Danish government ordered the Kingdom, EU ready for trade, investment talks destruction of the country’s up-to-17 mil- lion minks over concerns that a mutated May Kunmakara concerning trade and investment, as goods traded between the two sides”, human rights principles. version of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus well as its status on bilateral and mul- according to the EC. “A lot of Cambodians have been which has spread among the animals CAMBODIA and the EU on Novem- tilateral free trade agreement nego- But Garment Manufacturers Asso- lifted out of poverty with the right to could hinder the effectiveness of a ber 16 pledged to enhance trade and tiations. ciation in Cambodia (GMAC) depu- economic opportunities, jobs, stable future vaccine, according to the BBC. investment in an effort to spur post- Also discussed were the implica- ty secretary-general Kaing Monika incomes, social security benefits, Cambodia Chamber of Commerce Covid-19 economic recovery in light tions of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade has called out the EVFTA as a bla- education, women empowerment, et vice-president Lim Heng lauded the of the bloc’s recent partial withdraw- Agreement (EVFTA) on Cambodia, tant display of the EU’s bias against cetera. two countries’ devotion to coopera- al of trade privileges. developments on the World Trade the Kingdom. “The country is on the right track to tion, which he said is “in line with the The vow was made at a meeting Organisation’s agenda and other He previously told The Post: “Why did become an upper-middle income government leadership’s strategy to held via video link between Cambo- issues to be further addressed at the the EU, inconsistent with its claimed country by 2030 and achieve high-in- further expand domestic and over- dian Ministry of Commerce secretary sub-committee meeting, he said. core value, decide to provide trade ben- come status by 2050, provided political seas markets for the development of of state Sok Sopheak and Petros Sour- He added that his side brought up efits to Vietnam, while considering stability is maintained and bureau- the national economy”. melis, the Head of Trade and Eco- the issue of declining orders from the possible action to punish the Cambo- cratic reform is constant,” he said. He pointed out that Cambodia nomic Section chez EU Delegation to EU and dwindling domestic con- dian people, especially the vulnerable Accounting for 45 per cent of Cam- exports a number of key goods to Thailand. sumption in the bloc due to Covid-19 poor female workers in the garment, bodian exports, the EU was the King- European countries – including Den- The meeting focused on prepara- lockdown restrictions. footwear and travel goods sectors? dom’s largest trading partner in 2018, mark – such as milled rice, garments, tions for the Sub-Committee Meeting On August 12, the European Com- “We may have the right to ask this the EC said. footwear, bags, travel products and on Trade and Investment that is sched- mission (EC) officially withdrew 20 per question or we may not, but it’s quite Exports to the EU single market came electrical components. uled for November 27, also via video cent of the Everything But Arms (EBA) clear that for the EU, economic and to €4.9 billion in 2018, nearly double the According to Sorphorn, the bilat- link, as part of the 11th Meeting of the scheme from Cambodia. The suspen- political interests are more important €2.5 billion logged in 2013, it said. eral trade volume between Cambodia Cambodia-EU Joint Committee. sion affects one-fifth or €1 billion ($1.19 than anything else.” Most of the exports (95.7 per cent) and Denmark stood at more than Sopheak said the two sides billion) of the Kingdom’s annual “As a victim of a long cold war, inter- entered the EU market under EBA $300 million last year. exchanged views on measures to pull exports to the EU’s 27-nation bloc. nal civil war and genocide, Cambo- tariff preferences, it added. Overall, The Kingdom exported 4,167 the Cambodian economy out of the And the EVFTA entered into force dia’s main priority is peace, political Cambodia was the second largest tonnes of milled rice to Denmark, Covid-19 rut, a number of proposed on August 1, which “will ultimately stability and economic development, user of EBA preferences, behind according to statistics from the Cam- amendments to the Kingdom’s laws scrap duties on 99 per cent of all while trying to uphold democratic and Bangladesh. bodia Rice Federation. THE PHNOM PENH POST november 19, 2020 www.phnompenhpost.com 7 Business UN: G20 Experts: VN needs solutions for must enact sustainable seafood exports to EU bolder virus

IETNAM needs to strengthen measures to achieve the sus- response tainable development of sea- UN secretary-general Antonio food exports to the EU mar- Guterres called in a letter released on ket,V especially after the EU-Vietnam November 17 for Group of 20 (G20) Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) came leaders, whose summit will be hosted into effect, according to experts. by Saudi Arabia this weekend, to be The country gained $183.4 million bolder and more ambitious in their in seafood export value to the EU in pandemic response. two months after the EVFTA came Guterres urged for “the recognition” into force, said Phan Thi Thu Hien, by the G20 group of largest economies lecturer and expert on EU market “that further debt relief will be needed. from the Foreign Trade University. “The G20 now needs to scale up ambi- “The EUTR1 certificate of origin tion and deliver bolder measures to [C/O] applications of exported seafood enable developing countries to address accounted for nearly 80 per cent of total the crisis effectively and prevent the C/O applications, ranking second in the global recession from becoming a glo- top export commodities,” Hien said. bal depression,” he said in the letter. Vietnamese exporters have had “As we tackle this unprecedented good compliance with the rules of pandemic, the world needs unprec- origin to utilise the EVFTA, she said. edented leadership that is united in Meanwhile, the Ministry of Indus- its quest to respond to the crisis and try and Trade has also supported recover better. The pandemic must Vietnamese firms in complying and be a wake-up call to all leaders that successfully applying the preferential division is a danger to everyone, and EUTR1 C/O, including introduction that prevention saves money and and communications about the EVF- lives,” he continued. TA and its rules of origin, training and The pandemic could put “an addi- consultancy, help desks, and manual tional 115 million people” at risk of The EU is one of the biggest export markets of Vietnam’s fish and fish products with a value of $1.3 billion last year. VIET NAM NEWS and e-guidance publications. extreme poverty, Guterres said. The EU is one of the biggest export ment and competent authorities need ports to the EU market. Hieu from the agriculture ministry’s He also noted that “acute hunger markets of Vietnam’s fish and fish to have training programmes and They should also actively partici- Agricultural Product Processing and could almost double”, affecting more products with a value of $1.3 billion last public-private dialogues about illegal, pate in training courses about IUU Market Development Department. than 250 million people. year, accounting for 15.1 per cent of the unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and the EVFTA. It needs to complete standards Guterres asked that debt suspen- total seafood export value of Vietnam. fishing and the EVFTA, Hien said. Bach Van Hanh from the Directorate and regulations for Vietnam’s sea- sion be extended until the end of next However, the country’s seafood They need to modernise and stan- of Fisheries under the Ministry of Agri- food products, meeting the EU mar- year, and that the measure be products exported to the EU are dardise documentation and fishery culture and Rural Development said the ket regulations, he said. expanded to include vulnerable mid- mainly semi-processed products, ac- statistics, she said. They should also directorate has enhanced control for Vietnam should also take full tax dle-income countries. cording to the Vietnam Institute of apply information technology- (IT-) imported raw materials of seafood to incentives from the EVFTA to pro- He urged G20 leaders to “fill the Economics and Fisheries Planning. driven risk management and con- meet requirements on product origin. mote seafood exports to the EU. financing gap of $28 billion” needed In addition, the EU is a large mar- trol and develop IT infrastructure, It has improved existing processes If Vietnam removes the yellow card to increase access to tools and ket with many import orders while applications and platforms. to ensure traceability in processing warning about implementing the resources to fight Covid-19. Vietnam has not developed produc- For local farmers and export pro- plants and monitor certified materials IUU fishing regulations and takes full As vaccines grow closer to finalisa- tion and processing chains so it has cessing firms, she said, they should for processing in factories, he said. tariff incentives under the EVFTA, its tion “we must also resist any form of missed many chances of exporting know about fundamental princi- Besides that, Vietnam should solve seafood exports to the EU in the next vaccine nationalism”, Guterres wrote. seafood to the EU. ples of the EU’s IUU fishing regula- problems relating to residue lev- five years are expected to reach be- He also called on the G20 to increase To have efficient and sustainable tions, preventing violations. Those els of banned substances in export tween $1.2-1.5 billion each year, Hieu “investments in biodiversity, climate seafood exports to the EU, the govern- could ensure efficient seafood ex- seafood products, said Dao Trong said. VIET NAM NEWS/ASIA NEWS NETWORK action and ecosystem restoration”. AFP Walmart nets strong US sales as it retreats from overseas

Walmart scored another round changes in its international 9.3 per cent gain in the second of strong earnings on Novem- portfolio in recent weeks. quarter and the 10 per cent jump ber 17 as it sharpens its focus Since early last month, Wal- in the first quarter, which includ- on e-commerce growth and mart has announced transac- ed the most severe of the spring retreats from some overseas tions to sell or radically scale lockdowns. markets with the coronavirus back its holdings in businesses Some trends have continued roiling the retail economy. in Britain, Argentina and Japan. throughout the unpredictable The world’s biggest retailer Walmart divested Argentina pandemic period, with shoppers enjoyed another quarter of lofty entirely, but maintained stakes going to stores less frequently US sales, although the gains in the other two countries, but buying more when they go. moderated from earlier in the examples of “flexible” struc- The number of transactions pandemic when rival “non-es- tures that benefit Walmart as it fell 14.2 per cent during the quar- sential” retailers were closed focuses on its core overseas ter at US stores, but the average and shoppers boosted by US markets, said Walmart Interna- ticket surged 24 per cent. government stimulus funds. tional CEO Judith McKenna. While Walmart’s US results Executives said the pandem- In Japan Walmart will sell 85 were still strong, the modera- ic had hastened shifts towards per cent its Japanese subsidi- tion from the earlier surge “omnichannel” retail that ary Seiyu to investment firm partly reflects Walmart’s ties meets the needs of consumers KKR and e-commerce group to shoppers with modest who want to shop at home or Rakuten for 172.5 billion yen incomes and the hit from retrieve packages at stores ($1.6 billion). expiring US government after ordering them online. “This is a really new type of stimulus payments, said Neil Pickup is available at three- model that we’re creating for Saunders, Managing Director quarters of Walmart’s 4,753 US international,” said McKenna, of GlobalData. stores and same-day delivery who listed India, China, Mex- “Walmart is more exposed to operates from about 60 per ico and Canada as core over- this group than many other cent of the stores. Pickup is available at three-quarters of Walmart’s 4,753 US stores and same-day delivery operates from seas markets. retailers and, as a result saw about 60 per cent of the stores. afp Walmart has been embroiled “We still really benefit from some deterioration in spending in a battle with Amazon for “Customers will want to be quarter. But the retail giant still billion, up 56.2 per cent from all of the good things about levels,” Saunders said in a note. market share and unveiled in served in a variety of ways, and does not break out the line the year-ago period, following being a global retailer, not least “Unless a new round of stim- September a “Walmart +” sub- we’re positioned to save them item by revenue and execu- a 5.2 per cent increase in sales of which sharing best practice ulus is agreed, retailers will scription plan that provides money, provide the variety of tives indicated the venture is to $134.7 billion in the quarter and innovation and talent need to navigate this new land- free delivery and rivals Ama- product choices they’re look- still not profitable on its own. ending October 31, easily top- around the world.” scape into the fourth quarter zon’s “Prime” service. ing for and deliver the experi- “We have made progress,” ping analyst estimates. and beyond,” Saunders said, “We’re convinced that most ence they choose in the said McMillon. “We got a lot of Walmart’s US division Moderating US growth while adding that the company of the behaviour will persist moment,” McMillon said on a upside in front of us.” accounted for nearly 80 per cent Back in the US, Walmart is still well positioned com- beyond the pandemic,” CEO conference call with analysts. of its operating profits during reported third-quarter same- pared to other chains. Doug McMillon said of the Walmart said e-commerce Exiting some markets the quarter, but the company store sales growth of 6.4 per cent, Shares fell 2.0 per cent to changes in consumer habits. sales grew 79 per cent in the Net income came in at $5.1 has also made significant a strong increase, but below the $149.37 on November 17. AFP 8 THE PHNOM PENH POST november 19, 2020 www.phnompenhpost.com Business Property Mortgage applications up 50% in third quarter

May Kunmakara Bank Plc (PPCBank), said the share of volume of loans that his bank pro- ORTGAGE credit ap- vided to the property and construc- plications saw a sharp tion sector dipped to 22 per cent at 50 per cent quarter- the end of the third quarter. on-quarter jump in the He said: “We are trying to diversify Mthree months ended September 30, the credit portfolio by number of according to the latest edition of the borrowers and by sectors as a pri- Credit Consumer Index Report pub- mary measure of risk mitigation. lished by Credit Bureau (Cambodia) “As a result, our exposure to con- Co Ltd (CBC) on November 6. struction and property sector slightly Incorporated on November 29, decreased to 22 per cent, while con- 2011, the CBC is an independent sumer credit – including housing and provider of financial information, car loans – increased to 13 per cent as analytical solutions and credit re- of the third quarter of this year. porting services to the Kingdom’s fi- “At the same time we are closely nancial institutions and consumers. monitoring the property market As of September 30, the number on a regular basis in order to con- of consumer loan accounts had trol the risk parameters such as the inched up 0.28 per cent to 1.27 mil- loan-to-value-ratio [LVR]. lion from June 30, CBC reported. Of “There are pessimistic views on these, 10.58 per cent were for mort- the economy next year prevailing gage loans. among business community regard- The report showed that the total less of industry or sector. consumer loan balance in Cambo- “We are also uncertain when it’ll dia came to $9.11 billion (up 4.35 start to turn around and pick up. But per cent quarter-on-quarter), of I firmly believe that we as a com- which mortgage loans captured the mercial bank can play a small role to lion’s share of 51.51 per cent, while help make it happen.” personal finance loans accounted Capital investment in the con- for 47.90 per cent. struction sector climbed 13.26 per Mortage credit applications rose sharply in the period ending September 30 even as construction loans dipped. heng chivoan Acleda Bank Plc president and cent year-on-year to more than group managing director In Channy volume, respectively, of total loans, he and 1.88 per cent of the value and more we provide them, the higher the $3.84 billion in the first half of this told The Post on Wednesday that said, adding that the average size for volume, respectively, of total loans degree the maturity mismatch be- year, the Ministry of Land Manage- as of October 31, his bank had out- housing loans was $25,032. then, he said, adding that the average tween our assets and liabilities will be. ment, Urban Planning and Con- standing loans to the tune of $4.09 He noted that as of October 31, 2019, value of housing loans was $25,001. “Be that as it may be, Acleda bank struction reported. billion for 415,202 customers. it had outstanding loans to the tune of “Acleda Bank is noticeably quite does put a conscious focus on first-time It said it received 2,522 applica- The bank had doled out $162.73 $3.66 billion for 399,708 customers. conservative – it hasn’t provided many home owner financing,” Channy said. tions for construction projects dur- million in housing loans for 6,501 cus- It had then provided $188.06 mil- loans for housing finance. There were Meanwhile, Shin Chang-moo, the ing the period, up 475 or 23.20 per tomers, accounting for 3.98 per cent lion in housing loans to 7,522 cus- less of the loans this year than last. president and CEO of South Korea- cent from the 2,047 received in the and 1.57 per cent of the value and tomers, accounting for 5.14 per cent “Housing loans are long-term – the owned Phnom Penh Commercial first half of last year. Singapore condo resales hit two-year high as prices rise Singapore’s resale condo market reached a two-year high last month with 1,509 units changing hands, accord- ing to flash figures from real estate portal SRX Property on November 10. It trumped the 1,311 transac- tions recorded in August, which had the highest monthly resale volume since May 2018. The sales figure from last month represented a 21.6 per cent jump from the 1,241 units resold in September. More than 1,500 condo units changed hands in Singapore as the market The volume of resold units reached a two-year high despite rising prices. THE STRAITS TIMES transacted last month was also 72.9 per cent higher than that “Sales have been relatively Upper East Coast Road, resold in October last year. brisk in recent months as buy- for S$2.9 million, the highest According to SRX data, over- ers enter the market, sensing price in the OCR. all prices of resale condos rose that the worst may be over and Looking ahead, ERA Realty by 0.8 per cent from Septem- taking confidence from the research and consultancy head ber to last month, with month- gradually recovering economy. Nicholas Mak said the recovery on-month price growth across Bargain hunters would also be seen in the resale condo mar- all three regions. on the prowl, searching the ket in the past three months is Prices for the core central resale market for good-value “just the beginning”. region (CCR) rose by 0.5 per cent, buys amid the economic He noted that Democrat Joe the rest of central region (RCR) by downturn,” Wong added. Biden’s win in the recent US one per cent and outside central The highest transacted price presidential election would region (OCR) by 0.8 per cent. last month was for a resale unit likely benefit a trade-dependent Wong Siew Ying, PropNex’s at Wallich Residence in Tan- country such as Singapore and head of research and content, jong Pagar, which was sold for aid in its economic recovery. said transactions of resale units S$62 million (US$46 million). This, in turn, would likely last month were driven mainly The super penthouse in Singa- have a positive impact on the by sales of mass-market homes, pore’s tallest building was previ- real estate market. which accounted for 58 per ously owned by British billion- “Furthermore, the recent cent of the total volume. aire inventor James Dyson, who advances by pharmaceutical Brisk sales in the private con- purchased the unit a year ago for companies in the development do resale market seem to be a reported S$73.8 million. of Covid-19 vaccines could also broadly in line with the private The highest transacted price gradually improve investment new home sales market and the in the RCR was S$9.1 million sentiments, which would spill Housing Board resale segment, for a unit in Reflections at Kep- over to the real estate market,” reflecting a “healthy underlying pel Bay in HarbourFront while he added. THE STRAITS TIMES (SINGA- demand for homes”, she said. a unit in Costa Del Sol, off PORE)/ASIA NEWS NETWORK

10 THE PHNOM PENH POST november 19, 2020 www.phnompenhpost.com World Poorer nations face Covid-19 vaccine wait

ailed this week as Trudie Lang, director of The dered, such as Japan and Brit- constituted “an enormous logis- a pandemic game- Global Health Network at the ain, are part of Covax, so some tical challenge even in the West”. changer, the new University of Oxford’s Nuffield doses are likely to reach less Although Pfizer and some Covid-19 vaccine Department of Medicine, told developed nations through governments have been pre- offeredH countries that had AFP: “If we only have the Pfizer their purchase agreements. paring delivery protocols for pre-ordered doses a potential vaccine and everyone needs Conversely, the US, which months in anticipation of trial escape from a cycle of lock- two doses, clearly that’s a diffi- has 600 million doses on or- results, “none of that has taken downs and new waves of sick- cult ethical dilemma.” der, is not a Covax member, place in low- and middle-in- ness and death. Anticipating the outsize though this may change under come countries”, she said. But while richer nations plan demand for any approved a Joe Biden administration. Pfizer has designed its own their vaccination programmes vaccine, the World Health Or- “thermal shipper”, a brief- through the end of next year, ganisation (WHO) formed the Fair share case-sized container that can experts warn that poorer and Covax facility in April to ensure Benjamin Schreiber, Covid-19 keep the vaccine supercool developing countries face hur- equitable distribution. vaccine coordinator at the UN’s for up to 10 days. dles that could deny billions Covax brought together children’s fund UNICEF, said it For others, there may be the first proven protection governments, scientists, civil was vital that all nations had fair ways around the problem. against the coronavirus. society and the private sector access to the new vaccine. The WHO said some 42 ‘candidate vaccines’ against Covid-19 were Food storage containers, for undergoing clinical trials on November 17. afp Vaccine developers Pfizer and – though Pfizer is not currently “We really need to avoid a sit- example, are regularly cooled BioNTech plan to roll out the part of the facility. uation of rich nations gobbling distributed based on a coun- nations materialises, the logis- to close to the temperature first doses within weeks, once A company spokesperson up all the vaccines and then try’s population rather than its tics of getting the new vaccine required by the vaccine before they receive emergency use told AFP it had “provided an there’s not enough doses for ability to pay for it. to everyone remains dizzying. being shipped long distances. permissions from drug agen- expression of interest for pos- the poorest nations,” he said. The researchers found that Pfizer’s vaccine is based on And the Ebola vaccine, which cies. They expect to have 1.3 bil- sible supply” to Covax. Ethics aside, epidemiological the rich nation stockpiling mRNA, which tricks the im- like those in trial for Covid-19 lion doses ready next year. Rachel Silverman, a policy data underscores the need for scenario reduced Covid-19 mune system to produce viral was developed and delivered at The results of Phase III clini- fellow at the Centre for Global equitable vaccine distribution. deaths by 33 per cent glob- proteins itself that are then warp speed following a string of cal trials showed their mRNA Development, said it was un- This month researchers at ally. The fair-share approach neutralised. deadly outbreaks, has a similar vaccine was 90 per cent effec- likely that much of the first the US’ Northeastern Univer- prevented 61 per cent. It appears to be effective at temperature profile to Pfizer’s. tive in preventing Covid-19 vaccine batch would end up in sity published research exam- Commenting on the study, bestowing protection against “We have experience in rolling symptoms and did not produce poorer nations. ining the link between vaccine the Gavi vaccine alliance, Covid-19, yet is extremely fragile out the Ebola vaccine in some adverse side effects among Based on advance purchase reach and Covid-19 mortality. which co-leads Covax, said: – it must be stored at -80 degrees countries,” Schreiber told AFP. thousands of volunteers. agreements signed with Pfizer, They modelled two scenarios. “The modest gain for high-in- Celsius or else it falls apart. He said it was “more dif- At the cost of $40 per treat- she calculated that 1.1 billion The first, the “uncooperative al- come countries in monopolis- “Most freezers in most hos- ficult but not impossible” to ment, which consists of two doses had been snapped up location” scenario, hypothesised ing vaccines was far less than pitals anywhere in the world safely store and administer the separate shots, richer nations entirely by wealthy nations. what would happen if 50 rich the devastating losses for low- are -20C,” said Lang. Covid-19 vaccine across the have rushed to order tens of mil- “There’s not much left for ev- nations monopolised the first income countries if countries Silverman said maintaining global south, but this would lions of doses. But it is less clear eryone else,” she told AFP. two billion doses of a vaccine. don’t cooperate.” the vaccine’s “ultra-cold chain” require significant investment what poorer nations can expect. Some countries that pre-or- The second saw the vaccine Even if finance for poorer from factory to patients’ arms and training. afp Sagasti sworn in as Peruvian president President Trump ousts Peru’s 76-year-old new work with the new president eral elections in a transparent dals or have investigations top US election official president Francisco Sagasti “and support Peruvians in manner” were the priorities opened against them. was sworn in November 17 preparing for a democratic facing the new president. Alberto Fujimori is serving Donald Trump on Novem- ties rely on to tally ballots. at a special session of Con- transition” in elections next Some lawmakers have a sentence for crimes against ber 17 fired the US govern- Adam Schiff, the Democratic gress, tasked with resolving April, said the Undersecretary questioned the wisdom of re- humanity and corruption. ment’s top election security chairman of the House Intelli- the South American country’s of State for the Western Hemi- moving Vizcarra in the midst Alan Garcia, Alejandro To- official, who had rejected the gence Committee, said Krebs crippling political crisis. sphere, Michael Kozak. of the coronavirus pandemic ledo, Ollanta Humala and Pe- president’s unsubstantiated and his team had “worked Sagasti, from the centrist Sagasti’s arrival in power was and a crippling recession, dro Pablo Kuczynski were all claims of “massive” fraud in diligently to safeguard our Morado party, will serve as in- greeted with relief by thou- but Sagasti would bring “a implicated in the giant Ode- the vote he lost to Joe Biden. elections. terim president until the end sands of Peruvians who had moment of political and eco- brecht bribes scandal. Trump announced on Twit- “Instead of rewarding this of July next year, completing taken to the streets against nomic stability” for the coun- Garcia committed suicide ter the termination “effective great service, President Trump the mandate of Martin Viz- Merino, protesting what they try, said Rodrich. as police entered his home to immediately” of Chris Krebs, is retaliating against director carra, whose impeachment called a “coup d’etat” against His main task will be to arrest him. who leads the agency that Krebs and other officials who by Congress on November 9 Vizcarra. steady a rocky political ship. Vizcarra is under investiga- jointly declared “the Novem- did their duty,” he said in a set off a snowballing crisis. “All of us young people feel “You can count on my sup- tion for alleged bribery when ber 3rd election was the most statement. His immediate predeces- that we have made a small port,” tweeted Vizcarra, who he was governor, and pros- secure in American history”. The challenge was even sor, former Congress speaker achievement, but it is not had denounced Merino’s lack ecutors opened an investiga- Trump, who refuses to ac- tougher this year because of Manuel Merino, was forced to enough,” said Geraldine Al- of “legality and legitimacy” to tion on November 16 against knowledge that he lost his bid the complexities of the coro- resign on November 15 after dave, a 22-year-old fashion be president. Merino for the deaths of the for re-election to Democrat navirus, which forced a sweep- days of street protests culmi- designer who took part in the Of the eight presidents Peru two demonstrators. Biden, has repeatedly claimed ing turn to voting by mail. nated the day before in the protests calling for Merino’s has had since the end of the Only Velentin Paniagua, without evidence that the vot- Under Krebs, CISA had also death of two people. dismissal. country’s military regime in who was president for eight ing and count were replete warned several times that Sagasti immediately asked “This president has to do 1985, seven have been con- months in 2000, has been with fraud. Russians and Iranians were for “forgiveness on behalf of something to maintain de- victed or implicated in scan- spared prosecution. afp He tweeted: “The recent making attempts to break into the state” from the families of mocracy, but from April, from statement by Chris Krebs on US systems, as Russians had the two young demonstrators the elections, it’s up to us.” the security of the 2020 Elec- tried in 2016. killed on November 14, appar- Congress, half of whose tion was highly inaccurate, in The White House was re- ently at the hands of the police. members face criminal inqui- that there were massive im- portedly particularly unhappy “We cannot bring these ries, remains deeply unpopu- proprieties and fraud. about a CISA webpage set up young people back to life,” he lar over its removal of Vizcarra. “Therefore, effective imme- to fight disinformation called said in a speech to Congress. Professional clown Walter diately, Chris Krebs has been “Rumor vs Reality.” He said he would do ev- Nunez, 30, welcomed Sagasti’s terminated as Director of the The page rejected claims erything possible “to reduce image as “a technically pre- Cybersecurity and Infrastruc- Trump and others have made, the spread of the pandemic, pared person, which was not ture Security Agency [CISA].” including that many votes but without affecting the the case with the previous Krebs, who reportedly told were made in the names of economy”, in recession after a usurper [Merino]. friends last week he expected dead people, that counting months-long compulsory na- “Personally he brings peace to be removed, appeared to the ballots days after election tional shutdown. of mind, but I am not satis- confirm it in a tweet on his day is not normal and that The politically fragile coun- fied yet because there are still personal account. shifting vote counts indicate try has the world’s highest per members of Congress who Krebs was in charge of fend- fraud. capita death rate – with nearly should be out,” Nunez said. ing off possible foreign and Through numerous reviews, 35,000 fatalities – and gross Political analyst Augusto domestic hacker intrusions investigations and lawsuits, domestic product (GDP) has Alvarez Rodrich said manage- into myriad voting machines, no evidence has come up of plunged more than 30 per cent ment of the “coronavirus pan- Peruvian interim President Francisco Sagasti wave while leaving the sorting and counting ma- any significant distortion or in the second quarter. demic, economic recovery and Congress building after his swearing-in ceremony in Lima on November 17. chines, databases and other loss of votes, by accident or The US said it was ready to conducting the April 11 gen- PERUVIAN PRESIDENCY/afp systems that states and locali- fraud. afp THE PHNOM PENH POST november 19, 2020 www.phnompenhpost.com 11 ASEAN At least 41 injured as clashes grip Bangkok

hai democracy activists vowed on November 17 to return to the streets after police fired water cannons andT tear gas on demonstrators in the most violent clashes seen since the protest movement erupted in July. Forty-one people were injured as protesters forced through police barricades towards parliament in Bangkok, where lawmakers were debating possible changes to the military-scripted constitution. Student-led rallies have rocked Thai- land for months, demanding a consti- tutional overhaul and the removal of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, who took power in a 2014 coup. Some in the movement have also called for reforms to the monarchy – a once-taboo subject – sending shockwaves through the Thai estab- lishment. November 17’s demonstrations, with stone-throwing clashes between pro- democracy and hardline royalist pro- testers, saw a marked rise in violence. Prominent student leader Parit “Penguin” Chiwarak called off the ral- ly at around 9pm (1300 GMT), urging protesters to regroup at a major inter- section in Bangkok’s shopping district on November 18 in the afternoon. “We will no longer be dust on any- one’s feet,” he said, wearing a bul- Pro-democracy protesters hold up the three-finger salute next to an oversize inflatable duck during an anti-government rally near the Thai Parliament in Bangkok on Tuesday. AFP letproof vest and speaking with a megaphone from a truck. gates of the parliament, where they testers had planned to float along They include a proposal to replace told reporters. “Tomorrow we will open a new era sat down to listen to speeches by the river behind parliament as law- the present military appointments The royalists, who were permitted in our fighting atR atchaprasong. It is their leaders. makers debated inside. in the Senate with directly elected to rally in the parliamentary zone in useless to stay because the chicken The United Front of Thammasat A police retreat at one barricade representatives. the morning, are strongly opposed MPs [members of parliament] and and Demonstration student protest saw the first major scuffles between Parliament is expected to vote on to all proposals to change Thailand’s senators have fled the parliament.” group later warned on social media: pro-democracy protesters and yel- November 18 on which constitution- 2017 constitution, saying they would According to the Erawan Emer- “If we burn, you burn with us.” low-shirted ultra-royalist support- al amendments bills will be debated. undermine the monarchy. gency Medical Centre, 41 people Several thousand democracy ac- ers, who threw bottles, rocks and But any constitutional change in King Maha Vajiralongkorn sits at were hurt in the protests, including tivists massed in the afternoon near rubbish at each other. Thailand is expected to take a long the apex of Thai power, supported five with gunshot injuries. They are parliament – where riot police had The confrontation initially looked time and the junta-appointed Senate by an arch-royalist military and the receiving treatment at five hospitals. blocked off roads with barriers and like it would come to a peaceful end is unlikely to vote itself out of power. kingdom’s billionaire clans. A Bangkok police spokesman de- barbed wire – hoping to make their when a handful of people on both Several opposition lawmakers The royal family enjoys support nied officers had used rubber bul- voices heard by lawmakers. sides stopped to hug each other, but came out of parliament to monitor from mostly older conservatives and lets or live rounds in the operation. Police fired water cannons at pro- the bonhomie was short lived. police tactics. Thailand’s monarchy is protected testers trying to dismantle a barri- Taopipop Limjittrakorn, an MP by one of the world’s toughest royal ‘If we burn, you burn’ cade, using water laced with irritant, Call for calm from the pro-reform Move Forward defamation laws. Earlier protesters and police were sending demonstrators scrambling As police and protesters clashed Party said police had been ignoring The ultra-wealthy monarch locked in tense standoffs as night to wash their eyes. outside, lawmakers were consider- pleas to de-escalate the situation. spends much of his time in Europe, fell, though the mood calmed when Some sheltered behind giant in- ing whether to debate seven pos- “Police should not be overly vio- but he has remained in Bangkok for demonstrators reached the main flatable rubber ducks which pro- sible constitutional amendments. lent and threaten” protesters, he the past few weeks. AFP Minister: M’sia mulls Covid Police resolute in stopping 212 screening for all int’l workers reunion rally in Indonesia capital MALAYSIA’S Ministry of Hu- INDONESIAN police have nounced that it would stage a Airport in Tangerang, Banten, man Resources has been asserted that they will not mass reunion at the National to welcome him on Novem- asked to look into getting allow a planned 212 re- Monument (Monas) in Cen- ber 10, causing traffic conges- all 1.7 million foreign work- union rally to take place next tral Jakarta. tion and disrupting flights. ers screened for Covid-19 as month, saying that authori- The group, which is closely The firebrand leader again cases among them are on the ties will disperse the event if associated with the contro- drew ire after he gathered rise, says Senior Minister Is- it goes ahead, so as to ensure versial Islamic Defenders huge crowds during the com- mail Sabri Yaakob. the enforcement of Covid-19 Front (FPI), is known as the memoration of Prophet Mu- He said the current policy is protocols in Jakarta. driving force behind the sec- hammad’s Birthday (Maulid) for employers hiring foreign National Police spokesman tarian rally held on December and the wedding of his daugh- workers in the construction Brigadier General Awi Seti- 2, 2016, to demand the pros- ter over the weekend in Tanah sector as well as security guards yono told a press conference ecution of then-Jakarta gov- Abang, Central Jakarta. to get their workers tested. broadcast by KompasTV on ernor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Jakarta Public Order Agency “We have discussed with November 17: “We will not Purnama for blasphemy. (Satpol PP) had ordered Riz- the ministry to see how we allow [the rally]. We will not PA 212 deputy secretary- ieq to pay a 50 million rupiah can apply this policy not just issue the permit and we have general Novel Bamukmin ($3,500) fine for violating to foreigners working in the been clear on the matter.” confirmed the plan to hold the Covid-19 protocols during two fields, but also workers in Awi said National Police reunion rally, but still could the events. other sectors. chief General Idham Azis had not reveal further details on The police are currently in- “There are many aspects that firmly ordered the chiefs of the matter, tribunnews.com vestigating possible violations need to be looked into, includ- all regional police as well as reported. of health protocols during the Malaysian Senior Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob. BERNAMA/THE STAR ing the cost as well as to see police officers on the ground The plan for the reunion event, with suspects, if any, to if our laboratories are able to “But we need to determine to the community. to enforce health protocols this year coincided with the be charged under Article 93 cope with the high number of who will bear the remaining “If we impose a lockdown on indiscriminately in order to return of FPI leader Rizieq of Law No 6/2019 on health samples to be tested,” Ismail cost and if they are not con- the hostels that they are staying prevent the spread of the cor- Shihab to Indonesia follow- quarantine. Sabri said on November 16. tributors, who will fork out in, we also have to bear in mind onavirus. ing approximately three years Jakarta governor Anies Bas- He said slightly more than the fees,” he said. that there are those who live in “If anyone still gathers [in of proclaimed self-exile in wedan and other city officials one million foreign workers in Ismail Sabri said the minis- rented houses in residential ar- crowds], we will disperse Saudi Arabia. were summoned for ques- Malaysia are contributing to try was also asked to see how eas and how we deal with these them. This is a very clear or- Rizieq’s arrival caught public tioning related to the case at the Social Security Organisa- movement of foreign workers situations. All this needs to be der from the chief,” Awi said. attention as thousands of his the Jakarta Police headquar- tion, which can partially sub- can be controlled to ensure ironed out,” he said. THE STAR The 212 Alumni Brother- supporters gathered around ters on November 17. The Ja- sidise the cost for screening. they do not spread Covid-19 (MALAYSIA)/ASIA NEWS NETWORK hood (PA 212) recently an- Soekarno-Hatta International karta Post/Asia News Network 12 THE PHNOM PENH POST november 19, 2020 www.phnompenhpost.com Opinion

www.phnompenhpost.com New technology can solve EDITORIAL PERSONNEL Publisher & Chief Executive Offi cer Ly Tayseng Senior Editor wastewater crisis Joshua purushotman as follows: they use chemicals which Managing Editor Post Khmer Opinion sam rith can be dangerous and are failure- Deputy Chief of Staff Ian Christesen prone if mis-used, they require elec- phak seangly tricity, they have a relatively high fail- Business Editor ORLD Toilet Day, today, ure rate, they are not scalable, they May kunmakara might not sound like the are vulnerable to natural disasters Deputy Business Editor most exciting of interna- and they also require maintenance sangeetha amarthalingam tional commemorations. by trained service-providers. Deputy Head of Lifestyle Desk WBut, given that around 780 million Such treatment problems can be pan simala Asians are forced to defecate in the addressed by existing technology, Senior Reporters open, and that approximately 80 per using more environmentally sustain- Meas sokchea, niem chheng cent of wastewater across the region is able and cost-effective approaches. Reporters returned to the environment untreat- Different treatment systems, such as khouth sophak chakrya, kim sarom, ed, the annual marker does highlight various forms of ‘passive’ wastewater long kimmarita, hin pisei, Mom kunthear, one of the more immediate and press- treatment technology, can be applied hong raksmey, pann rethea, Voun dara, ing concerns faced by the region, and usefully and effectively to existing roth sochieata, orm Bunthoeurn, the planet. wastewater problem areas, such as soth koemsoeun, thou Vireak, nov sivutha These raw numbers have very real those noted above, treating wastewa- Photographers implications. According to UNICEF, 12 ter to advanced secondary standard. heng chivoan, hong Menea, hean rangsey per cent of schools in the East Asia and As we enter the third decade of this Pacific region have no drinking water century, it is time to reconsider our Web Editor Students row their boats as they leave a school at a floating village in Kampong Chhnang leang phannara facilities and 32 per cent have no sanita- province. According to UNICEF, 12 per cent of schools in the East Asia and Pacific region approach to vital issues like wastewater Webmasters tion facilities at all. Healthcare centres have no drinking water facilities and 32 per cent have no sanitation facilities at all. afp treatment. Old technology may no sous chanthy, pang Vichea across the region are also drastically longer be considered a viable, ongoing SIEM REAP BUREAU short of appropriate sanitation services. tions are available. On-site systems, known as DEWATS solution. Clearly, in broad terms, it isn’t Offi ce Manager These issues generate disastrous These figures also indicate that the or DWTs – Decentralised Wastewater working. The proof is written in the dai- sophearith Blondeel impacts at both the personal and the problem is far from being solved. Treatment Systems – have been increas- ly tragedy of lives lost to, and in the PRODUCTION & PRINTING community level. Education is heavi- Clearly, governments, the private ingly used in areas without access to many communities held back by, poor Head of Desktop Publishing ly impacted and girls in particular, sector and civil society organisations, central sewage plants. Systems such as sanitation and limited hygiene facilities. nhim sokphyrak especially those who are menstruat- despite some progress, are struggling pit latrines, compost toilets and septic Perhaps, on this day, and with Sus- Desktop Publishing ing, tend to avoid school due to inad- to get ahead of the explosive econom- tanks have been widely used. tainable Development Goal #6 in our suon savatdy, chum sokunthy, danh Borath equate toilet facilities. ic and social growth in the region, and Many of these systems tend to focus sights, we can embark on a new, flexi- tep thoeun thyda, tim Borith, than Veasna Public health also suffers as children the wastewater dilemmas this causes. on removing or containing the efflu- ble, cost-effective and sustainable in particular, with less immunity to dis- Often, the solutions tend to head in ent rather than treating it so it can be water sanitation and hygiene journey HEAD OFFICE ease than adults, are forced to bathe in the direction of centralised or reticu- safely dispersed back into the envi- for all across Asia which isn’t bound and drink contaminated water, often lated sewage systems. But, such big- ronment. They often require consider- by old ideas but is invigorated by the result of poorly managed, or non- ticket options tend to marginalise able energy to run properly and need fresh thinking. existent, wastewater treatment. Thou- two important groups in Asia where servicing by trained operators. It Post Media Co, Ltd. sands of children get ill and die every appropriate wastewater treatment is many cases, they are not sustainable. The writer is a consultant for a number of The Elements Condominium Level 7, day from various fecal-oral diseases, least accessible: a) regional commu- Where treatment systems do exist, passive wastewater technologies in Australia Hun Sen Boulevard, Phum Prek Talong, including, potentially, Covid-19. Often nities outside urban areas and b) they are often old-style aerated treat- and director of the National On-Site Provid- Sangkat Chak Angre Krom,12353, Phnom ers Association (Australia). He has been an fatal illnesses like these are easily lower socio-economic communities ment technology, known as AWTS. Penh, Cambodia environmental adviser to the private sector and avoided when clean sanitation solu- within urban populations. The basic problems with AWTS are governments in Australia and internationally. Tel: 023 888 161, 023 888 162 Cellcard: 078 555 166, 078 555 133 Smart: 086 822 999, 086 277 999 SIEM REAP No 629, Street 6 Dangkum Commune Tel: 063 966 290, Fax: 063 966 590 China remains magnet for foreign direct investment COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT Chief Operating Offi cer ACCORDING to data released FDI would decrease by 40 per Moreover, while its huge eign Investment Law formal- increased by 13 per cent in James ong soon teck by China’s Ministry of Com- cent this year compared with market, cheap labour, good ly came into effect, which the first four months of 2020. Advertising Department merce on Monday, foreign 2019, with possibly a further transportation and telecom- further protects the legal Any qualified global investor chap narith, 017 996 241 direct investment (FDI) in the five to 10 per cent decrease in munications infrastructure rights and interests of global will be able to see which way hun channet, 017 578 768 Chinese mainland saw posi- the coming year. It is no won- continue to make the country investors; and Hainan Pilot the wind is blowing. prach Monnyreak, 012 123 7777 tive growth for the seventh der that China is still a mag- attractive to FDI, China has Free Trade Port has been China is quite open to FDI keo puthy, 012 966 605 consecutive month in Octo- net for FDI, as it is still the also been constantly improv- launched, while three more in almost all manufacturing phon sok chea, 012 717 404 ber, with the FDI in actual use most attractive destination ing itself. 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Cooperation and Develop- nomic restructuring. signed by leaders of the 15 achieve its environmental ADMINISTRATION In contrast, the World ment and the International China has also been con- participating economies. goals. Global investors are Admin & HR Manager Investment Report 2020 Monetary Fund predict that stantly improving its busi- This will boost FDI flows into always smart enough to find pich socheat released by the UN Confer- China will be the only major ness environment and open- and within the region. Invest- business opportunities, and Assistants to Admin & HR Manager ence on Trade and Develop- economy to record positive ing up further to the world. ment from ASEAN countries in China there are plenty. china nhel soaphea ment in June estimated global growth this year. 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Disposable masks can also be placed in As the coronavirus continues to spread, the oven, Tsai told AFP, ideally at a temper- masks have in many places become mandato- ature between 70 and 75 degrees Celsius – ry on public transport, in shops and at work. not too high to avoid burning the plastic, But cost has become an issue, as has but sufficiently hot to kill the virus. the fact so many disposable plastic masks Washing masks in a washing machine, wind up in waterways and the oceans. however, is not a good idea. One alternative is reusable cloth masks, “Washing without detergent may not but many people prefer single-use surgical wash away the virus,” Tsai said. “And wash- masks because they are lighter and indi- ing with detergent will erase the [electro- vidually cheaper. static] charges,” diminishing its efficiency. “Medical masks are for single use only,” French consumers’ rights group UFC- the World Health Organisation (WHO) has Que Choisir washed surgical masks at 60C, said. “Discard the mask immediately, pref- put them in the dryer, and ironed them. Af- erably into a closed bin.” ter 10 such cycles, the masks still filtered at But faced with shortages during the first least 90 per cent of 3-micron particles. wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in March “Apart from a slight felting, the washed and April, the WHO allowed in a June re- surgical masks were at least as efficient as port for “exceptional procedures” to disin- the best cloth masks,” UFC-Que Choisir re- fect throw-away masks for reuse. ported last week. The US Food and Drug Administration Face masks are gathered by Israeli volunteers taking part in a mass beach clean up. Many disposable plastic masks (FDA) recommends – in emergency cir- ‘Like underwear’ wind up in waterways and the oceans. AFP cumstances – hydrogen peroxide vapour Researcher Philippe Vroman from French to decontaminate the N95 masks worn by engineering university Ensait came to the healthcare workers. same conclusion. Other methods to purify single-use After five washes, “there are practically masks include exposing them to high tem- no differences [of filtration] for particles of peratures or ultraviolet radiation. three microns,” Vroman said, on the basis But these methods are inconvenient for of preliminary results not yet published in people at home, said French microbiologist a peer-reviewed scientific journal. and member of Adios Corona, Denis Corpet. “And I would rather we swap masks every four hours and wash them, rather than wear- ‘Seven-day method’ ing them several days in a row as some peo- Adios Corona – a group of scientists who ple do. It’s a bit like underwear,” he said. provide information on Covid-19 to the But not all scientists agree. public – recommends “placing the mask “Washing the mask at home could po- in a paper envelope with the date clearly tentially cause a secondary contamination marked, and leaving it for seven days”. and spread the virus if washing is not set “Several scientific studies show that vi- appropriately,” said Kaiming Ye, head of ruses are almost all dead on a mask after the biomedical engineering department at seven days,” said Corpet. New York’s Binghamton University. A study published in The Lancet found Until more research is published on the that only 0.1 per cent of the virus on the matter, official advice from health authori- outside surface of the mask was still de- ties is not set to change. tectable after one week. “Single-use surgical masks must be thrown This method, however, is not appropriate for into the bin after use,” said France’s health healthcare workers exposed to high viral loads. authority Direction generale de la Sante, but Peter Tsai, the inventor of N95 electro- noted that more studies were underway. AFP An employee packs surgical facemasks at a factory near Changodar, some 20km from Ahmedabad, India. AFP World’s highest lift zips tourists up China’s Avatar cliff Towering more than 300m up the cliff face that inspired the landscape for the block- buster movie Avatar, the world’s highest outdoor lift whisks brave tourists to breathtaking views. The three double-decker elevators in central China’s Zhangjiajie Forest Park zip up the cliff in just 88 seconds, a speedy attraction as domestic tourism slowly recovers in Chi- na after the coronavirus forced strict travel measures and lock- downs earlier this year. It delivers tourists to the top of the sandstone rock face that inspired the fictional The elevators whisk tourists up the side of the cliff face which insipred Avatar in 88 seconds. AFP jungle moon of Pandora – home to the blue-hued Na’vi very suited to using elevators The alternative was to brave a people – of the 2009 James as a means of transport, so we three-hour climb up on foot. Cameron smash hit. made this Bailong Elevator”, “It’s super-fast,” retiree Jin “One of the main reasons we explained Liu Jie, the director Shihao told AFP after complet- came is that the site inspired Ava- of the company managing the ing the ride, which costs $19 tar,” said Qiao Ke, 45, who trav- lift, whose name means “Hun- for a return ticket. elled to the lift with his family. dred Dragons”. Around 8,000 tourists take “The film really made an “Before, there was only a the lift every day. However, impression on us. And it really cable car with limited capacity, numbers are still significantly is beautiful here.” so tourists had to wait a long down from an average of 14,000 An aerial view of the Bailong elevators in Zhangjiajie in China’s Hunan province. AFP “Its geological structure is time,” Liu added. before the pandemic. AFP 14 THE PHNOM PENH POST november 19, 2020 www.phnompenhpost.com Lifestyle Thinking caps

Women pose in the premises of an association which purpose is to preserve the art of traditional handicrafts and where women gather to knit, crochet or weave, in Licko Petrovo Selo, central Croatia. AFP Private protection: Croatian codpieces are a hit with tourists NCE used to warm “Our ancestors were prac- The women have sold or men’s private parts tical, there was no shame in gifted some 1,500 so far, during harsh win- naming useful items,” she packed in cardboard boxes ters in rural Croa- said of the Croatian word for with a background story and tia,O the woollen codpiece or the garment, whose transla- a pair of walnuts as a “symbol “GROUP EFFORT” ‘nakurnjak’ is making a come- tion is more literal than ‘cod- of good health”. back as a popular souvenir, piece’. The elderly knitters say the ACROSS 45 Thumb-in-the-air call 21 Rub out thanks to a handful of women nakurnjak was once an im- Part of dowry 1 One of 16 in a cup (Abbr.) 46 24-karat 22 Stick on a table? preserving traditional handi- portant item in a woman’s 5 Like our brains 47 Charitable group 25 Prefix meaning “extremely” crafts from oblivion. In Licko Petrovo Selo, a vil- dowry, which included the so- 10 Southpaw’s throwing arm 53 Bauble 26 When pigs fly “The nakurnjak sparks lage of around 100, Leka runs called “bride’s chest” of hand- 14 Width times length 54 Shaped like a tepee 27 Reef type laughter, a lot of positive en- the Tara association where icrafts that women prepared 15 “King of the Hill” beer 55 Gambrel or mansard 28 Impressionist Claude ergy, jokes. Many [tourists] women have been gathering for their future husbands. 16 Small landmass 57 Large tangelo 29 Encourage take one as a nice Christmas in the small centre to knit, If a bride could not estimate 17 It’s legally wrong 58 In the past, to the Bard 30 Wedge-shaped diacritical mark gift,” explains Sonja Leka, a crochet or weave traditional the right dimensions of the 18 Oily secretion 59 Newish money on the Continent 31 Get away from 55-year-old who runs an as- socks, handbags, towels and nakurnjak for her husband, 19 King David’s predecessor 60 Way it’s done 32 Like many teenagers’ rooms sociation of knitters preserv- nakurnjaks. she had to ask her groom’s 20 Costco, for one 61 Shouts like a wild man 34 1953 Leslie Caron musical ing the old-fashioned arts in The latter became a hit relatives for guidance. 23 Buried treasures 62 White-tailed quadruped 35 PPO word their tiny village in the central among tourists visiting the The codpieces are available 24 Take to court DOWN 37 Budget item? Lika region. nearby Plitvice Lakes national in XL, XXL and ‘Lika size’, Leka 25 Entirely exposed 1 Mike Tyson facial feature, for short 38 Red opening? In 15th and 16th century park, a UNESCO World Heri- said with a laugh. 28 Trombone accessory 2 It’s furrowed in a frown 43 Van alternative Europe, crotch coverings tage site, said Leka, who is Men in the region stopped 30 Skirt border 3 Transfusion fluids 44 Food scale measurements known as codpieces became also a tourist guide. sporting the item in the late 33 Is threatening, in a way 4 Beat keepers 45 Song from the past fashionable items, seen in Last year some 600 mostly 1950s when the availability of 34 Petty or Singer 5 Attacked verbally (with “out”) 46 Twelfth of a pica portraits of kings like Henry American tourists visited the cotton underwear took over. 35 Far from tanned 6 Vegetable spreads 47 Starch from a palm VIII of England. handicraft group, which has “We come here to socialise 36 Scene under the big top 7 Hindu courtesy title 48 Word sung on January 1 In Lika, a mountainous received donations from em- and work at the same time so 39 Speckled reddish-brown 8 Big runners 49 Garb for Claudius sparsely populated region bassies and the local munici- that these old crafts, knitting 40 Robert ___ (Civil War general) 9 Tame 50 Party to 51 Pouty face in central Croatia known for pality. and weaving, are not forgot- 41 Can’t do without 10 Hard-twisted cotton thread 11 Son of Rebekah 52 Days long gone cold winters, the nakurnjak But a four-star hotel across ten,” said Anka Prica, a 73- 42 Wounder of clumsy cobblers 12 Execute poorly 53 Sticks in a pack was a must-have item knitted from the run-down building year-old who is part of the 43 Perturbed state 13 Util. bill 56 On behalf of by women from sheep’s wool. accommodating the associa- association. 44 Sharp or flat “Men’s folk costumes had tion is now empty due to the She and 83-year-old Bozica large pants, without any pro- coronavirus. Leka regret youngsters are not Wednesday’s solution tection below, they had to A spread of knitted items interested in learning the craft. ride horses and walk through including dozens of cylindri- “It’s a pity not to pass this forests to collect firewood, cal white and grey nakurn- on to young people so that that’s where the need to make jaks, lying on tables in Tara’s the tradition continues. The nakurnjak comes from,” said modest premises, are a sad tradition will die with us,” Leka. reminder of the pandemic. Leka said. AFP

Wednesday’s solution

A woollen codpiece or ‘nakurnjak’, a popular tourists souvenir with two walnuts as a symbol of good health, is pictured at an association preserving traditional handicraft in central Croatia. AFP THE PHNOM PENH POST november 19, 2020 www.phnompenhpost.com 15 Sport Rashford campaigns Five things we learned from to get UK kids reading

Manchester United star said. the Indian Premier League Marcus Rashford, after forcing This month, Prime Minister British government to feed Boris Johnson’s government poorer children in school holi- relented anew to Rashford’s days, on Tuesday launched a campaigning and promised to new campaign to encourage give free meals to poorer chil- kids to read – this time with dren over the coronavirus-af- official blessing. flicted Christmas holidays. “I only started reading at 17, After one U-turn already for and it completely changed my the summer holidays, the gov- outlook and mentality,” the ernment dropped its opposi- 23-year-old England striker tion to extending the scheme said. over the festive period, and “I just wish I was offered the promised to keep it in place opportunity to really engage over holidays next year. with reading more as a child, The government had resisted but books were never a thing giving out meal vouchers to we could budget for as a family tide poorer families over out- when we needed to put food on side of term time, preferring to the table.” offer support via its wider wel- Rashford has teamed up with fare system. the publisher Macmillan Chil- But Rashford’s campaign dren’s Books to launch a series struck a chord with many, espe- of youth-oriented titles, start- cially with Christmas coming up, ing with “YOU ARE A CHAM- and the government had been PION” in May 2021. confronted with regular head- Macmillan said each chapter lines accusing it of being heart- The 13th edition of the Indian Premier League finished with the Mumbai Indians thrashing the Delhi Capitals. afp will recap a story from Rash- less. ford’s own life and will cover This time, there is no resistance he 13th edition of The teams, however, felt the midway through the tourna- were second and third in the topics such as the value of edu- to the footballer’s literacy push. the Indian Premier strain of life in a bubble with ment by Kings XI Punjab but list of wicket-takers, with 52 cation, understanding culture, “It is fantastic that Marcus League finished with Royal Challengers Bangalore he immediately injected life scalps between them. and female role models. Rashford is shining a light on the the Mumbai Indians captain Virat Kohli and Eng- into their faltering campaign “I feel the conditions in the The footballer also plans to power that books have, and we thrashingT the Delhi Capitals land’s Eoin Morgan both say- with some explosive batting. UAE have something for ev- launch a book club next year, welcome his book club allowing by five wickets to clinch their ing it can be mentally tough The 41-year-old amassed eryone,” Rabada said. recommending titles on the more children to benefit from the fifth title onT uesday. on players. 288 runs in seven innings, in- Macmillan list. enjoyment which books bring,” AFP Sport looks at five things cluding two match-winning Indian talent “There were times where the Johnson’s official spokesman told we learned from the Twen- Tale of two skippers fifties. The left-hander went Bangalore batsman Devdutt escapism of reading could have reporters. ty20 tournament, which was Kohli and Rohit Sharma past 1,000 T20 sixes, extend- Padikkal made an impact as a really helped me. I want this He was unable, however, to played behind closed doors in were both appointed IPL cap- ing his runaway record, with confident opening partner to escapism for all children. Not name the PM’s favourite child- the United Arab Emirates. tains for their teams in 2013, a heave over mid-wicket off Australia’s Aaron Finch, one just those that can afford it,” he hood book. afp but eight years down the line Rajasthan Royals fast bowler of an an impressive brigade of ‘Smiles back’ their leadership has met with Kartik Tyagi, 19. young Indian players. Delhi coach Ricky Ponting contrasting results. The flamboyant Gayle, who The 20-year-old left-hander admitted he was “sceptical” While Sharma bagged his modestly calls himself “Uni- was named emerging player about the tournament going fifth title for Mumbai Indians, verse Boss”, said his younger of 2020 IPL after scoring 473 ahead during the pandemic, an IPL crown still eludes Koh- team-mates had urged him: runs, with captain Virat Kohli but in the event he said it was li’s Bangalore. “Don’t retire.” praising his “class and effi- “extremely well run”. After finishing bottom of ciency”. After a nearly six-month de- the eight-team table last year, Speed guns Mumbai Indians batsman lay as India’s coronavirus crisis Bangalore made the play-offs Fast bowlers aren’t often the Ishan Kishan went better with grew, the 53-day tournament this season, an achievement heroes in T20 games in the more than 500 runs en route to finally got under way in the that didn’t stop former Kolkata sub-continent. But the UAE lifting the trophy at 22 years of United Arab Emirates, where it captain Gautam Gambhir call- pitches gave the pacemen a age. took place in strict bio-secure ing for Kohli to step down. chance to shine. Spinners Rahul Chahar “bubbles” and at three empty But former India opener Delhi’s Anrich Nortje bowled (Mumbai), Ravi Bishnoi (Kings stadiums. Virender Sehwag backed Koh- the fastest ball in IPL history XI Punjab) and Kolkata quicks Despite the unusual condi- li, saying the “captain is only at 97 mph, and fellow South Kamlesh Nagarkoti and Shi- tions, Mumbai Indians pace- as good as his team”. African quick Kagiso Rabada vam Mavi also made their man Jasprit Bumrah said he finished as the leading bowler presence felt. ‘Universe Boss’ at 41 was happy to be part of a with 30 wickets. Brett Lee, the former Austra- Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford, successfully lobbied the tournament that brought the Chris Gayle, the ultimate big- Mumbai’s pace duo of Jas- lia bowler, said, “Indian talent UK government to feed poor children and has now turned his attention “smiles back” to cricket fans. hitter, wasn’t introduced until prit Bumrah and Trent Boult stood out”. afp to encouraging kids to read. afp No 1 Brazil beats Uruguay 2-0 in World Cup qualifier

First-half goals from Arthur and United striker Edinson Cavani sent off Five-time world champions Brazil parried a close range shot from Gabri- Two minutes later, a slick through Richarlison helped Brazil to a 2-0 win in their 2022 World Cup qualifier on were fortunate to be two goals up at el Jesus after the Manchester City ball from the Juventus forward put over Uruguay, who had Manchester Tuesday. half time in Montevideo after Uruguay striker bought a yard of space on the Liverpool’s Roberto Firmino in on goal had hit the woodwork twice at either edge of the six-yard box. but his left foot shot lacked the power end of the half. Almost immediately, Uruguay’s to beat Campana. The victory left Brazil on top of 21-year-old Benifica star, Darwin Brazil gradually got on top on mid- South America’s qualifying standings Nunez, turned Brazil full-back Danilo field as the half wore on, and struck a on 12 points with four wins from four inside the area and rattled Ederson’s body blow to Uruguay’s hopes of a games. Uruguay have six points from bar after a neat pass from River Plate’s revival when Everton striker Richarli- four matches. Nico De La Cruz. son headed in a long cross from Renan The win also extended Brazil’s long Uruguay fashioned another gilt- Lodi out on the left, to score his 8th reign of dominance over the Celeste, edged chance when Nathan Nandez’s goal for Brazil. who have not beaten their fierce rivals cross from the right was headed over It was a cruel blow just before half since 2001. by Cavani. time, emphasised when Uruguay Cavani’s sending off with 20 minutes Brazil had most of the ball, but could skipper Diego Godin powered a head- to go capped a miserable night for his find no way through a well-marshalled er against the Brazil bar from a free side, despite having the better of Uruguay midfield. kick by De La Cruz. things for much of the first half. They finally broke through however Showing slickness on the ball, Brazil Chilean referee Roberto Tobar with their first real chance in half an began to cruise in the second half, showed him a yellow card after his hour, and with a large slice of luck. even without the injured Neymar. lunge caught Richarlison on the ankle. Feeding on a slick layoff from Gabri- Uruguay missed the physical pres- But after a VAR check, that changed to el Jesus, Arthur’s shot from outside the ence of Luis Suarez, out with a positive red, leaving Cavani incredulous, and area took a wicked deflection off the Covid-19 test, and Brazil center halves he left the pitch reluctantly. back of Uruguay defender Jose Gimen- Thiago Silva and Marquinhos had the Brazil’s Douglas Luiz (Left) and Uruguay’s Edinson Cavani jump for a header during Brazil almost drew first blood after ez, wrongfooting the luckless Cam- better of a sometimes tasty encounter their closed-door 2022 Fifa World Cup South American qualifier football match at the two minutes of a lively opening, when pana, who could only watch it bounce with their former Paris Saint-Germain Centenario Stadium in Montevideo on November 17. afp Uruguay keeper Martin Campana into the net. teammate Cavani. afp 16 THE PHNOM PENH POST november 19, 2020 www.phnompenhpost.com Sport Stunning Spain smashes Germany 6-0 in biggest defeat in 89 years erran Torres in on Thierry Henry’s overall grabbed a hat-trick record mark of 51. as Spain condemned The 34-year-old remains a Germany to their key player for France despite worstF defeat in 89 years being on the periphery with on Tuesday, winning 6-0 his club Chelsea, for whom in Seville to qualify for the he has started just once this UEFA Nations League finals season, in the League Cup. and join France, who came Sweden finished bottom from behind to beat Sweden of the group behind Croatia 4-2. and were relegated to the Manchester City for- second-tier League B for the ward Torres was the star for next round of the competi- Spain, who were as brilliant tion. as Germany were bad. The That is despite a 10-man result raises further ques- Croatia losing 3-2 at home to tions about Germany coach Portugal in Split, with Man- Joachim Loew, who was al- chester City defender Ruben ready under pressure coming Dias getting a 90th-minute into this game. winner for the 2019 Nations “This has been a black day League champions. for us,” admitted Loew after Chelsea’s Mateo Kovacic Germany’s heaviest defeat had scored twice for Croatia, since losing 6-0 to Austria in either side of Dias’s first of the 1931. night and a Joao Felix effort They came into their final for Portugal, who featured game in League A, Group 4 Cristiano Ronaldo wearing on top, a point clear of Spain, the captain’s armband. and so only needed a draw at Marko Rog was sent off for an empty La Cartuja to qual- Croatia. ify for the finals in October The remaining two spots next year. in the Nations League semi- But Alvaro Morata headed finals will be decided on Spain in front in the 17th Wednesday, with Italy and minute before Torres crashed Spain’s midfielder Ferran Torres vies with Germany’s goalkeeper Manuel Neuer during the Uefa Nations League footbal match between Spain and Belgium currently in pole in the second on 33 minutes Germany at La Cartuja stadium in Seville on November 17. afp position. after Dani Olmo’s header hit Tuesday’s other sched- the bar. 55 minutes, and Fabian Ruiz eral months to reflect on Portugal win with late goal put France ahead before uled Group 4 game between His City team-mate Rodri teed up the 20-year-old Tor- this loss before the start of The World Cup holders fin- half-time. Switzerland and Ukraine in headed in another to make it res to complete his hat-trick. 2022 World Cup qualifying ished off their League A, Giroud then headed in Lucerne was postponed af- 3-0 for Spain before the end Serge Gnabry hit the bar for in March and then the de- Group 3 campaign by beating Kylian Mbappe’s cross to ter six Covid-19 cases in the of a first half in which they Germany before substitute layed Euro 2020 in June and Sweden behind closed doors make it 3-1 before the hour Ukrainian squad led to their lost Sergio Canales and skip- Mikel Oyarzabal completed July. at the Stade de France as Ol- mark, and Kingsley Coman entire delegation being or- per Sergio Ramos to injury, the rout. Spain, meanwhile, be- ivier Giroud continued his scored France’s final goal at dered into quarantine by with the latter coming off “It was one of the best and come the second side to remarkable scoring record the death after Robin Quaison Swiss health authorities. feeling his hamstring. most complete matches of qualify for the Nations for Les Bleus with a brace. had netted Sweden’s second. Elsewhere, Montenegro’s Germany’s defence was the Spanish national team,” League finals after France Viktor Claesson’s deflected Having recently overtaken 4-0 victory over Cyprus saw posted missing as Jose Gaya said Spain coach Luis En- clinched their place by early strike gave Sweden the Michel Platini’s tally of 41 them finish atop the League burst through and squared rique. beating Portugal at the lead, but Giroud soon equa- goals for Les Bleus, Giroud C, Group 1 and win promo- for Torres to get the fourth on Germany now have sev- weekend. lised and Benjamin Pavard is now on 44 and is closing tion to League B. afp Older Irish heads around to save green captain Ryan

James Ryan says that although he will has been chosen by head coach Andy With Sexton now 35, Ryan has been ances in the Ireland team that secured “(There is) probably a little bit of be wearing the captain’s armband for Farrell to stand in for the injured John- seen by many as a potential long-term the Six Nations Grand Slam in 2018, fear in every Test match whether it be Ireland in Saturday’s Autumn Nations ny Sexton -- just as he did when his skipper of the national side along with says he does not feel any added pres- Paris or Twickenham,” he said.“This Cup clash with England, he will be Leinster team-mate went off in the his another Leinster colleague Garry sure on his young shoulders. level is so high and requires such a big relying on older heads to help him. first-half of the 32-9 win over Wales Ringrose. effort to get over the line in winning. The 24-year-old second row forward last Friday. Ryan has previous experience of ‘Unpredictability’ “It was a good performance against captaining an Irish side having skip- “To be honest I feel the same pres- Wales but this is a big step up and we pered the Under-20 team to their best sure this week as every week,” he know we have to be a lot better ever performance at a world champi- said. again. onship losing to England in the 2016 “If I do my job (in the second row) “However, it is also a huge opportu- final. really effectively and not get side- nity for us.” He said, though, he would not be tracked by captaincy stuff that is my Ryan thinks the Irish have devel- shouldering all the responsibility focus. oped a more unpredictable offence come Saturday at Twickenham. “I want to get my performance right since their 24-12 defeat at Twicken- “It is obviously a huge honour for like the others.” ham in the Six Nations earlier this me and I am looking forward to it,” he Since Ireland clinched the Grand year. said at press conference on Tuesday. Slam at Twickenham in 2018 they have After England’s 40-0 win over Geor- “However, I won’t be on my own as fared badly against Eddie Jones’s side gia at the weekend, Jones said Farrell there are older heads around like Peter – their only defeat in their last 20 home had made Ireland’s attack “a little bit O’Mahony and ‘Hendy’ (his second Tests coming last year. unpredictable”. row partner Iain Henderson). They have also been beaten twice at “I suppose we are always working “Having them around will make my Twickenham with the aggregate score on that unpredictability,” said job a lot easier. from the last three meetings 113-47 Ryan. “Also Johnny is with us for the whole and been outscored 15 tries to six. “It definitely looked good against week so he will have his say and give Ryan, though denies that those Wales. advise too.” reverses have created a fear factor “We need variety in our attack on Ireland’s lock James Ryan (Center) catches the ball in a line out during the Six Nations Ryan, who burst onto the Test scene when playing the English at Twicken- Saturday as there is no bigger test rugby union tournament match between France and Ireland. afp with some eye-catching perform- ham. than England.”afp