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sTUDENTS IN RUSSIA Agricultural CO2 EMISSIONS OF TOLD BY EMBASSY TO exports HIT three TOP 1% TWICE THAT ‘BE COVID-CAUTIOUS’ million tonnes OF POOREST HALF national – page 5 business – page 7 world – page 10 Minister: More schools close to reopening Voun Dara to Directive No 43 dated September tors of his decision. All educational they receive a permit to reopen. the second phase more than a week 1, on the reopening of general educa- institutions which were issued Federation of Education Services ago, both the education ministry MINISTER of Education, Youth and tion institutions and private kinder- licenses by the OWSO in their juris- in Cambodia president Pech Bolen and schools have found a new way Sport Hang Chuon Naron on Monday gartens in the second phase. diction are eligible to reopen. said on Monday that the decision to properly accommodate students, authorised directors of education The ministry also pointed to its After directors inspect and evalu- reflects the efforts of the govern- parents and teachers. departments nationwide to sign a Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) ate the educational institutions in ment and relevant ministries to pre- Ministr y spokesman Ros Soveacha Memorandum of Understanding and for the re-operating of educational line with the SOPs, they are then vent the spread of Covid-19 and their said on Monday that the decision issue permits for schools licensed by institutions in the context of the Cov- asked to send a report of the inspec- efforts to provide education to stu- was made after the ministry met their respective One Window Service id-19 disease dated August 4. tion and the permission letter to the dents in Cambodia. with the 25 provincial and capital Office (OWSO) to reopen. In a letter issued on Monday, ministry. They must send the docu- Bolen confirmed that after reo- education departments to discuss The Ministry of Education referred Chuon Naron informed the direc- ments no later than three days after pening educational institutions in controlling Covid-19. Rains wreak havoc in northern Cambodia Khouth Sophak Chakrya plies to some families victimised by floods in those areas.” HE mountainous On Saturday, a 41-year-old regions and plateaus woman named Seng Mao of northern and north- drowned during severe rains as western Cambodia she was walking with her hus- areT under increased threat by band and daughter across a the mounting rainfall the King- canal in Pailin which separates dom has recently seen. Thailand and Cambodia. Citizens’ homes, roads and The canal was flooded and the bridges have suffered damage current was strong, Bunly said. Royal archive and could face more danger as Mao was from Ponhea Kraek dis- The Queen Mother Library was inaugurated on Monday at the Sleu Rith Institute (SRI) on Preah Sihanouk Boulevard in Phnom Penh. ROYAL DU CAMBODGE sTORY > 3 the monsoon season intensifies. trict’s Kandal Chrum commune Authorities in these flood-vul- in Tbong Khmum province. nerable areas have urged locals On Sunday, Battambang and tourists to exercise increased provincial authorities made an caution during this time. urgent announcement calling The administrative director for citizens who live along the Ten dead in India building collapse of Pailin Provincial Hall, Un Stung Sangke River to be more Bunly, told The Post on Mon- cautious about floods as water TEN people were killed and pulled 19 people from the Bhiwandi, said more than 40 assistance is being provided day that 70mm to 105mm of flowed from the mountains up to 25 are feared trapped rubble – including two boys emergency workers were to the affected.” rainfall has covered the King- and plateaus of the province. after a three-storey residential aged four and seven – to loud helping search for survivors. The cause of the accident dom over the last few days. Battambang Provincial Hall building collapsed before cheers from residents. Images broadcast on the was not immediately clear, but The deluge has caused water administrative director Mul dawn on Monday in western NDRF commandant Ithape NDRF’s official Twitter feed building collapses are com- levels to rise dramatically in riv- Thun told The Post that some India, officials said. Pandit said: “Total number of showed emergency workers mon during India’s June-Sep- ers and canals in Pailin. Many streets and people’s houses in The accident in the city of deaths is 10 . . . rescue opera- combing through concrete and tember monsoon, with old and hectares of citizens’ crops Rukhak Kiri district’s Prek Chik Bhiwandi, which neighbours tions are ongoing.” brick rubble with electrical wires rickety structures buckling including pineapple, cassava and Bassac communes were India’s financial capital Mum- NDRF director-general Satya hanging over their heads. after days of non-stop rain. and corn in Sala Krao district’s flooded due to heavy rain. bai, happened around 3:40am Narayan Pradhan tweeted that Prime Minister Narendra More than 1,200 people Stung Trang and Stung Kach However, nothing was dam- (2210 GMT on Sunday), local specialist teams and sniffer dogs Modi expressed his condo- were killed in 1,161 building communes were badly flooded. aged beyond repair. authorities said. were trying to rescue another lences via Twitter. “Praying for collapses across the country Bunly said: “Authorities are Uch Umphiny Sara, the director Emergency workers from “20-25 feared trapped”. a quick recovery of those in 2017, the latest data from meanwhile quoting statistics the National Disaster An official at the Thane city injured. Rescue operations the National Crime Records and intervening to give food sup- Continued – page 3 Response Force (NDRF) authority, which oversees are underway and all possible Bureau show. AFP Samlot farmer strikes gold THE PHNOM PENH POST Lifestyle with unique banana chips Inside page 13 2 THE PHNOM PENH POST september 22, 2020 www.phnompenhpost.com National Pursat meth dealers, users busted in raid Kim Sarom in charge of serious crime, told The Post on Monday that NTI-DRUG police Koemsoeun was the only traf- questioned four ficker in the case, while the suspects at the Pur- other three suspects were sat provincial police drug users. officeA on Monday after they Chan Thea said Phnom Kra- were arrested for trafficking vanh authorities arrested Ko- 24 bags of methamphetamine emsoeun while he was selling on Saturday in Samrong com- drugs to users. mune, Phnom Kravanh dis- “After authorities arrested trict, Pursat. the drug trafficker, they - or Speaking to The Post on dered him to take them to ar- Monday, Pursat anti-drug of- rest the three other drug users. fice chief Sy Savin named the Drugs cause many problems four suspects as Sek Koem- not only to you and your fam- soeun, 41; Koy Kem, 29; Sam ily but they also affect security Samrach, 40, and Moeun Rin, and social order,” he said. 30. They all live in Samrong. A Ministry of Interior report “I have detained them at my said authorities investigated office for not more than 24 4,000 drug cases in the past hours yet. My officers are still six months, an increase of questioning them on Mon- 27 per cent compared to the day and preparing to send same period last year. documents to the provincial Authorities arrested over court,” Savin said. 8,000 offenders (8,369 Cam- He said the evidence includ- bodians, 96 Vietnamese, two ed 24 bags of methamphet- Lao, three Thai, 13 Chinese, Chea Hean (not pictured) has said traders are selling more than 150ha in the Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary. CHEA HEAN VIA FACEBOOK amine – six large bags and a Burmese, an Indonesian, a 18 smaller ones – 10 phones, Singaporean, a Japanese and four motorbikes, two chain- a Nigerian) over the time- saws and 113 logs of wood. frame. The number of drug NGO asks interior minister to lend a Hun Chan Thea, the Phnom arrests increased by 26 per Kravanh district police chief cent from last year. hand in K Speu forest land protection Soth Koemsoeun of Ou Samrech Chesda, a well- the illegal possession and sale of provincial administration. known military official. land in that area. This forest land “I did not allow buying or sell- ANTI-CORRUPTION, Natural The land is located in Sre Kin must be kept as State property ing because it is State land pro- Resource Protection and Civil village in Oral district’s Trapaing and the trees should be replant- tected by a royal decree and Rights Protection (ACNCIPO) Chor commune in Kampong ed. The perpetrators must be there was a confiscation war- director Chea Hean said on Speu province. Samen is accused punished according to the law rant from the province. I did not Monday he is requesting help of conspiring with authorities to on protected areas,” Hean said. dare sign any document to buy from Minister of Interior Sar sell the land two weeks ago. Trapaing Chor commune or sell that land,” Nem said. Kheng to protect more than Hean said Samen had people chief Tep Nem said on Monday Sorn said on Monday he was 150ha in the Phnom Oral Wild- clear the land in 2018, but he he had seen a letter of sale and aware of the buying and selling life Sanctuary. had notified the Kampong transfer of land title signed by of forest land in the Oral Hean said traders are selling Speu provincial administra- Sre Kin village chief Im Sorn. Mountains in 2018, but recent- the forest land. tion to confiscate it. However, he did not sign for ly he did not sign for Samen to He told The Post on Monday Hean said Samen recently sold acknowledgement or allow the buy or sell land in the area. that he is preparing to send his 150ha in violation of the Kam- sale, leaving the letter at the “In 2018, I knew they were letter on Tuesday. He is request- pong Speu confiscation warrant. Trapaing Chor commune buying and selling land, but Anti-drug police questioned four suspects at the Pursat provincial police ing intervention to assist the “I request the Ministry of Inte- administration. not now. I do not dare sign office after they were arrested for drug trafficking. NOKORWAT NEWS Kampong Speu provincial rior to investigate those behind He said the land in the area is because it is protected by roy- administration with confiscat- the sale of forest land in the con- protected by a royal decree and al decree,” Sorn said. ing the property from a woman servation area in Sre Kin village. there is also a confiscation war- Samen could not be reached named Sieang Samen, the wife “I would like to sue based on rant from the Kampong Speu for comment on Monday. ANA warns against land sales in Angkor area Long Kimmarita “To practice procedure in construction [on it]. Angkor region, and a decision conserving and developing “I also have taken part to from the government on THE Apsara National Author- Angkor Archaeological Park in protect the national heritage. November 16, 2004 about the ity (ANA) declared that people a sustainable way, ANA calls I am disappointed as it is hard use of land in Zone 1 and 2. can no longer sell or buy land on the owner of the Facebook to earn money. I decided to sell “Local authorities also abused in Angkor Archaeological Park, account named Vannchheun it because I need money. the law because the Siem Reap which is a world heritage site. Bonjour and other people who “I don’t have money to pay provincial administration has It warned that people will are announcing to sell land in my debt to the bank. If I can- already released a letter to local face the law if they don’t stop this area through social media not sell this land, I will find authorities to not sign land doing so. The announcement to stop their actions immedi- other ways to make money. I documents for sale and pur- came after some people post- ately,” its post said. regret spending money to buy chase in those protected areas. ed on Facebook that they were Rith Vannchheun, the owner this land,” he said. “This is the responsibility selling land there. of the Facebook account, told ANA spokesman Long Kosal under law by authorities in The ANA on Sunday posted The Post on Monday that he said on Monday that Angkor issuing letters on selling land,” on its Facebook page the Face- admitted his error. He desper- Archaeological Park has many Kosal said. book account of Vannchheun ately needed money so he decid- important antiques which He said there has already Bonjour, who declared to sell ed to post the land he bought require a high level of protec- been many cases that caused a 10m by 20m plot of land near from another citizen last year. tion (Zone 1), and areas that the ANA to file complaints to 60 Street, which is under ANA’s He bought it for almost are full of antiques which the provincial court against management. $10,000 with the hope of being require the ANA to prevent individuals who sell and buy The ANA also called for peo- able to live there, as the sale undesirable land use and land that are under the man- ple not to buy land in this area was acknowledged by local development (Zone 2). agement of ANA. and to contact it if they are curi- authorities. He said land in these areas He expressed hope that the ous about land management in “I will not do it anymore. I are not allowed to be sold as per message will warn people not Angkor Archaeological Park. have spent almost $10,000 to a royal decree released on May to become victims by buying This is to prevent damage to the buy the land, but it ended up 28, 1994, on the zoning and land in areas belonging to a interests of citizens. illegal and I cannot build any management of the Siem Reap- world heritage site. THE PHNOM PENH POST september 22, 2020 www.phnompenhpost.com 3 National CNRP activist freed; DC-Cam’s Queen Mother Sam Rainsy pledges Library inaugurated in capital return to Kingdom Niem Chheng dian people to defeat Prime Orm Bunthoeurn Minister Hun Sen. THE Phnom Penh Municipal Kin Phea, director of the Roy- HE Queen Mother Court on Monday released al Academy of Cambodia’s In- Library was inaugu- former CNRP activist Oeur ternational Relations Institute, rated on Monday at Narith on bail after the court said the claim is unbelievable the Sleu Rith Insti- ended its questioning on sus- and an attempt to keep sup- Ttute (SRI) on Preah Sihanouk picion of receiving money porters from forgetting him. Boulevard in Phnom Penh. from abroad and plotting to “He made himself float on The library was established overthrow the government, national and international by the Documentation Cen- according to the authorities. opinion and media through tre of Cambodia (DC-Cam) National Police spokesman his provocative words that and is named after Queen Chhay Kim Khoeun con- will revive the movement of Mother Norodom Monineath firmed Narith was taken to activists who could face legal Sihanouk. court on Sunday at 3pm. action from the government. The library consists of thou- “We arrested him on a war- “Thus, it comes out as a pic- sands of books and boxes of rant. He is suspected of money ture that shows the govern- documents that historians say laundering and money trans- ment restricts political rights, preserve Cambodia’s history. ferring in connection with human rights, and democracy DC-Cam Director Youk feeding people for some move- because he wants internation- Chhang told The Post on Mon- ment. al pressure on the government. day: “In this library, we have “Oeur Narith was released His biggest aim is to see more documents of the Khmer Rouge on bail under surveillance. international pressure on the era, documents related to the The evidence of the investi- government,” Phea stressed. late King father and documents gation is related to a matter of He continued that Rainsy’s of Cambodian families. We are debt,” he said. goal is the fall of the govern- storing them to preserve Cam- Deputy prosecutor and ment so he can return to poli- bodian history,” he said. Phnom Penh Municipal tics. But the goal cannot be He said the library was es- Court spokesman Kuch Kim- achieved because internation- tablished for young people as long could not be reached for al pressure is not very heavy. a place to study and conduct Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk attended the opening of the library on Monday. roayl du cambodge comment on Monday. Political analyst Lao Mong research to learn about their Narith is known as an assis- Hay said Rainsy’s return was identities. problem. So, we decided to The books and documents are various other media, in- tant to former CNRP vice-presi- an encouragement to his Chhang said he hoped it name the library after her had been collected by Ambas- cluding photographs, films dent Mu Sochua. He was arrest- supporters and a boost to will contribute to the stabil- to express her confidence in sador Julio A. Jeldres during and high-quality digitised au- ed and sentenced to 20 years in his popularity. Such a result ity, peace and development history,” he said. many years of work in docu- dio recordings conveniently prison along with Meach So- could lead to a reaction from of the nation. Speaking at the event, menting the Royal Family and accessible by the public. vannara and other activists in the government. “It means that if we don’t Queen Mother Norodom the history of Cambodia. Cambodian historian Diep connection with a 2014 riot at He said a crackdown on know ourselves and don’t Monineath Sihanouk said: “I The library has more than Sophal told The Post on Monday Neak Bridge. He was released in Rainsy’s supporters will lead know our history, we think would like to deeply thank 1.7 million pages of docu- that the establishment of the li- 2018 on a royal pardon. to more criticism and con- development can overlap his- Youk Chhang and the working ments on the Khmer Rouge brary is important because it is Former CNRP leader Sam demnation, undermining the tory, especially in a country group of SRI for establishing Genocide (1975-1979) that a place to preserve documents Rainsy, who is living abroad, legitimacy of the government that has seen conflicts and the Queen Mother Library. I have been collected over the for research and study. also spent Sunday stating that and the authorities. war for decades,” he said. am extremely excited that SRI past two decades. “The building of this library he planned to return to Cambo- “But Rainsy himself should He said preserving history decided to use my name.” The library also contains is to store documents that dia, but did not specify the date. keep his word if he is really is of huge importance. Chhang said the library thousands of voice and visual enable us to easily conduct Rainsy claimed he would a person who respects his “The Queen Mother her- comprises of over 3,000 books recordings of interviews of research into the original come to mobilise the Cambo- words,” Mong Hay said. self has always heeded this and 2,800 boxes of documents. Khmer Rouge victims. There sources of stories,” he said. Floods damage towns, Kandal records 35 Chikungunya cases resorts asked to close Long Kimmarita Continued from page 1 “Water flowing from the THE Kandal provincial Depart- mountains and the main rivers ment of Health said 35 people of the Battambang Provincial has decreased to some extent. in two villages in Dei Ith com- Department of Tourism The sky in some regions has mune, Kien Svay district, had released an announcement become clear except for contracted chikungunya. urging some resorts located Phnom Kravanh district, which Meanwhile, a working team along valleys, canals and ponds has a small amount of rainfall. continues to take measures to to close to protect tourists from Safe places have been pre- prevent the disease from any incidents. pared to evacuate vulnerable spreading to other villages by He said: “In case they cannot citizens,” he said. spraying mosquito repellent suspend their business in tour- Oddar Meanchey Provincial and putting the anti-dengue ist sectors in these resorts, they Hall spokesman Chea Piseth larvicide Abate in every house. have to be responsible by advis- told The Post that provincial Kandal health department ing tourists to increase caution authorities decided to tempo- director Kuoy Bunthoeurn told and do not try to swim in these rarily suspend travelling on Ta The Post on Monday that from resorts during severe rains.” Mok Bridge in Anlong Veng the beginning of September Pursat Provincial Hall admin- commune and district due to until September 21, there have istrative director Khuth Usophea increasing water levels and been a series of cases of told The Post on Monday that strong currents. chikungunya fever. floods and flowing water from The water level at the bridge He said that all 35 patients, Health officials spraying in Kandal province’s northern Ponhea Leu district. KANDAL PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATION the Cardamom Mountains has increased to 25cm above who suffered from fever and caused the water level in the the emergency level of 4.2m, rashes were living in Koh Phos patients to public hospitals to intervened in time. and is transmitted by female province to rise 45cm above the he said. and in Dei Ith villages. manage them easier and avoid However, she could not con- mosquito bites, especially dur- emergency level of 5m. “Rainfall during the last Bunthoeurn said: “There were danger to others. firm current figures of how ing day time. The symptoms are As a result, some citizens’ week affected infrastructures 10 suspected victims in Dei Ith “Citizens, too, if in doubt many more people were similar to those of dengue fever, homes along the Pursat River and citizens’ crops in four dis- village, 25 in Koh Phos village, about these symptoms, should infected across the country. In except that the person with were flooded. tricts in Oddar Meanchey – and a few others. So far, 29 of come to a public hospital or August, there were nearly 2,000 chikungunya has fevers with red Usophea said: “Many parts Samrong, Anlong Veng, Trapa- them have recovered and only nearby health centre,” suspected cases of chikun- rashes and joint pain. of National Road 55 in Sam- ing Prasat and Banteay Ampil. six are receiving intensive care Bunthoeurn said. gunya in 15 provinces. The disease is not life-threat- rong commune, Phnom Kra- We still have not evaluated the while slowly recovering too.” Ministry of Health spokes- A press release issued by the ening because it can be cured vanh district were flooded. losses yet,” he said. With the discovery of these person Or Vandine told The Ministry of Health on July 23 within a week or so, but the “Kampong Lvea Bridge, The Ministry of Water patients, Bunthoeurn said the Post on Monday that the said the first case was reported patient could suffer from which was made of wood with Resource and Meteorology team also went to educate the chikungunya situation across in Africa in 1953 and was dis- arthritis for many years. a length of over 60m, connected said Cambodia is still under people in the two villages to be the country is under control. covered in Cambodia by the If a patient with chikungun- Samrong and Leach communes the influence of a low-pressure alert for the disease. Vandine said the chikun- Institut Pasteur du Cambodge ya has other diseases such as and was located near Samrong system and southwest mon- He said the team also advised gunya outbreak in Kandal in 1961 and 2011. dengue fever or malaria, it can primary school. It was damaged soon. Rain will therefore con- all private hospitals to send province is not a serious one Chikungunya is a disease be life-threatening, said the by water and it was broken tinue falling with different suspected chikungunya because the provincial team caused by the chikungunya virus ministry. entirely on Sunday. levels of severity, he said. 4 THE PHNOM PENH POST september 22, 2020 www.phnompenhpost.com National Ministry ends discussions on Soldier in pre-trial detention over fatal Labour Law draft amendments shooting in Pursat Mom Kunthear bodia is still a country that Soth Koemsoeun “Officers worked in collabo- has less working hours than in ration with the Krakor district HE Ministry of Labour other countries in the region. A PURSAT Provincial Court military police in checking the and Vocational Train- Sam Heng said the expan- judge placed a 57-year-old dead body. The suspect was ar- ing has ended discus- sion of the scope of the Arbitra- soldier in pre-trial deten- rested the same day after hid- sions on amendments tion Council was to participate tion on Monday after charg- ing in a nearby house,” he said. toT the Labour Law and plans in strengthening the effective- ing him with premeditated Krakor district Military Po- to send a draft to the inter- ness of mechanisms to solve murder under Article 200 of lice commander Nov Socheat ministerial group for review labour disputes in Cambodia. the Criminal Code, provin- acknowledged on Sunday that before it goes to the National He said it gives parties a cial Court spokesman Heng his forces took part in the oper- Assembly for approval. choice to choose mechanisms Donin said on Monday. ation, but the case was handed Some trade unions have to solve disputes and is in line “The Pursat Provincial over to the National Police. agreed to the amendments with the global principle so Court judge decided to place “I don’t know for sure, but I while others have boycotted parties can get justice quickly. him in pre-trial detention on asked villagers and they said the process. National Trade Union presi- charges of premeditated mur- that a military official named Labour minister Ith Sam dent Fa Saly said he didn’t der. I don’t know yet when a Phal took out a gun and shot Heng led a meeting last week at- oppose the amendments to hearing will be held. [We] will the victim,” he said. tended by government officials, the Labour Law, but he didn’t wait for a decision,” he said. employers, and trade unions. want Article 162 revised. The suspect, Prak Sophal, fac- The goal was to continue “This draft law will be sent es a life sentence if convicted. discussing the amendments to to the inter-ministerial group Pursat provincial police the Labour Law and compre- Labour minister Ith Sam Heng said his ministry had set up a feasibility and the National Assembly for chief Sar Theng said on Mon- hensively finalise the draft law. study group to amend the Labour Law in line with the socio-economic review and approval,” he said. day that the Krakor district The law is supposed to be ap- context. LABOUR MINISTRY Six independent trade unions police sent Sophal to the Pur- proved by the end of this year. First, the ministry revised nomic development. boycotted the discussions and sat police on Sunday after he Sam Heng said during the the night-shift wage rates “The point of this amend- requested the ministry to drop allegedly shot a man to death meeting that his ministry equal to the day-shift wage ment doesn’t prejudice the in- the amendments because the on September 18 in Tnort had set up a feasibility study rates under new Article 144 terests of workers who work a new law will hurt workers. Chum commune, Krakor dis- group to amend the Labour and relevant articles. night shift occasionally or alter- The trade unions consisted trict. It was related to a verbal Law in line with the socio- Second, it cancelled a day-off natively. This is the reason this of the Cambodian Labour argument while drinking. economic context. that falls on Sunday in Article point is applied only for night- Confederation, the Collective Khun Ry, the deputy chief of The group had finished a 162 and relevant articles. Third, shift workers,” Sam Heng said. Union of Movement of Work- the security unit at the Krakor preliminary study of necessity it expanded the scope of the He said that the cancellation ers, the Coalition of Cambo- district police station, said on and the benefits of amending Arbitration Council in solving of the day off didn’t run coun- dian Apparel Workers Demo- Sunday that Sophal is a dep- the Labour Law. He said it had individual disputes in Article ter to international labour cratic Union (CCAWDU), the uty head of a training office cooperated with the Interna- 300 and relevant articles. conventions. The amend- Cambodian Alliance of Trade at Intervention Brigade 14 in tional Labour Organisation “The revision of the night- ments are intended to boost Unions (CATU), the Free Trade Krakor district. (ILO) to organise a tripartite shift wage rates is to create productivity and promote the Union of Workers of the King- Ry said Sophal shot Nuon Prak Sophal allegedly shot a man consultative workshop in Jan- and increase a variety of job competiveness of Cambodia dom of Cambodia and the Tuoch, 35, in Tnort Chum to death on Friday in Tnort Chum uary to discuss the possibility opportunities for Cambodi- in facilitating investments and Confederation of Cambodian commune during an argu- commune, Krakor district, Pursat of amending the law. ans and contribute to eco- national development. Cam- Worker-Movement (CCW). ment. Tuoch died on the spot. province. pOLICE THE PHNOM PENH POST september 22, 2020 www.phnompenhpost.com 5 National O Meanchey police Local teachers trained in Adobe chief now in K Thom Niem Chheng Mom Kunthear dividuals, reputation and also GROUP of 26 teach- our hometown. ers and staff from NATIONAL Police chief Neth We have to think of our hon- the Cambodian Chil- Savoeun has decided to recruit our together,” he said. dren’s Fund (CCF) a new Kampong Thom police Ly said at the ceremony that areA receiving virtual training chief from another province he was committed to protecting to improve their media de- because the last three Kam- citizens, ensuring safety and re- sign skills using Adobe Cre- pong Thom police chiefs dis- specting and implementing the ative Cloud (CC) products. appointed and embarrassed laws, regulations and principles If they complete the course, him with their actions. of the leaders of all levels. they will be among the first in Speaking at an induction cer- “I am committed to lead the country to become certified emony at the office of the Kam- subordinate officials with vir- trainers in Adobe products. pong Thom police chief, Sa- tue, transparency and solidar- CCF said in a press release voeun said on Monday that he ity. Hopefully, they have disci- that the training was set up had recruited Men Ly, the po- pline, dignity and professional by Team4Tech, a US-based lice chief of Oddar Meanchey ethics,” he said. organisation which brings to- province for the position. He promised to maintain the gether professionals from the “Whether I want to or not, I interests of units as he tries to tech industry and nonprofits must speak of the reason why I rebuild the image of the Kam- to provide educational learn- changed General Men Ly from pong Thom provincial station. ing opportunities that bring Oddar Meanchey province to Concerning the commitment about positive social change Kampong Thom. I apologise by Ly, Savoeun requested all of- around the world. to all citizens and Unified ficials present at the ceremony It said a team of employ- Command Committees and to witness his promises and ees from Adobe, the Ameri- armed forces for not recruit- monitor his activities and coop- can multinational computer ing a new police chief from eration as promised. He hoped software company, are pro- Kampong Thom province. that subordinate officials will viding one-on-one mentor- “This is because three gen- cooperate to make the commit- ing in different products erations of the provincial po- ment successful for all. such as InDesign, Photoshop lice chiefs have complaints Concerning Ouk Kosal, the and Premiere. The virtual training is expected to be completed this month and the goal is for CCF participants to become filed against them. I consider former police chief of Kampong capable trainers with certifications in Adobe CC products. CCF Adobe also donated 50 Ado- complaints and division to be Thom who was demoted after be CC licenses to CCF and director Gail Shen said: “We ibly dedicated staff at CCF trainers with certifications in the responsibility of the po- he was found to have sexually the volunteers and provided have set up Zoom calls and and Team4Tech, have met Adobe CC products. lice chief,” he said. harassed three female officials, workshops at CCF’s Neeson virtual break out spaces for new friends and colleagues Education project coordi- Savoeun said police chiefs Savoeun said he had consid- Cripps Academy (NCA), which mentors and CCF staff to from Adobe and am inspired nator at CCF Vannak Heng are like parents and are held ered two points. The first was offers high-quality educa- meet and connect. So far, it is every day by the extraordi- said the link with Adobe and accountable for legal and po- to be addressed legally and the tion with a focus on Science, working very well,” nary children and families Team4Tech will equip CCF litical matters. other was to be addressed ac- Technology, Engineering and Shen said volunteer men- at CCF,” she said. staff and students with the He advised the new police cording to police discipline. Mathematics (STEM). tors gained as much from In addition to building staff practical tools to address chief to strengthen the quality of He said that a legal solution The training lasts for 10 the experience as those they capacity, the mentorship will the skills gap in information the police station and all police might be difficult because the weeks and was planned to be trained. equip CCF teachers and staff communication technology officials. As forces, they have to cases occurred a long time ago hosted in Phnom Penh. But Brand Purpose Partner- with the tools to create Khmer (ICT) in Cambodia. have a high capacity, discipline, and victims may not want to because of the Covid-19 pan- ships head for Adobe, Angie materials for training other He said the long-term goal virtues, morality and training. come forward. demic, the trainers couldn’t Bush, and one of the mentors staff members, students and is for CCF to become a hub Especially during Covid-19, If the case was sent to court, make the trip. Instead, it will described how virtual volun- the surrounding Cambodian for knowledge and exchange, they have to adapt to the new it is not certain who would be held via Zoom, connect- teering connected her to CCF community. creating content that can be normal including carrying out win. Hence, he decided to ing Adobe staff in America in Phnom Penh from her desk The training is expected shared throughout Cambodia. work and doing business. address it by imposing an with CCF teachers and staff in San Francisco. to be completed this month This could include content “I ask the police chief, administrative punishment, in Cambodia. “I am beyond excited to be and the goal is for CCF par- such as information about deputy police chiefs and our which he considered harsher Team4Tech programme working with such incred- ticipants to become capable STEM and science posters. police officials to think of in- than the law. Four apprehended in ‘Be Covid-cautious’ Russia students told decades-old land case Long Kimmarita Voun Dara Article 97, point 6 and Article 95, THE Embassy of Cambodia in point 2 of the Law on Forestry. Russia has called on students FOUR people were arrested by Provincial court spokesperson studying in the country to be the Kampong Speu provincial Chat Soraksmey told The Post more cautious after a Cambo- police on Sunday after an arrest on Monday: “When an inves- dian student tested positive warrant was issued by an inves- tigating judge issues an arrest for Covid-19. tigating judge from the Kam- warrant, it means the accused It did not name the student pong Speu Provincial Court. have already been charged. So, who is being treated in a Russian The charges are land en- this process is according to the hospital. However, the embassy croachment, deforestation order of the judge.” reported that Covid-19 cases in and destruction of border Judge Vuthy could not be Russia had increased gradually posts in Doung village in reached for comment. to 6,000 new cases per day. Phnom Sruoch district’s Cho- Chea Hean, the director of The embassy called on all am Sangke commune. Anti-Corruption, Natural Re- Cambodians, including stu- Kampong Speu provincial source Protection and Civil dents and military trainees stay- police chief Sam Samoun told Rights Protection (ACNCIPO), ing in Russia to be more cau- The Post on Monday that of- who investigated the case, tious, maintain good hygiene ficers enforced the warrant said on Monday the four men and follow the advice of doctors and the detained were sent to had been selling community and Russian authorities. court on Monday. land in Phnom Sruoch district, “The Embassy of Cambodia Samoun said the four men Kampong Speu province. in the Russian Federation is are Sieng Nak, 43; Mak Eam, “They are ordinary citizens, hopeful that Cambodians will 67; Yourn Norm, 41, and Soun but they encroached on com- follow this advice and remind Sokhom, 37. All four live in munity land to sell to traders. each other while the world is Trapaing Peurk village in Baset This case has been going on still facing this pandemic,” The embassy called on all Cambodians, including students and military trainees staying in Russia to be more cautious, maintain good hygiene and follow the advice of doctors and Russian authorities. HENG CHIVOAN district’s Kat Phlok commune, for a long time. The court has the embassy said. in Kampong Speu province. issued summonses for the four Thach Vanna, chairman of pecially first-year students. 19, Cambodian students here sent to a hospital for medi- According to the arrest war- to come in for questioning. But the Khmer Students Associa- “Studying at school poses a are concerned about infec- cal check-ups, according to rant issued by Judge Nguon they refused to come, so the tion of the Russian Federation concern about the spread of tion and daily expenses. Their a letter from the Cambodian Vuthy, the alleged offences judge issued an order to bring told The Post on Monday that the virus, which can be trans- monthly expenses come from Embassy in Russia to the De- took place in Doung village, in them to the court,” Hean said. the Covid-19 situation in Rus- mitted although all Cambodi- the support of their respec- partment of International Phnom Sruoch district’s Cho- Hean requested the court con- sia is not getting better. He an students wear masks and tive families,” he said. Relations of the Ministry of am Sangke commune, Kam- tinue to investigate and convict said Cambodian students in wash hands with hand sani- In April, three Cambodian National Defence. pong Speu province, during those involved in this case, and the country were concerned. tisers and alcohol,” he said. military trainees in the third That prompted Minister of 1988, 1993, 1997 and 1999. not to end it only because of the “All universities allow stu- Vanna said most students year of general medicine at National Defence Tea Banh to Vuthy charged the accused arrest of the perpetrators. dents to take online classes, travel by bus and metro, the Russian Military Medical reminded all military trainees with criminal offences and pun- Hean said land encroachment but there are some that require which are crowded. University became infected studying abroad to take care of ishment under Article 95, point 3, has been increasing sharply. students to study at school, es- “During the spread of Covid- with Covid-19 after being their health to avoid infection. 6 THE PHNOM PENH POST september 22, 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 4,097 1.3215 6.7753 104.22 4.1175 1.3580 31.23 0.7285 1.1798 1.2860

Trading Information on Cambodia Securities Exchange Date: September 21, 2020 Auction Trading Method (ATM) No Stock Closing Price Opening Price High Low 1 ABC 17,340 17,320 17,400 17,300 2 GTI 3,390 3,410 3,410 3,390 3 PAS 14,000 14,300 14,320 14,000 4 PEPC 3,250 3,220 3,250 3,190 5 PPAP 11,500 11,700 11,700 11,500 6 PPSP 2,290 2,300 2,300 2,290 7 PWSA 6,100 6,100 6,100 6,000 TikTok Global PM: Kingdom still a good investment set to launch May Kunmakara cess to travel goods in 2016 under the Generalised System of Prefer- RIME Minister Hun Sen on ences (GSP) programme to Cambo- IPO, parent Monday told US companies dia which led to an increase from $50 and investors that although million to nearly $1 billion last year. company says Covid-19 has slowed the “Given Cambodia’s economic prog- growthP of Cambodia’s economy, the ress, and Cambodians preference for TIKTOK Global plans to hold a public government has proactively taken high-quality US brands, that num- listing, its Chinese parent company measures to keep business activities ber can be much higher. I encourage ByteDance Ltd said on Monday, after afloat and the country remains a good Cambodians to buy more US prod- announcing a deal over the weekend investment destination for US firms. ucts and services. This will help en- that would avert a shutdown of the Hun Sen made his comments dur- sure that our trading relationship is popular app in the US. ing the 2020 Virtual Cambodia Busi- free, fair and mutually beneficial. The agreement, which has been ness Mission meeting organised by the “While trade is an important part approved by US President Donald US-ASEAN Business Council. of our economic relationship, in- Trump, sees Silicon Valley giant Oracle The prime minister said the whole vestment plays a major role as well. Corp become the data partner for the world is fighting against the spread If you tour Phnom Penh today you video-sharing platform while Walmart of Covid-19, which is severely affect- will see an increasing number of US Inc becomes a commercial partner, ing the economy and society and companies, from hotels and retail creating a new US company called Tik- the government has managed to stores to restaurants and, further Tok Global. keep the coronavirus from spread- afield, factories,” Murphy said. On Monday, ByteDance said in a ing in the community without shut- He said the US has several tools statement on social media that Tik- ting down any areas of the country. available to help those interested Tok Global plans to launch a “small However, he said the coronavirus Prime Minister Hun Sen says the government has proactively taken measures to keep in trade and investment across the round of pre-IPO [initial public offer- led to huge challenges in the gar- business activities afloat in the Kingdom. HUN SEN’S FACEBOOK PAGE Indo-Pacific. ing] financing”, after which it would ment and textile, tourism, aviation tractive for electronics, equipment He said that the US is Cambodia’s They include $60 billion in financing become an 80 per cent-owned sub- and service sectors. assembly, spare parts, agro-agricul- largest export destination with $5.4 to support private sector investment sidiary of ByteDance. He said the Cambodian govern- ture and other industries. billion worth of goods exported from from the new Development Finance The company added that the board ment had launched five rounds of “Cambodia will also sign a free trade the Kingdom to the US last year. Corporation (DFC). Its predecessor, of directors of TikTok Global includes measures to keep production and agreement [FTA] with China soon. I Despite the current pandemic, ex- the Overseas Private Investment Cor- ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming, businesses afloat and assist those hope the new investment law and the ports are up 23 per cent this year. poration (OPIC) has invested over along with its current directors and affected in their daily lives. FTA will be key factors in transforming Murphy said: “Cambodian exports $150 million in Cambodia so far. the CEO of Walmart. “I am confident that a number of Cambodia into an attractive destina- also benefit US consumers by pro- The Infrastructure Transaction Ad- “TikTok Global will also launch a list- US companies with a presence in tion for US companies that seek new viding choice. There are now more visory Network (ITAN) helps develop ing plan to further enhance its corpo- Cambodia have also benefitted [from production locations in the Southeast Cambodian products in US stores high-quality infrastructure and the rate governance structure and trans- the measures],” he said. Asian region,” he said. than ever before. US is exploring ways for ITAN to sup- parency,” the statement said. It did not He said bilateral trade between Cam- US ambassador to Cambodia Pat- “These include not only garments port the Kingdom’s development. say how much it intended to raise or bodia and the US grew by 17 per cent rick Murphy said at a Trade and Invest- and footwear, but also award-win- Murphy said: “These tools may where it plans to list. in the first eight months of this year. ment Forum in Phnom Penh early this ning agricultural products like Kam- help unleash new investment in Bloomberg News reported that “The government doesn’t decel- month that economic ties between pot pepper and Cambodian rice. You Cambodia. But investment, like Bytedance was seeking a valuation of erate reform in all sectors to attract Cambodia and the US have been in- can also find more and more Cambo- trade, can go both ways. $60 billion for TikTok, citing a person more investors. Once the coronavi- creasing remarkably over the past two dian-made travel goods in the US.” “Given the strength of Cambodia’s familiar with the matter. rus eases, Cambodia is set to pass a decades as bilateral trade, which once The ambassador pointed out that economy and the sophistication of its TikTok – which became a global phe- new and comprehensive investment stood at $850 million, reached $5.9 bil- travel goods are a remarkable story companies, the time is right to promote nomenon with its brand of short, law and tax incentives to be more at- lion last year – a seven-fold increase. after the US granted duty-free ac- Cambodian investment in the US.” addictive phone videos – has come under fire in recent months as tensions escalate between China and the West. Trump has claimed TikTok is collect- ing user data for Beijing, without pro- Property investors increasingly eye Kampot viding evidence, and in early August gave ByteDance until September 20 to Thou Vireak an area of 42ha located in Thkov vil- than $3.13 million in 2019, Tay said. the first half of this year was worth hand over TikTok’s US operations to an lage, Russey Srok Khang Koeut com- Cambodian Valuers and Estate more than $3.84 billion, up 13.26 per American company. A LOCAL and Chinese joint-venture mune, Kampong Trach district, Kam- Agents Association president Chrek cent from the first half of last year. ByteDance, under pressure in Chi- – Gold Coast International Develop- pot province. Soknim told The Post on Monday the In the first half of this year, there na not to give in to US demands, set ment Co Ltd – plans to invest nearly The provincial administration has province is now attracting positive were 2,522 applications for invest- out to clarify “rumours” on Monday $25 million in the construction of a decided to set up a joint working investment in real estate, especially ment projects in the construction after details of the deal were mixed commercial centre in Kampot group to conduct a detailed study at condominium projects. sector, an increase of 475 compared announced. It said the current plan province, a coastal area with poten- the actual site to assess the impact “Investors in Sihanoukville are turn- to 2,047 in the first half of last year, “does not involve the transfer of any tial for tourism and real estate. and geographical location. ing to Kampot because the province has according to the report. algorithms and technologies”. The project was unveiled at a meet- “We recommend the company col- eco-tourism potential,” Soknim said. From 2000 to June this year, the While Oracle has the authority to ing of the provincial investment sub- laborates with provincial officials on Today, he said, land in the centre of ministry issued construction permits check the source code of TikTok in committee chaired by Kampot provin- technical, legal and relevant docu- Kampot town costs between $1,800 for 50,968 projects nationwide with the US, ByteDance said displaying cial governor Cheav Tay on Friday. ments to request to the Council for the and $2,500 per square metre. a capital investment of around $57 the source code is a way for multina- Tay said the company has proposed Development of Cambodia and the “If there is a real investment in this billion, the report said. tionals to allay local data security investment in the construction of a government to review and approve project it will help raise the image of Foreign investment data released by concerns. mixed-use commercial centre, includ- this investment project,” he said. the province and boost real estate the Ministry of Commerce show that ByteDance added that a “so-called ing a four-star hotel, condominiums, The Kampot provincial administra- prices,” he said. China has been the leading source of tax payment of $5 billion to the US shopping malls, entertainment cen- tion, including the municipal and dis- According to a report by the Ministry foreign direct investment in Cambo- Treasury” was a forecast of corporate tres and tourism services, with a cap- trict administrations, issued permitted of Land Management, Urban Planning dia for several consecutive years, income tax and other operating taxes ital investment of $24.8 million. letters for 238 construction projects and Construction, capital investment mainly in the garment, construction, TikTok would need to pay for busi- He said the project will be built on with a total capital investment of more in Cambodia construction projects in tourism and electricity sectors. ness development. AFP THE PHNOM PENH POST september 22, 2020 www.phnompenhpost.com 7 Business Asian markets weighed by coronavirus spikes and stimulus gridlock MOST Asian markets fell on with market heavyweight Monday following another HSBC tumbling around five disappointing performance per cent to a 25-year low on on Wall Street with investors fears it could be added to a concerned about an uptick in Chinese list of firms deemed a coronavirus infections in Eu- threat to national security and rope and the US, as well as the following news it had been ac- lack of movement in Washing- cused of allowing fraudulent ton on a new stimulus. activity to go unpunished. After months of big gains Shanghai, Sydney, Seoul, Tai- around the world, fuelled by pei, Wellington and Jakarta were government stimulus and also well down, with smaller central bank largesse, equi- losses in Singapore, though ties are beginning to wobble, Manila, Mumbai and Bangkok with analysts warning trad- were marginally higher. ers were taking profits as they London, Paris and Frankfurt consider the rally may have all tumbled in morning trade. been overblown. Investors are keeping an A key worry is a spike in new eye on Capitol Hill where US virus cases in key economies lawmakers are still nowhere that have led to containment near agreeing a new rescue measures being re-imposed. package for the beleaguered Britain’s government, not- economy, despite millions ing hospitalisation rates are of US citizens struggling to doubling every eight days, make ends meet. The Kingdom exported 3,959 tonnes of pepper this year as of September 11. SUPPLIED said fresh restrictions could While US President Donald be put in place across Eng- Trump has urged Republi- land, with several cities al- cans to lift their $500 billion ready seeing some measures. offer, they remain miles apart Secretary of State for Health from the Democrats, who are Agricultural product exports and Social Care Matt Han- calling for around $2 trillion cock said the country was at to be spent. a “tipping point”. US Federal Reserve (Fed) France has seen fatalities boss Jerome Powell has exceed three million tonnes creep back up, and a million warned that while the central people in and around Madrid bank can keep interest rates Thou Vireak mangoes and its dehydrated gary, the ministry said. er and exporter, told The Post were under new “stay-at- low and provide financial products (56,590 tonnes), Suon Sophal, a red corn last month that his company home” orders. support to businesses, the AMBODIA exported pepper (3,959 tonnes), palm farmer on more than 2ha, had exported about 10 tonnes New infection rates in the economy needs a new shot in more than three mil- oil (41,970 tonnes), tobacco said that the first harvest was of GI Kampot pepper in seven US are also picking up again the arm from Congress to get lion tonnes of agri- (5,376 tonnes) and soybeans completed with a yield of be- months at the beginning of after dropping for weeks. its recovery back on track. cultural products to (3,876 tonnes). tween eight and 10 tonnes, 2020, the main markets for Stephen Innes at Australia- National Australia Bank’s internationalC markets as of The Kingdom shipped but he estimated that the sec- Kampot pepper products based AxiCorp Financial Ser- Rodrigo Catril said: “Elevated mid-September, the Ministry 193,660 tonnes of corn, veg- ond harvest will be lower be- are the EU, including Spain, vices Pty Ltd said: “Investors equity valuation probably of Agriculture, Forestry and etables (84 tonnes), sweet cause of drought and pests. France and Germany. remain confused about which also means that investors Fisheries reported. potatoes (2,865 tonnes), The 53-year-old farmer, Minister Veng Sakhon said way to move … as lockdown have become a bit more sen- Its data show that as of Sep- fresh and dried chilli pep- who lives in Tbong Khmum the government is striving to fears take charge with the UK sitive to uncertainty. tember 11, Cambodia has pers (52,621 tonnes), pome- district, Tbong Khmum boost local food production government sounding alarm “So on this score we have to exported a large number of los (15,150 tonnes) and other province, said red corn was to reduce food imports dur- bells as the Covid-19 curve add the US elections early in finished agricultural prod- products (55,420 tonnes). bought from farmers by trad- ing the Covid-19 epidemic. moves in the wrong direction. November, plus the Fed’s de- ucts, including milled rice, Cambodia’s agricultural ers and resold to traders from Sakhon said Cambodia ex- “After the initial economic cision to refrain from increas- cassava, pepper, rubber, fresh products are exported to Thai- Thailand and Vietnam. ported $1.5 billion worth of bounce from full-blown lock- ing its bond-buying at the mangoes, cashews, bananas, land, Vietnam, China, Japan, “The price of red corn this year agricultural products to inter- downs, both the UK and Eu- September FOMC [Federal corn, soybeans, vegetables South Korea, Singapore, the is similar to last year, between national markets last year, up rope’s economic trajectory Open Market Committee] and tobacco. Philippines, Malaysia, Indo- 750 riel and 800 riel [$0.18 and from nearly $1 billion in 2013. could be entering a gloomy meeting … and the contin- Milled-rice exports were nesia, India, Sri Lanka, Austra- $0.20] per kg,” he said. Cambodia’s milled-rice ex- second phase characterised ued stalemate in negotiations 463,805 tonnes, fresh cassava, lia, Pakistan, Russia, France, Every year, red corn is har- ports increased from $63,000 in by ongoing social distanc- over a new fiscal package.” dried cassava chips and tapioca Belgium, Italy, the Czech Re- vested twice – from late June 2010 to $440 million last year. ing, elevated unemployment, Traders will be closely starch reached more than 1.7 public, Croatia, Switzerland, to August and from late Octo- Ministry data showed that and increasing damage to the watching congressional tes- tonnes, cashew nuts (202,207 the Netherlands, Germany, ber to February. the Kingdom exported 61 dif- supply side.” timony by Powell later in the tonnes), fresh yellow ba- the US, Britain, Belarus, New Sebastien Lesieur, CEO of ferent agricultural products Hong Kong led losses, drop- week for fresh clues about the nanas (213,486 tonnes), fresh Zealand, Sweden and Hun- Farm Link Ltd, a pepper grow- to 59 countries. ping more than two per cent Fed’s future policy plans. AFP Riich Express eyes major expansion through franchising

Hin Pisei that enables the business to run on- with Singapore’s Riich Me Co Ltd on line and offline sales, he added. technical aspects, system design, RIICH Express Co Ltd, which “Our supermarket and mobile technology, sales promotion and op- operates mini-marts and mo- mart is a new business model erational management, he added. bile marts, has announced plans that is unique and leading in the “Riich Express is actively work- to expand operations by selling Cambodian market. ing with the government to pro- franchises to partners. “Our business is equipped with mote Industry 4.0 in Cambodia The goal is to reach 100 mini- a state-of-the-art business man- by developing traditional busi- mart locations and 300 mobile agement system that can handle nesses into digital businesses to marts by the end of the year. both online and offline transac- boost sales, increasing household CEO Leng Kerry told The Post tions. The company’s vision in incomes and expand the business on Monday that the company 2020 is to build 100 mini-marts to partners,” Kerry said. currently has 15 mini-marts and and 300 mobile marts across Ung Phalla, general manager of 20 mobile marts in Phnom Penh. Cambodia,” Kerry said. the Piaggio unit of RMA (Cambo- He said the improvement in eco- He said Riich Express’ business dia) Plc which supplies the firm nomic growth, an increase in de- model serves to generate revenue with vehicles, said the Riich Ex- mand and a shift in the attitude of for the business community, with press brand of mobile marts will be the Cambodian consumers towards about 30 per cent of the products a major driver of sales and distri- shopping in supermarkets are the sold in its mini-marts comprising bution in the capital’s suburbs and main reasons for the decision. local products conforming to hy- in remote areas. Riich Express is a small supermar- giene and high-quality standards. “The company will strive to devel- ket or convenience store equipped It also stocks imported prod- op the exterior design and security with state-of-the-art technology ucts and many well-known systems to be strong and durable such as EPOS (eCommerce Point of brands, he said. and contribute to Riich Express in Sale) and eCommerce technology Riich Express is now collaborating creating jobs for people,” he said. Riich Express currently has 15 mini-marts and 20 mobile marts in Phnom Penh. SUPPLIED 8 THE PHNOM PENH POST september 22, 2020 www.phnompenhpost.com Business Keppel Capital Japan mulls tax breaks for int’l firms to explore Asia IMING to raise Japan’s status as a global financial centre, infrastructure the government and ruling parties plan to study a sys- investments temA to encourage the entry of over- seas financial institutions and the hir- SINGAPORE conglomerate Keppel ing of foreign finance professionals. Corp Ltd announced on Monday that The main pillars of this system its asset management arm, Keppel would be reducing corporate and Capital Holdings Pte Ltd, entered a inheritance taxes, as well as beef- strategic cooperation with the Nation- ing up English-language support for al Pension Service of Korea (NPS) to business licensing procedures. explore investment opportunities for With Prime Minister Yoshihide private infrastructure in Asia. Suga eager to expand the hiring of The cooperation will bring togeth- financial specialists, the govern- er the asset management expertise of ment is hurrying to prepare the nec- both NPS, the world’s third largest essary environment. pension fund, and Keppel Capital. The opaqueness of the tax system It will also leverage the Keppel is considered a major barrier for for- group’s track record and ability to eign financial institutions looking to develop, operate and maintain com- expand into Japan. plex real assets such as energy and For example, performance-based environmental infrastructure, includ- executive compensation paid by ing renewables and related technol- asset management companies may ogy solutions, urban development not be deductible in Japan, due to and connectivity solutions. reasons such as large fluctuations in Beyond infrastructure, the tie-up the amounts. will also create potential collabora- This leaves companies unable to tion opportunities across the other reduce their taxable income, which asset classes where Keppel Capital is raises their corporate tax burden. active, such as real estate and data Faced with pressure from financial centres, and other new sectors, such institutions to revise the system, the as senior living, said Keppel Corp. With Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga eager to expand the hiring of financial specialists, the Japanese government is hurrying to government and ruling parties plan prepare the necessary environment. POOL/AFP Keppel Capital CEO Christina Tan to study how to clarify the inclusion said: “Notwithstanding the current rules. This would make it easier for seas before someone comes to Ja- In principle, procedures for licens- tional security law has raised the challenging macroeconomic environ- foreign asset management compa- pan exempt from inheritance taxes. ing asset management companies possibility of an outflow of profes- ment, we are confident that by working nies to do business in Japan. The Liberal Democratic Party’s spe- and other businesses are carried out sionals from what has been Asia’s together with a world-class and like- Foreign professionals are also ex- cial committee on foreign workers in Japanese, which is an obstacle to leading financial hub. minded institutional investor, we will tremely wary of Japan’s inheritance plans to compile proposals on hiring companies seeking to enter Japan. On Wednesday, Suga ordered Min- be able to synergise and tap on each tax. When a foreigner who has lived in financial professionals to submit to The agency’s budget request for ister of Finance Taro Aso, who holds other’s expertise and capabilities, given Japan for a certain period of time dies, the government within the month. fiscal 2021 is expected to include the finance portfolio in the Cabinet, that we both embrace a value-oriented his or her overseas assets are also sub- The Financial Services Agency plans funding to hire lawyers who speak to accelerate the study of how to raise shareholder focus and disciplined ject to inheritance tax, so it is com- to call for revisions to the corporate English and have experience in fi- Japan’s status as a financial centre. approach to investment.” monly said among wealthy foreigners and inheritance tax systems in its tax nancial law. The supervision and in- Domestically, the Tokyo metropol- The latest tie-up builds on an earlier that one should “never die in Japan”, reform requests for fiscal 2021. spection of foreign financial institu- itan and Fukuoka city governments commitment by NPS to Keppel Capi- and many balk at coming here to live. The government also plans to im- tions could switch from Japanese to have policies for attracting foreign tal’s private infrastructure initiative. Among the issues to be studied is prove English-language support for English by the end of the year. financial institutions. THE YOMIURI SHIM- It is not expected to have a mate- whether to make assets held over- administrative procedures. In addition, the Hong Kong na- BUN (JAPAN)/ASIA NEWS NETWORK rial impact on Keppel Corp’s net tan- gible assets or earnings per share for the current financial year. Since the start of 2020, Keppel Capital, has achieved several key milestones across asset classes, said Keppel Corp. VN private banks ask for higher credit quota Besides the launch of an Asian-fo- cussed infrastructure fund, the firm DESPITE a credit slowdown in the first banks’ mobilised capital increased by growth. Techcombank, VIB, VPBank, the SBV had loosened credit growth lim- rolled out a private credit fund and an half of this year, some private commer- 5.31 per cent while loans grew only TPBank and Sacombank were its for some banks, but the credit growth Indonesian logistics property venture, cial banks have still asked the central by 3.45 per cent in the period. approved to raise their credit growth of the entire banking system would be and partnered with Australian Unity to bank, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) However, banks said loans often limits to 19-23 per cent. less than 10 per cent this year. establish funds aimed at the Australian for a credit growth expansion to pre- increase sharply at the end of the year Despite the expansion, a report of Analysts from Saigon Securities metropolitan office sector, it said. pare for a peak lending season expect- when capital demands of both firms BIDV Securities Company (BSC) esti- Incorporation (SSI) estimated an In July, Keppel Capital entered the ed at the end of the year. and individuals surge significantly to mated the credit growth of the entire even lower rate. SSI’s recent report on Chinese data centre market when a According to the SBV’s policy, it prepare for the country’s holidays banking system this year would be the outlook for the banking industry fund managed by its unit invested 1.5 assigns an annual credit growth quo- and festivals. only nine per cent, compared with in the second half of this year, fore- billion ringgit ($364 million) in a data ta for each bank depending on busi- Finance expert Huynh Trung Minh the 13 per cent rate last year. cast credit growth in 2020 could be centre project in Huizhou, Guang- ness performance and bad debt said it is feasible for the SBV to loosen Banks have been reducing the pro- around 7.5-8.5 per cent. dong province, it added. ratios to control lending of the entire the credit growth limits for banks, but portion of lending to individuals and The analysts said the credit demand On the Singapore Exchange, Keppel banking system and ensure money they must ensure to lend only to small- and medium-sized enterprises may weaken further as the country Corp’s share price fell S$0.09 supply and inflation control as tar- effective projects. (SMEs) while focusing on large-sized continues to suffer impact stemming (US$0.066) or 2.10 per cent to close geted by the government. SBV has also recently expanded businesses with good resistance against from the pandemic while banks, at S$4.19 on Monday for a market The credit growth in the first half of credit growth limits for some banks the Covid-19 pandemic, BSC noted. especially large-sized ones, may not capitalisation of S$7.615 billion, with this year is only half of the same peri- with healthy business performance Sharing the same view, Vietcombank lower their credit granting standards. 2.39 million shares traded. THE STRAITS od of last year. SBV’s statistics showed to boost the country’s economic Securities Company (VCBS) also said VIET NAM NEWS/ASIA NEWS NETWORK TIMES (SINGAPORE)/ASIA NEWS NETWORK TH Group rolls out largest dairy cow project in Vietnam’s Central Highlands Vietnamese conglomerate TH Group two farming models, one of which is TH Group will continue to pursue JSC began the construction of a high- a cluster of farms spanning 60ha and the close-loop production system in tech, concentrated dairy cow project 378ha, and the other model involves the project, and plans to roll out simi- in Mo Rai commune, Sa Thay district local farmers breeding dairy cows lar projects in the Mekong Delta prov- in the Central Highlands province of through high-tech cooperatives. ince of An Giang – which borders Cam- Kon Tum late last week. The farm cluster is set to raise bodia’s Takeo and Kandal provinces Mo Rai shares a border with Taveng 100,000 cows, using cutting-edge – and the northern mountainous prov- district’s eastern Taveng Loeu com- technology from Israel. ince of Cao Bang, aiming to expand its mune and Andong Meas district’s Meanwhile, the linkage model tar- cow herd to 400,000 by 2025. Nhang commune in Cambodia’s gets 20,000 cows, with the participa- It operates in Cambodia through sub- Ratanakkiri province. tion of about 2,000-4,000 households sidiaries such as TH CVS Co Ltd, the With dairy cow farms and a milk in Sa Thay district and adjacent areas. master franchisee of US convenient processing plant, the project, worth 2.54 Farmers will receive support in access- store chain Circle K in the Kingdom, and trillion dong ($110 million), is the largest ing bank loans to buy dairy cows and United Auto Trading Co Ltd, the official of its kind in the Central Highlands. build breeding facilities, and in vet- and exclusive Chevrolet distributor. VIET With dairy cow farms and a milk processing plant, the project, worth 2.54 trillion dong Covering 441ha, the project features erinary medicine and milk sales. NAM NEWS/ASIA NEWS NETWORK ($110 million), is the largest of its kind in the Central Highlands. THMILK.VN/VIET NAM NEWS THE PHNOM PENH POST SEPTEMBER 22 , 2020 www.phnompenhpost.com 9

www.phnompenhpost.com/post-focus Agri-business Sela peppers the global market with spicy Memot commodity A young Cambodian entrepreneur took a gamble to promote the pepper grown in Tbong Khmum province in a competitive global market hungry for the spice. Five years later, she takes huge pride in her company’s continued success.

has a large area for growing pepper. Around 75 per cent of the pepper used in the Kingdom comes from Memot,” Sopha, the founder and director of Sela Pepper, told The Post. Cambodia’s tropical climate permits pepper plantations to flourish year-round in fertile provinces other than Kampot – such as Kampong Cham, Kep and Ratanakkiri – where cultiva- tors produce quality spicy pepper usinesswoman for both the domestic and export Soeng Sopha took up markets. an unusual chal- Farmers in the Kingdom pro- lenge when looking duce high-grade GI – “geographi- Bto prove that the black pepper cal indication” – pepper that is from Tbong Khmum prov- certified by the EU. GI identi- ince’s Memot district is every fies and protects a product’s bit as good as that produced geographical origin. in other parts of the Kingdom. Sela’s production facility But when you are compet- is involved in the farming, The sprawling Sela Pepper factory is located in Tbong Khmum province’s Memot district. ing with the world-renowned harvesting, cleaning and Kampot pepper brand famous drying of the pepper, as Its products are exported to For centuries regarded as traditional crops such as cassava for its taste and quality, that is well as the packaging and Europe, the US, South Korea, “the king of spices”, pepper is and cashew nuts, say experts. easier said than done. distribution of the high- Japan, Taiwan and Germany, the most traded spice in the Sela Pepper has installed However, some five years quality finished product. while plans are in the pipeline global market due to the strong state-of-the-art equipment to later, and with plenty of deter- And the to ship to new markets. demand for a commodity com- improve production efficiency. mination and the help of foreign company works “Everyone asks me why I did monly used to enhance flavour Its processing facility has the investors, Sopha – a Business with around 600 not set up a processing factory in almost all cuisines across the capacity to produce 1.5 tonnes Administration graduate from families in the in Kampot province instead world. of pepper in one hour, while be- Pannasastra University of Cam- district by pro- of Memot district. I reply that According to Global Trade ing able to steam sterilise 600kg bodia – has achieved her goal. viding techni- while Kampot pepper already publication on December 25 of pepper and process 500kg The young entrepreneur took cal assistance had a market, the pepper last year, Vietnam remains of ground pepper in the same the bold step of establishing the in producing grown in other areas – espe- the world’s top producer, with amount of time. Sela Pepper Co Ltd in 2015 in the crop. cially Memot pepper – had 273,000 tonnes of pepper, fol- The company has also set up the eastern province’s Memot The factory yet to have one. lowed by Indonesia with 88,000 the industrial-scale Sela Pepper district – which now produces produces 25 “Even most Cambodians tonnes, while Brazil is ranked Science and Technology Centre around 100 tonnes of black different prod- do not know that pep- third with 80,000 tonnes. in Memot district to conduct pepper annually. ucts, from black, per grows in Memot. Most Due to growing demand for research and development into “Reasons for setting up a red and white people think pepper only pepper in food production and the commodity. pepper processing factory in pepper – as well comes from Kampot province. better returns, a large number The centre helps in the Memot district include the as Kampot salt – However, Memot pepper has of Cambodian farmers have promoting of sustainable fact that the land is fertile and to special food a delicious taste and is very ventured into the cultivation of and climate-resilient farming moist like in Kampot, and it sauces. Soeng Sopha, founder and director of Sela Pepper Co Ltd. spicy,” Sopha said. the spice – shifting away from techniques.

Sela Pepper has become a strong brand after five years in the market. The factory produces 25 different products. The company works closely with local farmers to produce quality pepper. 10 THE PHNOM PENH POST september 22, 2020 www.phnompenhpost.com World Inquiry: Major banks moved Biden calls Trump’s US Supreme Court $2 trillion in ‘suspicious money’ push ‘abuse of power’ ASSIVE sums of WHITE House hopeful Joe – and weigh that nominee allegedly dirty Biden on Sunday branded fairly. But if I win the election, money have Donald Trump’s moves to fill President Trump’s nomina- flowed for years a Supreme Court vacancy less tion should be withdrawn.” Mthrough some of the world’s than two months before the US The president on Satur- largest banking institutions, presidential election an “abuse day said he is going to “move said an international journal- of power”, as some of the presi- quickly” and that he expected ism investigation published dent’s own party also objected. to announce his nominee in on Sunday, which denounced The prospect of an expedit- the coming week and that it shortcomings in sector regu- ed Senate confirmation vote “will be a woman – a very tal- lations. has sparked furious pushback ented, very brilliant woman”. “Profits from deadly drug from Democrats desperate to Biden urged a handful of wars, fortunes embezzled stop Trump moving the court wavering Republican senators from developing countries, lastingly to the right. to “follow your conscience”. and hard-earned savings sto- Two Republican senators The timing of a Senate vote len in a Ponzi scheme were have also registered their op- – before the election or in the all allowed to flow into and out of these financial institu- Voters will not stand for this tions, despite warnings from the banks’ own employees,” abuse of power, this according to the probe from constitutional abuse Buzzfeed News and the In- ternational Consortium of In- position to any rushed vote to lame-duck session immediately vestigative Journalists (ICIJ). replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg, afterwards – remains unclear. The investigation, which the popular liberal justice Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said was led by 108 international JPMorgan Chase was one of the five major banks accused of continuing to move assets of alleged criminals, who died on Friday at 87. no vote should take place before media outlets from 88 dif- even after being prosecuted or convicted for financial misconduct. AFP Biden, speaking on Sunday in the election, and Susan Col- ferent countries, is based on ed them,” wrote US outlet alleged criminals, even after controls”, as well as focused Philadelphia, accused Trump of lins of Maine asserted that the thousands of suspicious activ- Buzzfeed News, in the intro- being prosecuted or convict- on “meeting our responsibili- exercising “raw political power” choice should be left to whoever ity reports (SARs) submitted to duction of its report. ed for financial misconduct. ties and obligations”. by attempting to “ram” through is elected in November. the US Treasury Department’s The documents relate to $2 Buzzfeed News reported: The investigation also high- his court choice amidst a bitter- With Republicans holding 53 financial law enforcement trillion in transactions that “The networks through which lighted the US authorities’ ly fought election campaign. of the 100 Senate seats, Demo- agency, FinCEN, by banks circulated between 1999 and dirty money traverse the lack of power in regulating “I believe voters will make it crats face an uphill battle in from around the world. 2017. world have become vital ar- dirty financial transactions. clear – they will not stand for blocking a Trump nominee. “These documents, com- The investigation points teries of the global economy.” In a statement released this abuse of power, this consti- Either way, politicians in piled by banks, shared with in particular to five major In a statement, Deutsche prior to the investigation’s tutional abuse,” said Biden, who both parties are bracing for the government, but kept banks – JPMorgan Chase, Bank said the ICIJ’s revela- publication, FinCEN said the urged the Senate not to act until a seismic battle in a year that from public view, expose the HSBC, Standard Chartered, tions were “well known” to its “unauthorised disclosure of after the November 3 election. has already seen an impeach- hollowness of banking safe- Deutsche Bank and Bank of regulators. The bank also said SARs is a crime that can im- “If Donald Trump wins the ment vote, the Covid-19 pan- guards, and the ease with New York Mellon – accused of it had “devoted significant re- pact the national security of election, then the Senate demic and a bruising eco- which criminals have exploit- continuing to move assets of sources to strengthening our the United States”. AFP should move on his selection nomic collapse. AFP Judge halts WeChat Top 1% emit double CO2 of poorest 50% download ban in THE richest one per cent of With just 1C of warming so people are responsible for far, Earth is already battling more than twice as much car- more frequent and intense Sino-US tech battle bon pollution as the poorest wildfires, droughts and su- A US judge on Sunday blocked The ruling “is a short-term re- half of the world’s population perstorms rendered more the government’s ban on lief for the plaintiffs, who want- – 3.1 billion people – new powerful by rising seas. WeChat downloads, hours ed to be sure that the app was research showed on Monday. Gore said governments before it was due to take ef- not shut down tonight”, said Despite a sharp decrease in must put the twin challenges fect in an ongoing technology Carl Tobias, a law professor at carbon emissions due to the of climate change and in- and espionage battle between the University of Richmond. pandemic, the world remains equality at the heart of any Washington and Beijing. If the government appeals on pace to warm several de- Covid-19 recovery plan. The Trump Administration and wins, the plaintiffs can grees this century, threat- He said: “It’s clear that the had ordered a ban on down- appeal that decision. “The ening poor and developing carbon-intensive and highly loads of the messaging plat- plaintiffs wanted to just buy nations with the full gamut unequal model of economic form WeChat as well as huge- time,” Tobias said. “It may be of natural disasters and dis- growth over the last 20-30 ly popular video-sharing app very soon that the president placements. years has not benefited the TikTok, both owned by Chi- is no longer the president.” An analysis led by Oxfam poorest half of humanity. nese companies. Both bans As President Donald Trump showed that between 1990 and “It’s a false dichotomy to have now been suspended. seeks a breakthrough with 2015 when annual emissions suggest that we have to choose A California court ruling voters to win a second term in ballooned 60 per cent, that between economic growth said it granted a “motion the November 3 election, he rich nations were responsible The richest one per cent of people are responsible for more than twice as and [fixing] the climate crisis.” much carbon pollution as the poorest half of the world’s population. AFP for a nationwide injunction has increasingly put national for depleting nearly a third of Commenting on the Ox- against the implementation” security and his aggressive Earth’s carbon budget. of the one per cent’s emis- and least responsible.” fam report, Hindou Ouma- of the government order on stance toward China at the The carbon budget is the sions was three times that of The 2015 Paris climate deal rou Ibrahim, an environment WeChat, with the judge citing centre of his campaign. limit of cumulative green- the poorest half of humanity. commits nations to limit glob- activist and president of the concerns over free speech. He regularly accuses Demo- house gas emissions mankind Tim Gore, head of policy, ad- al temperature rise to “well Association for Indigenous The order would have slowed cratic opponent Joe Biden of may produce before render- vocacy and research, said: “It’s below” two degrees Celsius Women and Peoples of Chad, WeChat down and made it weakness toward Beijing. ing catastrophic temperature not just that extreme economic above pre-industrial levels. said climate change could not unusable in the US for video The president on Saturday said rises unavoidably. inequality is divisive in our so- But emissions have contin- be tackled without prioritis- chats with family and friends, he had approved a deal allowing Just 63 million people – the cieties, it’s not just that it slows ued to rise since then, and ing economic equality. according to experts. Silicon Valley giant Oracle to be- “one per cent” – took up nine the rate of poverty reduction. several analyses have warned She said: “My indigenous Owned by technology giant come data partner for TikTok to per cent of the carbon budget “But there is also a third that without a thoroughly peoples have long borne the Tencent, WeChat has around avert a shutdown of that app. since 1990, research conduct- cost which is that it depletes re-tooled global economy brunt of environmental de- 19 million active daily users The deal, announced by the ed for Oxfam by the Stockholm the carbon budget solely for prioritising green growth, struction. in the US. companies, includes Walmart Environment Institute found. the already affluent growing the pollutions savings due to “Now is the time to listen, to When contacted, Tencent as a commercial partner and Highlighting an ever-wid- their consumption. Covid-19 will have an insig- integrate our knowledge, and declined to comment on the would create a new US compa- ening “carbon inequality”, the “And that, of course, has the nificant mitigating impact on to prioritise saving nature to ruling. ny named TikTok Global. AFP analysis said the growth rate worse impacts on the poorest climate change. save ourselves.” AFP THE PHNOM PENH POST september 22, 2020 www.phnompenhpost.com 11 ASEAN Thai activists’ plaque Indonesia deploying medical scrapped after calls interns to Covid-19 front lines for monarchy reform NDONESIAN Minister A PLAQUE installed on the expressed the intention that of Health Terawan Agus weekend by activists in Bang- this country belongs to the Putranto is in hot water kok declaring Thailand people and not the king.” because of a recent com- “belongs to the people” was At its installation during Sat- Iment about having deployed removed on Monday, after a urday’s protest, prominent thousands of medical interns show of force by pro-democ- activist Parit Chiwarak shout- to the front lines of the nation’s racy protesters calling for the ed “Down with feudalism, long Covid-19 treatment efforts. royal family to stay out of the live the people”, as the crowd He said last week: “We still country’s politics. cheered. have 3,500 interns and 800 The kingdom has seen near- The new medallion referenced Nusantara Sehat [Archipelago daily protests for the past two the original brass one embed- Health programme] workers – months led by students ded for decades in the grounds In addition to 685 volunteers demanding the resignation of of Bangkok’s Royal Plaza. such as lung specialists, an- Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o- It commemorated the end of aesthetists, internists, general cha, a former army chief who royal absolutism in 1932 after practitioners and nurses – masterminded the 2014 coup. a revolution that transitioned who are ready to be deployed Some 30,000 demonstrators the kingdom into a constitu- and to help if a larger work- rallied on Saturday close to tional monarchy. force is needed.” Bangkok’s Grand Palace – But it mysteriously disap- He said 16,286 medical in- where organisers took a peared in 2017 – after King terns and volunteers had al- stronger line on monarchical Maha Vajiralongkorn took ready been deployed to Covid- reform – before installing a power following the death of 19 referral hospitals and labs. commemorative “People’s his father – replaced with one His statement, the latest of Plaque” the morning after. bearing a reminder for Thais his comments to attract pub- But by Monday, the plaque to remain loyal to the “nation, lic criticism, followed reports had vanished. religion, king”. that more than 100 doctors “I heard it’s missing and The largely leaderless youth- had died of Covid-19 and The Indonesian government pays interns assigned to the western part of the country 3.15 million rupiah we’re investigating the case,” organised movement, partly ($214) per month and those in the eastern part 3.6 million rupiah per month. AFP growing concerns that the Bangkok’s deputy police chief inspired by Hong Kong’s pro- nation’s healthcare system doctors-to-be have decided last month at a Covid-19 re- for patients without – symp- Piya Tawichai said. democracy protests, is calling was facing collapse. to put off their internships. In ferral hospital in East Java, a tomatic patients do not always The almost-immediate for Prayut’s government to be In the Indonesian system, addition, graduates who have hotbed of contagion in the end up in the right place, said removal of the plaque “reflects dissolved, a rewrite of the 2017 recent medical graduates must tested positive for Covid-19, country, said she could have the intern, who was assigned the fact that arch-royalists are military-scripted constitution, sign up for a one-year intern- are pregnant or have comor- started the internship in May to the non-Covid-19 section. not only incensed by demands and for authorities to stop “har- ship after passing a national bidities are currently prohib- but had decided to postpone. She said she saw about three for monarchical reform but are assing” political opponents. competency exam. The intern- ited from taking part in the The intern, who wished to re- suspected or probable Covid- not going to put up with any Some factions within the ship is split between a hospital programme. main anonymous, said she put 19 cases each shift and that symbols that even reflect movement – including the and a community health cen- Only about 60 per cent of the the programme off after learn- many patients who visited the opposition to the palace”, said organisers of the weekend tre (Puskesmas), and each seg- quota was filled for the first ing that it required doctors to non-Covid-19 section of the Paul Chambers of Naresuan demonstrations – have also ment is six months long. 2020 internship cohort, which be relocated if necessary. emergency room complained University. called for frank discussions on This period of hands-on began in May, two months The intern said that at her of breathing difficulties. The plaque, placed in the the monarchy, a once-taboo study is required to obtain a Hera Afidjati, 24, who is set historic Sanam Luang field, topic due to tough royal defa- medical licence and to be eli- One specialist doctor can’t be to start her internship later had read: “The people have mation laws. AFP gible for subsequent speciali- this month at another Covid- sation residencies. replaced by a number of general 19 referral hospital in East In response to the pandem- practitioners. It takes many Java, said that with no cer- ic, the government has short- tainty about when the pan- ened the internship period to more years to study the field demic would abate, she had nine months, decreasing the decided to take the risk. length of time spent at hospi- after Indonesia reported its hospital, confirmed Covid-19 Hera felt it was her duty to tals in an attempt to minimise first Covid-19 cases, said the patients had to be attended to help address the outbreak, interns’ exposure to Covid-19. Indonesian Doctor Internship exclusively by staff doctors. But but she hoped the govern- In the programme, interns Committee (KIDI), a team as the interns were assigned ment would come up with treat patients under the su- appointed by the ministry to to the emergency room, they better solutions, including by pervision of doctors. The oversee the programme. would have little idea whether identifying the root causes of government pays interns as- However, the numbers im- the patients they were treating medical workers’ deaths. signed to the western part of proved in August and Sep- had the virus until the patients “One specialist doctor can’t the country 3.15 million ru- tember. Some 3,100 people were tested. be replaced by a number of piah ($214) per month and enrolled out of the 3,400- Even though the nation’s general practitioners. It takes those in the eastern part 3.6 intern quota, KIDI chairman emergency rooms have been many more years to study the million rupiah per month. Robby Pattiselanno said. divided into two sections – field, and the competencies But facing the uncertainty A 25-year-old doctor-to-be one for patients with apparent are different,” she said. THE JA- Protest leaders installed a commemorative ‘People’s Plaque’, which of the pandemic, many young who started her internship Covid-19 symptoms and one KARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK had vanished by Monday. AFP Personnel training begins for HCMC’s first metro route

TRAINING of personnel who will both theoretical and practical training. This month HURC 1 had announced operate and manage Ho Chi Minh The 10 best trainees would be sent the recruitment of 19 technicians and City’s (HCMC’s) metro line No 1 has to Japan for a further two-week train- 300 station staff. begun, said HCMC Urban Railway Co ing course, Maur said. The former will be trained for more Ltd No 1 (HURC 1). Pham Thi Thu Thao, the only wom- than one year and the latter for 22 Construction of the city’s first met- an out of the 58 trainees, said every- months. ro route between Ben Thanh Market one is eager to complete theoretical Hoang Ngoc Tuan of MAUR said the in District 1 and Suoi Tien Theme training by the middle of next year and city needs thousands of staff to oper- Park in District 9 is expected to be go to Hanoi for hands-on training on ate and manage its other metro lines finished in the next few months. the Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban railway. in future. In April, HURC 1 recruited 58 candi- She said: “I really like this job and Line No 1 is expected to begin oper- dates to operate the trains, calling for so I am determined to complete the ations by the end of next year. candidates aged 21-35 who have at course to become one of the first It will have 14 stations, three of them least graduated from high school, with train drivers in the city.” underground. There will be 17 trains priority given to graduates of the train HURC 1 director Le Minh Triet said with three coaches each. They will run driving and operation, railway signal in July a trip was organised for the at a maximum speed of 110km above information and engineering schools. trainees to the Suoi Tien station and ground and 80km underground. The training is free, and the trainees’ train maintenance workshop and Each train can carry around 930 board and lodging expenses are covered. dispatch centre at the Long Binh passengers, including 783 standees. The 19-month course organised by the Depot in District 9. The trains will be extended to six HCMC Management Authority for The 10 most outstanding trainees coaches if there is enough demand. Urban Railways (Maur) began in mid- will be selected to become office The first train is expected to arrive Training of personnel who will operate and manage Ho Chi Minh City’s metro line No 1 July, with lecturers from the College of managers or trainers after commer- in the city from Japan next month. has begun. NHANDAN.COM.VN/VIET NAM NEWS Railways and Japanese experts providing cial operations begin. VIET NAM NEWS/ASIA NEWS NETWORK 12 THE PHNOM PENH POST september 22, 2020 www.phnompenhpost.com Opinion Adult education in Cambodia: www.phnompenhpost.com

EDITORIAL PERSONNEL Publisher & Chief Executive Offi cer Ly Tayseng Challenges and the way forward Executive Editor-in-Chief Joshua Purushotman Managing Editor Post Khmer Opinion Sam Rith Neak Piseth Deputy Chief of Staff Phak Seangly Business Editor AMPANT sporadic civil wars May Kunmakara and conflicts had all but Deputy Business Editor brought education in Cam- Sangeetha Amarthalingam bodia to a standstill, most notablyR so during the Pol Pot regime. Deputy Head of Lifestyle Desk Pan Simala Once known as one of the most Senior Reporters powerful empires during the Angko- Meas Sokchea, Niem Chheng rean era, the Kingdom is now a devel- Reporters oping country nestled in the South- Khouth Sophak Chakrya, Kim Sarom, east Asian region. Long Kimmarita, Khorn Savi, Hin Pisei, There is no doubt in the selfless Soth Koemsoeun, Voun Dara, Sous Yamy, efforts taken by the Royal Government Thou Vireak of Cambodia to rehabilitate education to be more robust and prosperous giv- Photographers en that it is one of the most vital sectors Heng Chivoan, Hong Menea, Hean Rangsey to leverage economic growth through Web Editor human resource development. Leang Phannara In the same vein, adult education Webmasters will play a crucial role in developing Sous Chanthy, Pang Vichea SIEM REAP BUREAU human resources and driving the Offi ce Manager Kingdom’s economy across the threshold to become an upper-mid- Sophearith Blondeel Education is a vital sector to leverage economic growth through human resource development. UNESCO INSTITUTE FOR LIFELONG LEARNING PRODUCTION & PRINTING dle-income country by 2030 and a Head of Desktop Publishing high-income country by 2050. vant stakeholders have established ownership, traditional culture and What is more, NGOs such as the Nhim Sokphyrak At the World Education Forum held community learning centres (CLCs) mindsets that give less value to learn- National Federation of UNESCO Associ- Desktop Publishing in Senegal in April 2000, approxi- and other learning avenues to pro- ing, and low living standards. ations in Japan (NFUAJ), DVV Interna- Suon Savatdy, Chum Sokunthy, Danh Borath mately 1,100 participants from 164 mote adult, informal and non-formal Remarkably, the issue of constrained tional, NGO Education Partnership Tep Thoeun Thyda, Tim Borith, Than Veasna countries adopted the Dakar Frame- education in Cambodia. community and learner participation (NEP) in Cambodia, Mith Samlanh and work for Action: Meeting Our Collec- Moreover, various educational pro- in CLCs is one of the most predomi- other organisations are actively working HEAD OFFICE tive Commitment. grammes have been rolled out in nant and has a significant impact on to empower and develop the sub-sector. They pledged their commitment to CLCs to promote adult education, adult education. Without their mean- Increasing the allocated national achieving Education For All (EFA) by addressing functional literacy, post- ingful involvement and participation, budget for adult education is also 2015 and reaffirming the goals of the literacy, re-entry, accelerated learn- efforts to support adult education will vital to promoting research in the Post Media Co, Ltd. 1990 Jomtien Conference. ing, basic education equivalency and be lacklustre, leaving learning facilities field, improving physical infrastruc- The Elements Condominium Level 7, The Dakar Framework lists six main income generation. on the brink of shutting down. tures and ensuring conducive envi- Hun Sen Boulevard, Phum Prek Talong, goals of education that serve as a spear- However, the current situation of One of the main lingering challenges ronments, updating teaching curric- Sangkat Chak Angre Krom,12353, Phnom head for all participants to attain EFA. adult education in Cambodia remains is formulating practical policies and ulums, as well as establishing Penh, Cambodia These are – to expand early child- stagnant and is wracked with loop- guidelines to properly implement adult strategies and guidelines to enhance Tel: 023 888 161, 023 888 162 hood care and education; to provide holes. 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After all, knowledgeable people are James Ong Soon Teck In this line, the Cambodian govern- equitable quality education the main driving force behind the Advertising Department ment has put forth their concerted and promote lifelong learning evolution of adult education and they Chap Narith, 017 996 241 efforts into realising the EFA goals by ensure equitable quality education Hun Channet, 017 578 768 setting up six working groups – Early opportunities for all and promote lifelong learning oppor- Prach Monnyreak, 012 123 7777 Childhood Care and Education; Pri- tunities for all. 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Yim Veasna, 015 814 499 Young People and Adults; and Litera- grammes. To its credit, the government ADMINISTRATION cy for Youth and Adults. Other barriers include an inade- adopted the Law on Education in The writer is the founder of The Way of Admin & HR Manager The Ministry of Education, Youth quate understanding of the signifi- 2007 and National Policy on Lifelong Life-Cambodia and is pursuing his Master’s Pich Socheat Degree in Non-Formal Education from the Assistants to Admin & HR Manager and Sport’s Department of Non-For- cance of CLCs, participants’ unclear Learning last year to foster adult edu- Department of Lifelong Learning, Faculty Nhel Soaphea mal Education in collaboration with career paths, limited funding, family cation and improve the overall trajec- of Education, Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. Financial Director developing partners and other rele- burdens, lack of commitment and tory of education in the Kingdom. 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Kheng Sokkunthea personal or health reasons to perform the whole chip-mak- UN Channy, a for- ing process. mer farmer from Channy says: “Currently, I Battambang prov- have eight people working ince, stared at in my small workshop in the Nbunches of leftover bananas in district. They’re housewives her backyard, wondering how who handle 150 bunches of she was going to make ends bananas daily, which equals meet without customers. around 70kg. Channy lives in rural Samlot “They are involved in the district, one of the last Khmer peeling, slicing, deep fry- Rouge strongholds and an ing, weighing and packaging area where mostly everyone process.” An employee at the Reacheny banana chip workshop deep-fries a batch of freshly sliced Nam Va bananas. supplied farms for a living. Not satisfied with her suc- to the low levels of rain. Not wanting to waste the cess, she kept tinkering and “Actually, banana trees don’t fruit harvested with her blood working to improve her prod- need a lot of water. Just some and sweat, Channy thought uct. Last year, she separated intermittent rain will make it about different ways to use her workshop from her home good for the crops. But this the unwanted fruits. and upgraded it before tin- year, it’s dry,” she says. She says: “I didn’t throw them kering with new flavours. Channy sourced the fruits away or leave them to rot. I sud- “I make chips by experi- from elsewhere and kept pro- denly thought of slicing and menting with different meth- ducing the chips. She wants deep-frying them. The first ods and ingredients. I didn’t them to be available year-round chips came out so crispy and stick to what other people and hopes to export them to tasty that I shared them among usually do,” says Channy. the international market. my relatives and neighbours.” Reacheny banana chips are “Now we only sell the chips People complimented Chan- now available in four flavours in Cambodia, but my dream ny on the unique taste and tex- to satisfy the taste buds of lo- is that Reacheny banana chips ture of her banana chips and cals, foreigners, kids and adults. reach market shelves overseas. soon came asking for more. “Our banana chips stand “For now, it is an honour “I never thought that the out due to our creativity. The that our banana chips have snack I made to share in the regular sweet banana chips been purchased by people village would become some- are commonplace. around the country including thing I could sell. I got so “Many people make them, by the departments of Agri- Banana chips are common in the Kingdom but Reacheny stands out by offering four different flavours. supplied many orders that I couldn’t so we created more recipes. We culture; Commerce, and the resist selling these chips.” developed four different tastes “We make banana chips for bigger and more fruits. How- fruit itself plays the key role in US embassy with very satis- In 2017, Channy decided to to choose from – regular, spicy profit, but we also prioritise ever, the flesh of the banana yielding good taste. fied feedback,” she says. make banana chips for sale un- and sour, salty with Kaffir lime consumers’ health. I kept try- is spongy, which is not good “We need the right level of Aside from supermarkets and der the name “Reacheny” which leaves, and sweet,” she says. ing until I got the right recipe for making chips. heat to make the chips crispy retail stores, Reacheny banana means “Queen” in Khmer. The chips, which are now which is healthy, natural and “In the mountainous area and of the right colour. The chips can be bought in Phnom She stopped planting crops available nationwide in su- tasty. It can last longer than a of Samlot, the soil is just right cooking oil we use just once. Penh at Co-creative coffee (Psar and started buying “Nam Va” permarkets, are packaged in few weeks without chemicals for this banana. The flesh of We don’t cook with used Thmey, Tuol Kork districts), bananas from other villagers either plastic bags or neatly or preservatives,” she says. the banana is firm and per- cooking oil,” she says. Dumbo coffee (Chamkar Daung to supply a small workshop designed paper packages. The deliciousness of the fect for thin slices and crispy The banana chips are deep- district), Tech Cafe (Daun Penh she set up in her hometown The 300g plastic bags sold chips is a result of Channy’s chips,” she says. fried twice to create the ideal district), Leak Lounge (Daun at Sung commune’s Kanh by vendors cost 7,000 riel skill in choosing the right type Channy picks matured but texture and they can be kept Penh district) and KOC (BKK, Chang village in the district. ($1.75). The same-sized pa- of fruit based on geography not overripe bananas. for up to two months in Chroy Changvar districts). Her banana chips hobby per-packaged bags available and her carefully managed “The regular one produces their package. Once they’re For more information about soon grew into an enterprise in supermarkets cost 8,000 stages of preparation. a simple natural taste. We opened, they should be con- Reacheny banana chips, con- with employees. riel. Small plastic bags of ba- “When you plant Nam Va just deep fry the thin slices sumed within 24 hours. tact Channy at nunchanny@ She hires women who can- nana chips sold at schools or banana trees in the red soil without adding anything. The This year has been a challenge gmail.com or call 0966064032 not work in the farms for for children cost 500 riel. of Samlot, the plant yields natural quality of the banana for Reacheny banana chips due or 017919514.

Owner Nun Channy (not pictured) prefers firm Nam Va bananas grown in Samlot’s mountainous region. supplied The chips are available nationwide in supermarkets and Channy hopes to export them in the future. supplied 14 THE PHNOM PENH POST september 22, 2020 www.phnompenhpost.com Lifestyle Thinking caps

French butchers are known for their savvy knife skills. Victor Dumas, a young butcher, says they can produce 40 different slices of meat from one beef carcass. afp Young French butcher seeks to carve out UNESCO distinction ICTOR DUMAS bours would join his family- California next year, when he is convinced that butchered animals at their also aims to officially submit his his fellow French farm in the rolling hills east of UNESCO application. butchers wield their Lyon in southeast France. “Victor represents all the knivesV unlike any others, and His job was to crank the hand butchers who adapt accord- “WELL-RECEIVED” is hoping the UN will agree grinder for making sausages. ing to tastes and seasons,” said they deserve pride of place at “When we would kill a pig, Mathieu Pecqueur, head of the ACROSS 49 Have birthdays pile up 26 Edible root the global culinary table. it was our annual party,” he Culture Viande industry body. 1 Milky-white gem 57 Insect’s final stage 27 Not docked Dumas, 21, has been tour- said. “It was incredibly fes- “The French art of prepar- 5 Current measures 58 Casa kitchen crock 28 MGM mascot ing France for the past year in tive, and in one day we would ing meat is recognised in 9 Abnormal breathing sounds 59 Oratorio piece 29 Fine and liberal things a campaign to win recognition fill the entire larder.” countries worldwide,” added 14 Baby doll’s word 60 Stable female 30 Vintage of his skills from the UNESCO He began his studies at 15 and Dominique Langlois, presi- 15 Empty truck’s weight 61 Flow gradually through cracks 31 Introduction or preface cultural agency, which curates is now apprenticing to learn the dent of the Interbev meat and 16 Leave out in pronunciation 62 Honeycomb compartment 32 Uses a darning egg 63 Classic Kilmer poem a list of Intangible Cultural secrets of charcuterie and other livestock association. 17 Skillet material 34 Airline availability 64 “In ___” (actually) Heritage of Humanity. pork delicacies in Aix-les-Bains “In China, where French beef 18 “Put a lid ___!” 35 Aardvark’s quarry 65 Visibly healthy “There’s a really distinct way in the French Alps. has just entered the market, 19 Icy forecast 36 Galaxy component 20 Consider carefully DOWN of carving in France,” he told These days, wearing his we’re being asked to help train 38 Variety headline 23 Pricey 1 Give off 39 In an unconventional manner AFP this week in Paris, where crisp white jacket embroi- people,” he said, referring to 24 Unconscious 2 Introduction to psych-ology? 44 Metallic mixtures he met with chefs as well as dered with “Victor a l’Unesco”, Beijing’s recent lifting of a long- 25 Tries to buy time 3 Crazed way to run 45 Cheese on a cracker fellow butchers known for he can carve and mount a rack standing ban in the wake of the 29 Brown brew 4 Country road 46 Aerie inhabitant their dedication to using ev- of lamb, the quintessential “mad cow” disease scare. 30 Speed, to a DJ 5 Redeems wrongs 47 Gawks at erything from “nose to tail”. centrepiece of a fancy Sunday He hailed Dumas’s cam- 33 Attractive one 6 Tropical ray 48 Makes angry Travelling to Belfast for the lunch, in under 10 minutes. paign, vowing to support the 34 Agra garment 7 Earlier in time (with “to”) 36 Like desert growth 49 Package under the Christmas World Butchers’ Challenge He is preparing to compete Unesco bid “for the next sev- 8 Words before fire or price 37 Makeup swab tree in 2018, where he took third in the world championships in eral years if we have to.” afp 9 Come to one’s aid 40 Ball-___ hammer 50 Arabian chieftain prize in the apprentice cat- 10 Divvy up 41 They may be wild or sown 51 Account of incidents egory, made him realise the 11 In ___ of (replacing) 42 Had the nerve 52 Victory margin, at times French had elevated the age- 12 Paradise lost 43 Stat that concerns pitchers 53 Made for ___ other old craft of carving up ani- 13 Paving block 44 Shipboard direction 54 Vicinity mals to an art. 21 Good-for-nothing 45 Old computer accessories 55 Junior brook “In a beef carcass, we’re go- 46 Keebler character 22 Baby’s complaint 56 Store event ing to come up with 40 dif- 47 College exam type 25 “Land” or “sea” ending ferent cuts . . . whereas others aren’t going to make the most Monday’s solution of the meat” and settle for just five or six pieces, Dumas said. He wants French butchering to be honoured with Chinese calligraphy, Tinian marble- carving and Kazakh yurt con- struction on the UNESCO list. The distinction would bring a welcome boost as the num- Less French butchers have been entering the trade, partly a result of a ber of French artisan butch- cultural shift to diets consisting of less meat. afp ers has been dwindling, in part reflecting a social shift towards eating less meat. But Dumas does not think his profession is in danger. Monday’s solution “People will always need to eat, and more and more are seeking out quality – we saw this during the virus lock- down,” when getting dinner on the table every night sud- denly became a preoccupa- tion for millions. ‘Incredibly festive’ Dumas says he knew his destiny when he was just five, recalling the “human contact The French method of butchering is world-famous. China recently and sharing” when neigh- invited French butchers to the country to teach their art. afp THE PHNOM PENH POST september 22, 2020 www.phnompenhpost.com 15 Sport Brady bounces back, Chiefs survive scare OM Brady bounced reled over from one yard out back with his first to make it 21-0 at halftime. victory with the Panthers running back Tampa Bay Bucca- Christian McCaffrey grabbed neersT on Sunday as Patrick two touchdowns to close the Mahomes led the Kansas gap to 21-14 but a late Four- City Chiefs to a thrilling nette touchdown, rushing overtime victory against the 46 yards to score, made the Los Angeles Chargers. game safe for Tampa Bay. Brady – who suffered a Elsewhere on Sunday, the mauling in a debut loss to the Super Bowl champion Kan- New Orleans Saints last week sas City Chiefs were pushed – showed flashes of his old all the way before snatch- self in a 31-17 victory over the ing a 23-20 overtime victory Carolina Panthers at the Ray- against the Chargers at SoFi mond James Stadium. Stadium in Los Angeles. The six-time Super Bowl The Chargers were forced into champion, who joined Tam- a late change at quarterback pa Bay in March after end- when rookie Justin Herbert was ing a 20-year career with the named to start in place of the New England Patriots, threw injured Tyrod Taylor. for 217 yards with one touch- The 22-year-old dazzled on down from 23 completions. his debut, scoring a touch- “It feels good to win,” Brady down from four yards out af- said afterwards. “It’s going to ter leading a 79-yard opening Tampa Bay quarterback Tom Brady got his first win with his new team. getty images/AFP feel good to watch the film drive, and finishing with 311 and learn. passing yards. back before kicker Greg Zuer- But Dallas, who also trailed ception run back for a touch- therford in New Jersey. “There was a lot of good Herbert’s heroics were not lein nailed a 46-yard field goal 20-0 in the first quarter, saved down on the first drive of the Five 49ers players left the things and definitely things enough to hold off the Chiefs with only four seconds re- their best for last, with a jaw- game, was virtually flawless game with injuries, includ- we can be better at. So it was however, who eventually sealed maining to secure a 40-39 vic- dropping one-handed catch from then on. ing defensive star Nick Bosa, fun to win and we’ve worked victory in overtime with Harri- tory over the Atlanta Falcons. by Amari Cooper from quar- Wilson completed 12 with what was feared to be a hard at winning. We’re going son Butker’s 58-yard field goal. Dallas coach Mike McCa- terback Dak Prescott’s pass straight passes in one span as season-ending knee injury. to take it and we’re going to Mahomes was the saviour rthy, who had been in the sparking the fightback that he connected on 21 of 27 at- San Francisco coach Kyle try to be better next week.” for the Chiefs, engineering firing line after the Cowboys’ ended with the game winner tempts for 288 yards with five Shanahan later revealed play- The Buccaneers had taken the team into field-goal posi- opening-week loss to the Los from Zuerlein, the reliable touchdowns. ers had complained about control of the contest in the tion at the end of regulation, Angeles Rams, looked to be kicker nicknamed “Legatron.” Newton finished 30 for 44, for the “sticky” playing surface at first half, racing into a 14-0 first- allowing Butker to tie the in for more hard questions as Elsewhere the Seattle Sea- 397 yards, one touchdown and the arena. quarter lead with a close-range game at 20-20, before setting the Falcons opened up a 39- hawks thwarted the New Eng- one interception with a pair of “That’s as many knee inju- rushing touchdown from Ron- up the win in overtime. 24 lead in the fourth quarter. land Patriots’ comeback bid, rushing touchdowns before he ries and ankle stuff and people ald Jones before Brady con- Atlanta quarterback Matt stopping Pats quarterback Cam was stymied at the last. getting caught on the turf as nected with Mike Evans from ‘Legatron’ saves Dallas Ryan had been in blistering Newton on the goal line as time There was controversy in the I’ve ever been a part of,” Sha- 23 yards for a second score. Elsewhere on Sunday, the form, tossing four touch- ran out for a 35-30 victory. New York Jets’ 31-13 home de- nahan said. “It was something Newly signed running back Dallas Cowboys produced a downs and no interceptions Seahawks quarterback Rus- feat to the San Francisco 49ers our players were concerned Leonard Fournette then bar- thrilling fourth-quarter fight- for 273 yards. sell Wilson, stung by an inter- at MetLife Stadium in East Ru- about right away.” AFP Davis’ buzzer beater lifts Lakers over Nuggets ANTHONY Davis drained a lead since the first quarter. three-pointer as time expired “We put the effort, we put to seal the Los Angeles Lakers’ the fight,” Jokic said. “Maybe 105-103 victory over the Den- we lost the game, but I think ver Nuggets Sunday for a 2-0 we played well. lead in the NBA Western Con- “Most of the game we were ference finals. down, but we came back again, “People talk about (I’ve) so we’re going to keep our heads never been in this moment up and (go) on to the next one.” before, pressure, am I ready for For Davis, the game-winner it,” Davis said. “I want to take was a career moment for a those shots.” player who sought a trade Davis scored 31 points and from the New Orleans Pelicans pulled down nine rebounds, so he would have a chance to and LeBron James added 11 challenge for an NBA title. rebounds as the Lakers turned “Special moment for a special back the determined Nuggets player,” James said. “It’s not – who had taken a 103-102 lead about making the shot, it’s about on Nikola Jokic’s driving basket having the belief of just taking with 20.8 seconds remaining. it, and living with the result. Jokic scored 11 straight “You’re not going to make points for the Nuggets down them all. Tonight was his the stretch, finishing with 30 moment – Rondo was able to points, six rebounds and nine find him and he knocked it assists to lead Denver. down – big-time play.” Jamal Murray added 25 The only thing that might have points, and the Nuggets bat- made it better, both James and tled in a furious fourth quarter Davis said, was if the big shot but finally came up short. had come at Staples Center Davis and Jokic traded bas- Anthony Davis is congratulated by his teammates after his last-second three-pointer sealed victory for the LA Lakers. getty images/afp before a packed house of Lakers kets down the stretch, Jokic fans instead of in the bubble tipping in a miss from team- a three-pointer, and Murray 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven warmed up and Los Angeles Special moment for Davis where only some friends and mate Murray to put the Nug- blocked a shot by Danny series on Tuesday in the NBA’s put together an 18-3 scoring Murray scored nine of his 25 family of players are in attend- gets up 101-100 with 31.8 sec- Green, giving the Lakers a quarantine bubble in Orlando, run that included a galvaniz- points in a Nuggets surge that ance. onds left, only for Davis to chance to inbound the ball. Florida. ing dunk from Caruso. spanned the third and fourth “I wish we were playing at answer at the other end. Rajon Rondo found Davis, James powered the Lakers The Lakers pushed the lead quarters. Staples,” James said. “I miss After Jokic scored to put the and the All-Star forward drained early, scoring Los Angeles’ first to as many as 16 points in the His reverse layup gave Denver our fans so much. I would Nuggets ahead by one again, the game-winner over Jokic. 12 points. second quarter, but the Nug- an 87-86 lead with 7:26 left in the have loved for him to have that the Lakers’ Alex Caruso missed The Lakers will try to take a But the rest of the Lakers gets never surrendered. fourth quarter – the Nuggets’ first moment.” AFP 16 THE PHNOM PENH POST september 22, 2020 www.phnompenhpost.com Sport Will DeChambeau’s US Open change golf?

HETHER Bryson De- the short-game skill required to max- Chambeau’s US Open imize the advantage in the strategy. victory will revolu- “It’s incredible what he can do out of tionise golf or just give the rough,” English said. “It’s a game aW few people a new edge, it had that we’ve really never seen before. other players talking after Sunday’s “John Daly changed it a little bit dur- final round at Winged Foot. ing his time, Tiger (Woods) changed it Ignoring fears of deep rough in fa- and Bryson is changing it again. It’s vour of pure distance, DeChambeau really impressive what he’s doing.” fired a three-under par 67 to win his McIlroy, hoping to complete a ca- first major title by six strokes, jumping reer Grand Slam at the Masters in No- from ninth to fifth in world rankings. vember, says DeChambeau’s strategy “Revolutionise? Maybe he’s just could pay off at Augusta National. exposing our game,” US player Xan- “I don’t shudder, but if he can do it der Schauffele said. “If he keeps hit- around here, and I’m thinking of Au- ting it further and further, I don’t gusta and thinking of the way you sort see why he wouldn’t be able to win of play there, yeah,” McIlroy said. many more US Opens.” “The game has moved on a lot in DeChambeau’s scientific ap- the last 14 years since the US Open proach, now including a bulked-up has been played here, and you’re body bolstered by protein shakes seeing what the game has become, and exercise over a three-month what he’s doing out there.” coronavirus layoff, has proven a winning formula: drive long, wedge ‘Pretty impressive’ from the rough, sink your putts. McIlroy had been sceptical before, “I don’t really know what to say be- thinking what might work at a PGA cause that’s just the complete opposite Tour event wouldn’t pay off at a ma- of what you think a US Open champi- jor, especially a US Open, due to the on does,” said four-time major winner punitive rough. Rory McIlroy, who shared eighth after “I sort of said, ‘OK, wait until he gets a closing 75 left him 12 adrift. to a proper golf course. He’ll have to “He has found a way to do it. Wheth- rein it back in,’” McIlroy said. “This is er that’s good or bad for the game, I as proper as they come and look what’s don’t know, but it’s just not the way I happened. He has got full belief in what saw this tournament being played. he’s doing and it’s pretty impressive.” “It’s kind of hard to really wrap my South African Louis Oosthuizen, Bryson DeChambeau’s US Open win and scientific approach to his game has other golfers talking about the future of the sport. AFP head around it.” the 2010 British Open champion, saw DeChambeau hit only 23 fairways no hope for the US Golf Association to for the week but also became the first of the hole and hitting it far so you the old-fashioned fairways, like two- but also very effective.” defend a course from DeChambeau. player since 1955 to win with the only can kind of hit a wedge instead of a time major winner Zach Johnson. With new club and ball technology “I don’t think they can set it up for sub-par score in the last round. He 6-iron out of the rough. “If he’s not hitting fairways, the to stress distance and big muscles him,” Oosthuizen said. “I don’t know humbled a course that crushed foes. “The only way to make a golf short game has been very good and to propel them, DeChambeau has what they can do really because he’s “He’s sort of trending in the new course really hard is to firm up the this place is not easy around the “taken advantage of where the game hitting it so far. He’s so strong out of direction of golf,” Schauffele said. greens and grow the rough . . . You’d greens,” Johnson said. is at the minute,” Mcilroy said. the rough and he’s probably one of “Everyone talked about hitting fair- rather be the guy in the rough with a “Is it the proper way? I don’t know, “Whether that’s good or bad, it’s the best putters out there. ways. It’s not about hitting fairways. lob wedge than with an 8-iron.” but it’s a way to play. And it’s not just the way it is.” “He went out on this journey, and he’s It’s about hitting on the correct side Then there are those who settle for wrong at all. It’s just very different Harris English, fourth on 283, notes pulling it off. He’s playing great.” afp Toyota negotiate Le Mans ‘roller coaster’ to third victory

TOYOTA claimed their third due to Covid-19. and 36 pit stops after setting seems we have a bit more luck speed with this very complicated but we weren’t expecting to consecutive Le Mans 24 Hour Kazuki Nakajima, sharing off from third on the grid at than the other guys,” said and fast race car,” said Hartley. have this sort of problem.” title on Sunday after negotiat- the driving with Swiss Sebast- the famed endurance race’s Nakajima, in reference to Toy- It was by no means all plain In fourth, and last place in ing a “roller coaster” 88th edi- ien Buemi and New Zealand- La Sarthe circuit. ota’s second entry. sailing for the 2020 victors, as the elite LMP1 race’s five-car tion of the motorsport classic er Brendon Hartley, took the “Our race was a real roller Driven by Briton Mike Con- Buemi related. grid came Rebellion’s other car, staged without its usual quar- chequered flag at 1230 GMT, coaster, but everyone did a way, Japanese Kamui Kobayashi with the Enzo of Tom Dillmann, ter of a million diehard fans precisely one day, 387 laps fantastic job and sometimes it and Argentine Jose-Maria Lopez, ‘Luck began to turn’ Bruno Spengler and Oliver the No7 Toyota had set out from “We had lots of problems Webb retiring after 97 laps. pole and was looking good for after the start with especially As the only constructor in victory at the halfway point. a puncture and at one stage we the compact grid, Toyota were But a half an hour pit stop were saying we’d have to hot favourites to prevail in a during the night for a turbo change parts. race that was first run in 1923, change ruined their race. “We lost two laps and at that 14 years before the first Toyota They eventually finished third stage thought we couldn’t win. saw the light of day. behind the Rebellion of Ameri- Then a few laps later luck In the other categories, the can Gustavo Menezes, French- began to turn in our favour Oreca of Filipe Albuquerque, man Norman Nato and Ayrton and we found ourselves in the Paul Di Resta and Philip Hanson Senna’s nephew Bruno. lead and winning by five laps. won LMP2 for the team belong- The private team’s entry put “It’s proof, once again, that in ing to American Zak Brown, the up a stoic fight but was unable the 24 Hours things can change McLaren F1 team’s owner. to match the Toyota No8’s right up to the finish.” Aston Martin won both the power, coming in second, five No one knows that more LM GTE professional and laps adrift. than Kobayashi. amateur races. The winning team had a new The Japanese driver looked Le Mans organisers ACO are element from 2018 and 2019 on target to win last year before introducing changes to attract with Hartley, a winner with a puncture with an hour to go more interest in the elite divi- Porsche in 2017, stepping in gifted victory to his team- sion with the introduction of for Fernando Alonso, the two- mates. This time it was a faulty the new hypercar from 2022. time Formula One champion turbo that ruined his chances Next year Le Mans will be who skipped the hat-trick bid of finally winning Le Mans hoping the fans can return, to concentrate on his return to after three seconds. their absence touched upon F1 next season. He made his frustration clear by Hartley when he said: “It’s been a steep learning as he climbed out of his car in “The message to the fans is curve coming in and replacing the pits. ‘we miss you and you’re a big Toyota claimed their third consecutive Le Mans 24 Hour title on Sunday after negotiating a “roller-coaster” Fernando and these two guys After the race he said: “It’s part of this race for us as 88th edition of the motorsport classic. afp have really helped me getting to always difficult to win Le Mans well.” afp