THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 2021 Intelligent . In-depth . Independent Issue Number 3687 / 4000 RIEL SCHOOLS SEEK GOV’T KHMERSME WEBSITE VIETNAM PANGOLIN MEET TO REOPEN, IN LAUNCHES THIS YEAR, DEFENDER RECEIVES LAST-DITCH GAMBIT IN SUPPORT OF SMES ‘GREEN NOBEL’ PRIZE NatioNAL – pAGE 3 BUSINESS – pAGE 6 WORLD – pAGE10 Minister N Korea’s Kim sounds calls for alarm over Swedish food pinch investors KIM Jong-un has admitted that North Korea’s food situa- Thou Vireak tion is “tense”, state media reported on June 16, sounding MINISTER of Commerce Pan the alarm in a country that suf- Sorasak on June 15 urged the fered a devastating famine in outgoing Swedish ambassador the 1990s in which hundreds to encourage investors of the of thousands died. Scandinavian country, such as The impoverished country, multinational furniture retail- which is under multiple sets er IKEA and automaker Volvo, of international sanctions to explore business opportuni- over its nuclear weapons and ties in Cambodia. ballistic missile programmes, The minister made the has long struggled to feed request at a meeting with itself, suffering chronic food Swedish ambassador to Cam- shortages. bodia Bjorn Haggmark to dis- And last year the coronavi- cuss and exchange views on rus pandemic and a series of promoting the multilateral summer storms and floods trading system operated by the added yet more pressure on World Trade Organisation. the flagging economy. Sorasak pitched tropical foods At a plenary meeting of the and fruit processing as viable central committee of the rul- areas for investment, and high- ing Workers’ Party of Korea, lighted the significant growth Kim said the economy recorded in auto-parts process- improved this year, with indus- ing, as well as furniture and trial output growing 25 per components in recent years. cent from a year earlier, the Data from the Ministry of official Korean Central News Commerce shows that in Agency reported on June 16. 2020, Cambodia exported Out of hand But “the people’s food situa- electrical equipment and tion is now getting tense as the electronic equipment worth A Palestinian woman confronts Israeli security forces outside the Damascus gate in east Jerusalem on Tuesday, ahead of the March agricultural sector failed to of the Flags which celebrates the anniversary of Israel’s 1967 occupation of the city’s eastern sector. Israel’s new government faced an early a total of $755.34 million, up test as Jewish ultranationalists prepared to march into annexed east Jerusalem, stoking tensions the UN has warned threaten a fragile Gaza fulfil its grain production plan 31.49 per cent from $574.44 ceasefire. Rallies by far-right Jewish groups in Arab neighbourhoods have raised tensions in recent months, prompting a police intervention due to the damage by typhoon million in 2019. in the flashpoint al-Aqsa mosque compound that triggered the deadliest flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence since 2014. AFP last year”, Kim said. AFP The Kingdom also exported furniture and lighting equip- ment worth a total of $631.88 million in 2020, up 50.63 per cent from $419.48 million in 2019, the data showed. The minister voiced confi- dence that, during Haggmark’s Capital issues guidelines successor’s tenure, the Swed- ish embassy in Phnom Penh would “continue to cooperate well with the Ministry of Com- merce in order to promote Cambodia-Sweden dialogue for factories, enterprises and trade relations”. Cambodia Chamber of Com- Niem Chheng Enterprises in Phnom Penh” and had suspended their operations, he said the municipal hall has put merce vice-president Lim Heng signed by governor Khuong Sreng on while many others have been up into place many health, administra- noted that trade and invest- HE Phnom Penh Municipal June 15, it said one of the primary fac- and running as usual. tive and social protection measures ment relations between the two Administration has intro- tors was that many workers employed As of the first half of this year, there as well as an accelerated vaccination countries were still low, sug- duced guidelines for factories by different factories are sharing their are 746 factories and 4,985 small- campaign that utilised much of the gesting further cooperative and enterprises to follow after living spaces and transportation. scale enterprises in Phnom Penh, government’s resources. work to build mutually-reward- determiningT that the transmission of Other factors include workers buy- providing 476,359 jobs and indirectly In the medium term – within the ing partnership opportunities. Covid-19 there is largely caused by five ing food from disorderly or unhygienic benefiting hundreds of thousands of next year – the administration re- He said the Kingdom’s bilat- main factors. places and flouting health measures. other people. The municipal invest- quires all factory owners to organ- eral free trade deals with China In a six-page document titled Despite the ongoing community ment commission has officially reg- ise emergency exits at the factories, “Planned Measures to Contain the outbreak, Sreng said only a small istered 34 new factories this year. CONTINUED – pAGE 6 Spread of Covid-19 at Factories and number of factories and enterprises To contain the spread of the virus, CONTINUED – pAGE 2 FISH CONSUMPTION S REAP REAL ESTATE IN CAMBODIA RISES, PLAYERS UPBEAT ON MINISTRY REPORTS REVIVAL OF TOURISM NATIONAL – pAGE 5 BUSINESS – pAGE 8 2 THE PHNOM PENH POST JUNE 17, 2021 WWW.phnompenhpost.COM National Floating home owners seek assistance Khouth Sophak Chakrya ter quality and now some of these structures were attempting to dock VER 1,500 floating houses in Kandal, closest to the capital. and fish farming cages “On the orders and instructions of have been dismantled and the Kandal Provincial Administra- evacuated from the rivers tion, we do not allow them to dock Oin Phnom Penh, according to Phnom for whatever reasons. So, they have Penh municipal police spokesman to leave our waters,” he said. San Sok Seyha. Sem Chi, head of the Khmer Viet- Sok Seyha told The Post on June 16 namese Association in Cambodia, told that so far the owners of 1,537 of the The Post that due to the Covid-19 pan- 1,741 floating houses and fish farm- demic, the Vietnamese government ing cages in the river had voluntarily announced the temporary closure of complied with the removal orders the borders so they could not travel and dismantled the structures or back to Vietnam by land or water. moved them from the area. He said his association and offi- “At this time, our police forces cials of the Vietnamese embassy in have been assisting with the remov- Cambodia have been coordinating al of some of the illegal construc- with the Cambodian authorities to tions, boats, floating houses and ask for sympathy and compassion fish farming cages as advised by the for the Vietnamese-Cambodian Phnom Penh Municipal Administra- people with the hope that they will tion,” he said. allow them to temporarily dock for He added that the constructions now pending the Covid-19 situation were located in five districts along improving, at which time they will the river – 82 floating houses and be allowed to go back to Vietnam. 179 fish farming cages were disman- “At this time, we’ve received the news tled in Prek Pnov; 145 of 201 floating that nearly 300 Vietnamese-Cambodi- houses were pulled down in Chroy an people living in the floating houses Changvar while 85 of the 129 fish Vietnamese residents dismantle floating home in Prek Pnov commune of Phnom Penh’s Prek Pnov district on Monday.HONG MENEA have moved from the capital to the farming cages there were removed; Khpok Ateav Island of Kandal prov- 366 floating houses and fish farming things and follow legal procedures,” near Khpok Ateav Island, about 20km “Our forces have been moving the ince’s Loeuk Dek district, only 15km cages were dismantled or removed Sok Seyha said. from the border with Vietnam. Vietnamese settlers with floating from Vietnam. However, they still can- from Russey Keo; and in Chbar Am- Authorities of Kandal province’s Peam Chor district police chief houses and fish farm cages towards not enter Vietnam,” he said. pov, 210 of the 249 floating houses Loeuk Dek district and Prey Veng Chea Heng told The Post that 15 Vietnam,” he said. Chi said the association requested are now gone along with 247 of 293 province’s Peam Chor district told floating houses and fish farming Loeuk Dek district governor Chab that the Cambodian authorities, es- fish farming cages. The Post on June 16 that more than cages from the river in Phnom Penh Chanvichea also told The Post that pecially the Phnom Penh Municipal “At this time, police forces have 150 floating houses and fish farm- had moved to the river in the district. Phnom Penh municipal authorities Administration, help provide them been continuing to cooperate with ing cages owned by Vietnamese set- The settlers have been trying to dock required them to remove the houses with food and some makeshift ac- those from the five district admin- tlers had moved from the waters in them there, but they were prevented and cages from the river to reduce commodations until the borders are istrations to keep a close eye on Phnom Penh and are now parked from doing so by the district police. navigation jams and improve wa- opened. Governor eyes SEZs for factories and enterprises Continued from page 1 “It is not permitted to sell Also for the medium term, All factories must work goal of concentrating all fac- subsidies than this. I don’t food and drink and other ma- workers have to rent accommo- closely with the Ministry of tories in one place, improving think it will work,” he said.