WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 2021 Intelligent . In-depth . Independent Issue Number 3711 / 4000 RIEL New UK trade rules to profit exporters Thou Vireak UK embassy in Phnom Penh of origin requirements for Cambodia’s businesses to access sion and provide opportuni- said in a press release on July countries exporting to the UK, the UK market more easily. ties and greater access for THE UK government on July 19 19: “The UK Developing Coun- allowing countries to diversify “I encourage people here in Cambodian goods to the UK. launched a consultation on tries Trading Scheme [DCTS] their exports and grow their Cambodia to contribute to this “If the new preferential sys- new trading rules designed to is a major opportunity to grow economies,” it said. important consultation, which tem is easier to implement stimulate commercial transac- free and fair trade with devel- British ambassador to Cam- is open to all,” she said. under the existing British GSP ADB PROJECT UPS tions with lower-income oping nations. bodia Tina Redshaw said: “The Ministry of Commerce [General Scheme of Prefer- nations, including Cambodia. “The proposed scheme proposed DCTS scheme signals undersecretary of state Pen ences], we welcome it based HEALTH SYSTEM And the Royal Government would apply to 70 qualifying the UK’s appetite to promote Sovicheat told The Post that on the conviction that we will of Cambodia is keen to seize countries currently and global free and fair trade, as well Cambodia welcomes any pref- have more opportunities to AGAINST CLIMATE the initiative and develop include improvements such as as demonstrating our commit- erential trade system that CHANGE THREAT deeper trade ties with the UK. lower tariffs and simpler rules ment to Cambodia, by enabling could benefit market expan- CONTINUED – page 6 NATIONAL – page 3 Beijing: US’ Microsoft hack claims ‘fabricated’ CHINA on July 20 said the US had “fabricated” allega- KINGDOM SELLS tions it carried out a massive Microsoft hack, counter- OVER 52% MORE ing that Washington was the “world champion” of cyberat- FISHERIES GOODS tacks while chiding US allies for signing up to a rare joint TO INT’L MARKETS statement of condemnation. The US on July 19 ac- BUSINESS – page 8 cused Beijing of carrying out the March cyberattack on Microsoft Exchange, a top email server for corpora- tions around the world, and charged four Chinese nation- als over the “malicious” hack. President Joe Biden told re- porters that the US was still completing an investigation before taking any countermea- sures. “The Chinese govern- ment, not unlike the Russian COVID-19 SURGE government, is not doing this As a man sows themselves, but are protecting OVERWHELMING those who are doing it, and may- Farmers sow rice seeds for the monsoon-season, or long-cycle, crop in Prey Veng province’s Por Rieng district on Sunday. HEAN RANGSEY be even accommodating them VOLUNTEERS IN being able to do it,” he said. The US coordinated its state- MYANMAR CITY ment on July 19 with allies – the WORLD – PAGE10 EU, Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan and NATO. Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Zhao Lijian Covid centres to upsize told reporters in Beijing: “The US has mustered its allies to car- ry out unreasonable criticisms against China on the issue of cybersecurity … This move is fabricated out of nothing.” ahead of migrant influx The Chinese embassy in New Zealand called the al- Mom Kunthear Hun Manith, head of the their 14-day quarantines at bodia. All provinces have legations “totally ground- CARICATURIST sub-commission, also or- the border and had left for to prepare their quarantine less and irresponsible” while HE national Covid- dered an extension of the their individual provinces. centres to receive people the embassy in Australia ac- INSPIRING 19 sub-commission quarantine period for re- In an audio message on who will be transferred to cused Canberra of “parrot- for exit-entrance turning migrant work- July 20, Manith said the them from the border areas. ing the rhetoric of the US”. LAUGHTER IN control and quar- ers from 14 to 21 days. moves were made in con- “In our previous instruc- “It is well known that the Tantine has instructed pro- The move came after some sultation with all of the rel- tions, the quarantine period US has engaged in unscru- BATTAMBANG vincial authorities to expand Covid-19 cases, particularly evant sub-commissions and was set at 14 days at the bor- pulous, massive and indis- their quarantine centres the coronavirus Delta vari- inter-ministerial bodies. ders. They [migrant workers] criminate eavesdropping on in anticipation of receiv- ant, were detected in migrant “This directive applies to many countries including its LIFESTYLE – page 12 ing more migrant workers. workers who had completed all of the provinces in Cam- CONTINUED – page 2 allies,” the embassy said. AFP THE PHNOM PENH POST Cambodia Airways ships National medical supplies to VN Inside page 2 2 THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 21, 2021 WWW.phnompenhpost.COM National Manith: Delta variant Cambodia Airways ferries detected in migrants gov’t Covid aid to Vietnam following quarantine Mom Kunthear Continued from page 1 July 16 that Cambodia had re- corded a total of 75 cases of the HE Kingdom on July will now undergo an ad- new Delta variant, also known 19 dispatched nearly ditional seven day at as B.1.617-2, since March 31. 10 tonnes of medical their home provinces. Liv Sokhon said Siem Reap supplies via Cambo- “The new Covid-19 Delta had registered a total of Tdia Airways to Vietnam, in a variant can sometimes evade eight Delta cases, with five spirit of solidarity to combat detection even after 14 days. of them having recovered. the Covid-19 pandemic. That is why we have to set Oddar Meanchey deputy The national flag carrier said up quarantine centres in the provincial governor Dy Rado the items were packed into home districts of migrant said that as of July 20, his 1,125 cartons and shipped on workers,” he said, adding that province had registered 17 an Airbus A320 aircraft, from quarantining at private homes Delta cases in migrant work- Phnom Penh to Ho Chi Minh was no longer permitted. ers. Seven of them have now City. The logistics of the con- Manith said preparing recovered, while the other signment were arranged by these centres would not 10 will still be quarantin- Ministry of Health secretary be a difficult task because ing for another 21 days. of state York Sambath. each province had already “We place migrant work- In a press release, the airline done so previously when ers in quarantine as set by said the plane reached Tan migrant of workers had re- the health ministry. We will Son Nhat International Air- turned en masse in 2020. let them go home after they port in Ho Chi Minh City after He also said he would dis- complete the quarantine. But 40 minutes of smooth flying. cuss the 21-day quarantine for those who tested posi- The Vietnamese govern- requirement with Minister tive for the new variant, they ment representatives warmly of Health Mam Bun Heng. have to stay in quarantine welcomed Sambath and her According to Manith, the for 21 more days,” he said. delegation at the airport in a Cambodia Airways successfully completes shipping mission of medical supplies donated by gov’t to Vietnam Banteay Meanchey Provin- Battambang deputy provin- handover ceremony. on July 19. CAMBODIA AIRWAYS cial Administration recently cial governor Soeum Bunrith “The flight then returned called on authorities in other said on July 20 that his prov- to Phnom Penh International nated $50,000 from the VCFA and transporting medical tion and control of epidem- provinces to collect their resi- ince had detected four Delta Airport at 10:40am on the through the Vietnamese em- supplies from Cambodia to ics,” the statement read. dents who completed quar- cases in migrant workers, all of same day, with Cambodia bassy in Phnom Penh to help China, South Korea, Vietnam, Hun Sen also sent a letter to antine at the border and take whom had recovered. He said Airways having completed fight Covid-19 in Vietnam. Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia Airways express- them to their hometowns all returning migrant workers the task of transporting the Prime Minister Hun Sen em- East Timor, Indonesia and ing his gratitude and appre- for continued isolation. have to have their samples medical supplies successful- phasised that the assistance other countries. ciation for their transporting He said some migrant tested at the Institut Pasteur ly,” the company said. was an expression of the spirit The company has estab- medical equipment to Viet- workers had previously com- du Cambodge in Phnom Penh The medical supplies de- of cooperation and solidarity lished a good relationship with nam on July 19. pleted quarantine and left for because the rapid tests can- livered by Cambodia Airways between friendly neighbour- the Cambodian government “The royal government their home provinces of Siem not specify whether a posi- included one million face- ing countries as they fight based on trust and long-term would like to sincerely thank Reap, Kandal, Battambang, tive case is Delta strain or not. masks along with 100,000 against Covid-19 together. cooperation, which has laid Cambodia Airways for spon- Pursat and Phnom Penh. “Lately, there are not N95 masks and 100 oxygen Cambodia Airways said it the foundation for the future soring a humanitarian flight “They all tested negative many migrant workers who concentrators. was entrusted by the gov- development of the airline. to transport 1.1 million face and were let go. But now we’ve have returned from Thai- Besides medical supplies, ernment to take up this im- “As the wings of Cambodia, masks and 100 oxygen con- found that six of them tested land through Battambang.