Day: December 2, 2021

Cambodia’s tally of COVID-19 rose to 120,183 with the detection of 23 new cases, pointed out a press release of the Ministry of Health made public this morning.
These are PCR test results, said the same source, adding that 3 of the new infections were imported and the rest were linked to the Feb. 20 community outbreak.
Meanwhile, 19 more patients have successfully been cured, but 5 new deaths (4 of them have not been vaccinated); bringing the total recovered and death cases in the Kingdom to 116,548 and 2,949, respectively.
The first COVID-19 case was reported in Cambodia in late January 2020 in Preah Sihanouk province. The confirmed cases have surged quickly this year due to the Feb. 20 incident.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press

Samdech Akka Moha Ponhea Chakrei Heng Samrin, President of the National Assembly and Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, who were the key figures in the establishment of the national liberation movement against the genocide regime of Khmer Rouge, have given their remarks on the historical movement.
“This Dec. 2, 2021 is the 43rd anniversary of the establishment of the movement to liberate the nation and the Cambodian people from the genocide regime,” they wrote in two separate Facebook messages this morning.
The Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation (KUFNS) was established on Dec. 2, 1978 and issued the 11-point Statement at Snuol Liberation Area in Snuol district, Kratie province, they recalled.
The KUFNS was formed by the great unity of the people, both inside and outside the country, including Samdech Akka Moha Ponhea Chakrei Heng Samrin, late Senate President Samdech Akka Moha Thamma Pothisal Chea Sim, and Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen with many other patriots to successfully topple the Khmer Rouge genocidal regime on Jan. 7, 1979.
The KUFNS was now renamed the “Solidarity Front for the Development of Cambodian Motherland”, a leading mass organisation of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), they added.
“In response to the Front’s call, Cambodian people everywhere stood up and united as a national unity force, with the great support from the Vietnamese Volunteer Army and near and far friends around the world to overthrow the Democratic Kampuchea (Khmer Rouge regime) until the glorious victory on Jan. 7, 1979,” they said.
The great victory of Jan. 7, 1979 ended the darkest period in Cambodian history, and opened a new era, in which Cambodian people regained their rights, freedoms and opportunities to rebuild their homeland, they continued.
“Every citizen clearly understands that without the establishment of the Dec. 2 Front (KUFNS) and the Jan. 7 Victory, there would be nothing like today. This is the truth of history,” Samdech Heng Samrin and Samdech Techo Hun Sen underlined.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press

Kindergartens and child care centres, both state and private, have been allowed to resume their activities, according to the Ministry of Education, Youths and Sports.
In its announcement issued on Dec. 1, the ministry underlined that only kindergartens and child care centres for children aged 5 and over are authorised to reopen.
The reopening was made after the primary schools, high schools and higher education schools, both state and private, have reopened smoothly and without noticeable incident related to the health of education staff and students as well as COVID-19 spread in the school institutions across the country, it explained.
Cambodia has recorded COVID-19 low infection rate for about two months. This morning, only 23 new cases were reported; bringing the tally to 120,183, of which 116,548 have recovered, but 2,949 have died.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press

The Sihanoukville Autonomous Port has called for bids for the construction of a deep-water port whose construction is set to begin in 2022.
H.E. Lou Kimchhun, Director General of Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, said early this week that the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port has planned to build the first phase of deep-water port in 2022 and the completion is set for 2025.
The first phase of the construction, which is 350 metres long and 14.5 metre deep, will be funded by a US$200 million concessional loan from the Government of Japan.
According to H.E. Lou Kimchhun, the second and third phases are scheduled to complete in 2028 and 2030, respectively.
The upgrading port facility and capacity is to reply to the increasing cargo passing through the port, he said.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press

Cambodia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation this afternoon issued a press release on the outcomes of the official visit of H.E. Ms. Retno L.P. Marsudi, Indonesian Minister for Foreign Affairs to Cambodia from Nov. 30 to Dec. 1.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press