FREE ASEAN-BREAKING NEWS: ASEAN NEWS HEADLINE-COVID MICRON- Phnom Penh Capital Administration issues strict new COVID measures in response to worsening Omicron situation
A security guard asks citizens to show their vaccination card before allowing customers to enter the Central Market in October 2021. KT/Chor Sokunthea
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Phnom Penh Capital Administration has issued strict new measures on the implementation of COVID safety measures in the city in the wake of the worsening Omicron situation.
The measures were outlined in a circular issued last night, January 11th, 2021
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These measures include:
– All institutions and enterprises, private and public – including shops, markets, restaurants, cafes, government institutions etc must ‘strengthen the inspection of the validity of Covid-19 vaccine card or Covid-19 vaccine certificate before allowing an individual or clients to enter the entities or its location’
– If ‘any person or customer is found to have no vaccine certification or refuses to show the certification or use a certification card with a gap of more than 4 months after the first dose or more than 6 months after the second dose, they are strictly forbidden to enter the entities or its locations and must advise them to get vaccinated against Covid-19 in a timely manner.’
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– ‘Anyone suspected of being involved with people who has the Omicron variant, must notify immediately the local authority that are closest to their place of residence for a team of doctors to take a sample (PCR) and set preventive measures in a timely manner to avoid transmission to families and communities’
– Strict crackdowns on mask wearing ‘without exception’. ‘Any person is found to have violated the measures such as not wearing a mask in public, must apply administrative and legal punishment ‘
– Urging all citizens to swiftly obtain the 3rd booster dose -all Government institutions must maintain ‘regularly update and do statistics on the number of people who were vaccinated for basic and booster doses ‘
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ASEAN Covid-19 Table – 12 January 2022
Asean as a whole has reported more than 15.3 million COVID-19 cases. Of this, more than 710,000 are active cases as of January 12.
The coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting 219 countries and territories around the world and 2 international conveyances.
Here we provide updated information on cases in ASEAN, comprising new cases, total cases, new deaths and total deaths.
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1.BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
1.12.22
2. CAMBODIA
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Omicron stymies tourism recovery in Thailand and probably Cambodia
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Even though the tourism industry has started to see optimism from the country’s reopening on Nov 1 last year, a fresh whiplash in travel sentiment from Omicron variant has put the brakes on recovery prospects in 2022.
There remain challenges for business to quickly adapt to weather the storm.
The most likely scenario for Thai hospitality business is U-shaped gradual recovery until 2024, starting with domestic leisure travel which has already resumed, said Boriwat Pinpradab, managing director and partner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG).
READ MORE: https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501005359/omicron-stymies-tourism-recovery-in-thailand-and-probably-cambodia/
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Cambodian premier’s visit to Myanmar sets tone of upcoming ASEAN retreat
1.12.21
Regional faux pas: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (left) and Min Aung Hlaing, who heads the Myanmar military and chairs the junta-led regime in the country, meet during Hun Sen’s visit to capital Naypyidaw on Jan. 7, 2022.(AFP/Stringe
Dian Septiari (The Jakarta Post) PREMIUM Jakarta ●
Tue, January 11, 2022
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As the Myanmar crisis continues to loom large, ASEAN foreign ministers are slated to meet for their annual retreat next week in Siem Reap, Cambodia, in a potential setup for a heated discussion following Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s widely criticized visit to Myanmar over the weekend. Cambodia, as the current ASEAN chair, has the complicated task of handling the protracted humanitarian, political and economic crises in an ASEAN member state, nearly a year after the Myanmar military ousted its democratically elected government on Feb. 1, 2021.
Click to read: https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2022/01/11/cambodian-premiers-visit-to-myanmar-sets-tone-of-upcoming-asean-retreat.html.
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3. INDONESIA
1.12.22
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4. LAOS
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The Department of Water Supply of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport and the East Meets West Foundation in Laos on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding to implement the third phase of the Engaging Public, Private and Women in Water Sanitation and Hygiene Project.
The third phase of the project, which is being funded with US$1.4 million by Charity: Water, will see the installation of water supply systems through contributions from the state, private players and local communities.
The third phase of the project will run from the date of the signing of the MOU until December 31, 2023.
READ MORE: https://www.vientianetimes.org.la/freeContent/FreeConten_Ministry_07_22.php
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6. MYANMAR
1.12.22
Suu Kyi hit with new convictions, jail term
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 2, 2021, a protester holds a poster featuring Aung San Suu Kyi as they take part in a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon. – A Myanmar junta court on January 10, 2022 convicted Aung San Suu Kyi of three criminal charges, sentencing her to four years in prison in the latest round of a legal onslaught against the ousted civilian leader. (Photo by AFP)
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A protester holds a poster featuring Aung San Suu Kyi during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon. PHOTO: AFP/
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YANGON (AFP) – A Myanmar junta court yesterday convicted Aung San Suu Kyi of three criminal charges, sentencing her to four years in prison in the latest in a slew of cases against the ousted civilian leader.
The Nobel laureate has been detained since February 1, 2021 when her government was forced out in an early morning coup, ending Myanmar’s short-lived experiment with democracy.
The generals’ power grab triggered widespread dissent, which security forces sought to quell with mass detentions and bloody crackdowns in which over 1,400 civilians have been killed, according to a local monitoring group.
A source with knowledge of the case told AFP the 76-year-old was found guilty of two charges related to illegally importing and owning walkie-talkies and one of breaking coronavirus rules.
Junta spokesman Major General Zaw Min Tun confirmed the verdicts and sentences and told AFP Suu Kyi would remain under house arrest while other cases against her proceed.
The walkie-talkie charges stem from when soldiers raided her house on the day of the coup, allegedly discovering the contraband equipment.
Yesterday’s sentence adds to the penalties the court handed down in December when she was jailed for four years for incitement and breaching Covid-19 rules while campaigning.
Junta Chief Min Aung Hlaing cut the sentence to two years and said she could serve her term under house arrest in the capital Naypyidaw.
The total six-year jail term would mean Suu Kyi would not be able to participate in fresh elections that the military authorities have pledged to hold by August 2023.
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7. PHILIPPINES:
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8. SINGAPORE
1.12.22
S’pore should prepare for up to 30 years of US-China rivalry: George Yeo
SINGAPORE – Singapore should prepare for “easily” up to 30 years of competition between the United States and China, which could take the form of skirmishes off the sea or proxy wars, said former foreign minister George Yeo on Tuesday (Jan 11).
To avoid being caught in between and to maintain sovereignty, he suggested that Singapore work on reconnecting with its South-east Asian neighbours and establishing its own identity – one where being Singaporean means being “bigger” than just a nationality.
Mr Yeo, who is currently a visiting scholar at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, was speaking as a panellist at a curtain-raiser for the annual Singapore Perspectives conference organised by the Institute of Policy Studies think-tank.
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Mr Yeo said this, and questions around how Singaporeans relate to one another, was something to think deeply about.
“The more comfortable we are with our own identity, the more open we’ll be,” he said. “If I know who I am, I can accept you for who you are… So identity is important, and Singapore’s identity is complicated because it is made up of constituent identities.”
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9. THAILAND
1.12.22
Air force eyes B13.8bn jets purchase
Cabinet believed to have given go-ahead
PUBLISHED : 12 JAN 2022 AT 04:00
The cabinet has agreed in principle to back the Royal Thai Air Force’s plan to procure the first four jets in a squadron of new fighters for 13.8 billion baht in the 2023 fiscal year, starting October, a Government House source says.
“This resolution was reached at a meeting of the cabinet today [Tuesday] and the proposal was contained in a file that was stamped ‘secret’,” said the source.
The new squadron of eight jets will replace the F-16 ADF (Air Defence Fighter) jets that were decommissioned from Wing 1 in Nakhon Ratchasima in 2021, said an air force source on Tuesday ahead of the cabinet publicly releasing details of the resolution.
READ MORE:
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2245879/air-force-eyes-b13-8bn-jets-purchase
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10. VIET NAM
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