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CAMBODIAS Water Festi-
val will return to the capital
this year for the first time
since 2010, when a stam-
pede on a bridge packed
with revellers killed more
than 350 people.
Officials announced yes-
terday that the traditional
event, which marks the end
of the rainy season and the
reversing course of the Ton-
le Sap, will be held over three
days in early November.
Our country will cele-
brate the Water Festival as
normal, the way we always
have in front of the Royal
Palace for three days,
November 5, 6 and 7, said
Pean Cham Roeun, an offi-
cial with the National and
International Festivals
Committee.
As for the question that is
on everyones mind why
now? Cham Roeun was in
WARINESS of Ebola sparked
panic in Berlin yesterday
as deaths from the virus
surged to above 1,200, while
Liberia said it had located 17
patients who fled an attack
on their clinic.
German infectious dis-
eases experts said that a
woman whose health condi-
tion had caused an Ebola
scare yesterday likely suf-
fered from a gastrointestinal
infection instead.
Authorities rushed a
30-year-old woman of West
African origin to hospital
and quarantined her while
closing down a Berlin public
building where she had
fainted, with several hun-
dred people left inside.
However, the Charite hos-
pital later issued a statement
saying its experts at the
present time do not assume
that it is Ebola.
The emergency response
came after the woman col-
lapsed inside an employ-
ment office building in the
capitals northeastern dis-
trict of Prenzlauer Berg,
where police also sealed off
the street outside.
Meanwhile yesterday, the
World Health Organization,
said the tropical virus had
killed 84 people in just three
days, a surge that has pushed
the overall death toll from
the west African outbreak
to 1,229.
Liberian Information Min-
ister Lewis Brown announced
the return of 17 infected
patients who had gone miss-
ing on Saturday after club-
wielding youths raided a
medical facility in a Monro-
via slum.
Their disappearance had
Water
Festival
set to
return
World on
edge as
Ebola toll
hits 1,200
Kevin Ponniah and Vong Sokheng
A
DAY after National
Assembly president
Heng Samrin assured
Vietnamese Prime
Minister Nguyen Dan Dung in
Hanoi that the government
would take strict measures to
quell further extremist Khmer
Krom protests, Foreign Minister
Hor Namhong reportedly told
demonstration leaders yester-
day that the government shared
their concerns.
Observers have said the differ-
ing statements hightlight the
ruling Cambodian Peoples Par-
ty attempt to walk a diplomatic
tightrope by distancing itself
from widespread ire towards
Vietnam, while at the same time
avoiding giving offence to the
partys historical partner.
According to the leaders of
groups invited to a private meet-
ing at Namhongs office yester-
day afternoon, the foreign min-
ister asked activists to postpone
protests outside the Vietnamese
Embassy which occurred for
three consecutive days last week
in order to allow time for a solu-
tion to be found.
Namhong said that although
the government had passed
petitions on to Vietnam on
behalf of demonstrators, it was
Knowing your audience
Govt message for Khmer Krom protesters, Vietnam markedly different
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After four years, Water Festival set to return
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the dark: I cant answer why the festival
is allowed to happen this year, because
I am not aware either, he said.
With its longboat races, colourful
atmosphere and the presence of royalty,
the Water Festival has long attracted
packed crowds to the city, creating a
shoulder-to-shoulder party that can
number more than a million people.
The dangers of such a large gathering
became evident in 2010, when, on the
last day of the festival, the swaying of a
bridge leading to Koh Pich, or Diamond
Island, induced panic among festival-
goers crowded onto the structure, trig-
gering a fatal stampede. The bridge was
later destroyed, and in 2012 another was
inaugurated near the original site, just
northeast of the NagaWorld casino.
In 2011, a year after the disaster, the
government cancelled the festival due
to mass flooding. In 2012, the reason
given was the death of the late King
Father Norodom Sihanouk, who died in
October, just weeks before the event is
usually held. Last year, flooding was
again cited as the reason.
A stupa was built on the site to honour
the victims, but the cancellations have
overshadowed the mourning and have
drawn more of a spotlight to a disaster
for which no one was held culpable.
Frequently cited as an example of gov-
ernment impunity or simple incompe-
tence, the lack of accountability around
the stampede a government investiga-
tion found no one bore responsibility
has created a vacuum in which alter-
native theories have taken root.
Most recently, Kem Sokha accused
Vietnam of orchestrating the stampede
as part of a plot to eliminate the Khmer
race, tradition and culture.
The accusation drew widespread con-
demnation not only from the govern-
ment but from a broad spectrum of
civil society voices.
In 2013, the cancellation came not
long after the disputed election. This
year, the festival is coming back not long
after the postelection deadlock was
resolved.
The timing has not gone unnoticed.
Ou Virak, chairman of the Cambodian
Center for Human Rights, said the fes-
tivals cancellation last year had less to
do with flooding than the Cambodia
National Rescue Party demonstrations
taking place at the time.
The government hasnt always been
good with coming up with good excus-
es, he said. Referring to the flooding:
theres no truth in any of that, he said.
The government, more likely, was
concerned with bringing so many peo-
ple to Phnom Penh who may have been
sympathetic to the CNRPs position,
Virak said.
The opposition [could have exploit-
ed] that. So now that politics are back to
so-called normal, it can give enough
confidence to them, he said, referring
to the July 22 deal that ended the CNRPs
10-month-long boycott of parliament.
Long Dimanche, a spokesman for City
Hall, said he could not comment on the
timing, as he was unaware of the
announcement that first emerged in a
Facebook post by Kem Gunawadh,
director-general of government-owned
broadcaster TVK.
Though the city has been without a
Water Festival for three years now, sev-
eral provinces have continued to hold
theirs, and will again this year.
Lun Limthay, Kampong Cham provin-
cial governor, said yesterday that he had
not yet received the announcement, but
it wouldnt make a difference anyway.
My province celebrates the Water
Festival every year, even when it was
cancelled in Phnom Penh, he said.
Floods, he added, dont matter.
Right now, I do not have time to think
about this festival yet, because I am so
busy to help my people with flooding,
but we still celebrate it even if it floods,
he said.
Ung Nget, 30, who survived the stam-
pede in 2010, said yesterday that the
memory of the Water Festival always
haunted him.
I cannot forget it for my whole life.
When someone talks about the Water
Festival, it makes me see the pictures of
a lot of dead people, and I was injured
among them as well, he said.
Nget said he will join the festival this
year, but he will try to avoid the crowds.
ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY JOE FREEMAN
Boats battle it out during the 2010 Water Festival in Phnom Penh. The festival is set to
return this November after three consecutive cancellations. SRENG MENG SRUN
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
A 49-YEAR-OLD gardener at
an NGO in Phnom Penh was
sentenced yesterday to 12
years in prison for raping a 13-
year-old girl.
Phnom Penh Municipal
Court judge Top Chhunheng
found Phouk Chamroeun
guilty of rape under aggravat-
ed circumstances.
The court decided to sen-
tence him to 12 years [in pris-
on] and ordered him to pay 5
million riel [$1,250] in com-
pensation to the victim, Ch-
hunheng said.
He has the right to oppose
this courts decision and ap-
peal to the Appeal Court with-
in 30 days if he does not accept
it, he added.
Pen Thol, chief of Teuk Thla
commune police, said Cham-
roeun was arrested at his rent-
ed home in Sen Sok districts O
Bek Ka Om village on Decem-
ber 14, 2013.
The arrest followed a com-
plaint from the victims moth-
er, whose daughter, a garbage
collector, had told her about
the crime.
Chamroeun declined to
comment yesterday.
Gardener jailed for rape
No protest
permission
needed: org
Daniel Pye
A
PROMINENT rights
group on Monday
wrote to Minister of
Interior Sar Kheng,
calling on him to remind min-
istries and local authorities that
demonstrators do not require
their permission to hold public
gatherings.
The letter from the Cambo-
dian Center for Human Rights
(CCHR) came after security
forces blocked a peaceful bike
ride organised by environmen-
talists on Sunday to raise aware-
ness of the planned Stung
Cheay Areng hydropower dam
in Koh Kong province.
The letter said that under
Articles 5 and 10 of the Law on
Peaceful Demonstrations, pro-
test organisers are not required
to ask for permission to hold
gatherings, and nonresponse to
a protest notification is consid-
ered approval.
The CCHR letter went on to
urge Kheng to ensure that the
Royal Government of Cambo-
dia restores Cambodians fun-
damental rights to peaceful
assembly, in particular by
ensuring that no excessive force
is used by security forces.
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Laignee Barron
and Vong Sokheng
THE Lao government and the
builders of its Don Sahong
dam cant seem to get their
story straight, according to
conicting accounts offered
by the two parties yesterday.
Newly appointed Laotian
Ambassador Prasith Sayasith
told Cambodian Minister of
Foreign Affairs Hor Nam-
hong in a meeting that Laos
had suspended construction
of the controversial hydro-
power dam.
Laos is taking efforts to
avoid any negative environ-
mental impact on the Mekong
River, said Foreign Ministry
spokesman Koy Kuong.
Contrary to the claim, how-
ever, Malaysian dam develop-
ers Mega First Corporation
Berhad said construction was
going ahead as planned.
I am at the project site and I
can advise you that construc-
tion has not been suspended
except for a temporary halt
due to ooding, said Don Sa-
hong environmental manager
Peter Hawkins.
Preparatory work began on
the 260-megawatt Don Sa-
hong over a year ago, with full-
scale construction slated to
begin in December, according
to announcements from Laos
Ministry of Energy and Mines.
But conservationists main-
tain that the dam should have
already ceased construction
work after Laos agreed in June
to submit the dam to prior
consultation among the Me-
kong Basin governments
The prior consultation pro-
cess, from our point of view,
must be carried out before
[any] decision to proceed with
a dam, said Pianporn Deetes,
a coordinator with Interna-
tional Rivers.
Critics have long held that
the proposed dam would pitch
the region into further food in-
security by blocking the only
channel available for dry sea-
son sh migration, as well as
potentially decimate the en-
dangered Irrawaddy dolphin.
According to communica-
tions adviser for the inter-
governmental Mekong River
Commission Surasak Galah-
an, after agreeing to the prior
consultation process, as a
courtesy, Lao PDR [said it]
would not carry out construc-
tion during the prior consul-
tation process.
When that consultative pe-
riod begins and construction
stops is a matter of debate.
Lao ofcial, developer
differ over dams status
Kratie officials pledge solution
Pech Sotheary

A
DAY after Prime Min-
ister Hun Sen warned
provincial-level of-
cials that he had no
patience left for inaction on
land disputes, Kratie authori-
ties set the wheels in motion
for a resolution to local villag-
ers long-term dispute with a
South Korean agro rm.
Deputy Provincial Governor
Khan Chamnan met yesterday
with the Snuol district villagers
at Phnom Penhs Samaki Rain-
sey pagoda, where they have
been living for the past month,
to inform them that the dis-
pute could be settled soon.
The national cadastral
committee has already set the
schedule. On the morning of
August 26, [the committee]
will meet the company, and in
the afternoon, they will meet
the people. On August 27, they
will go down to the disputed
areas; so it is in the process of
being settled for the people
[who have been] asking for in-
tervention from Prime Minis-
ter Hun Sen, Chamnan said.
Suon Vicheka, a village rep-
resentative, said that following
Chamnans visit the villagers
had agreed to return home
on Friday or Saturday so they
could take part in the talks.
But, he said, an agreement to
any settlement would be based
on eight conditions, including
that land already measured be
given to villagers along with
ofcial land titles.
Vicheka added that if a deal
was not reached, the villagers
would return and seek further
intervention from Hun Sen.
Chamnans visit to the pa-
goda came a day after at least
10 of the villagers, including a
4-year- old child, were injured
by security forces armed with
electric batons as they at-
tempted to march to Hun Sens
home to seek intervention.
The villagers claim they
started living on the disputed
land in Snuol commune in
2000, before Horizon Agri-
culture Development Com-
pany moved in to set up a cas-
sava and pepper plantation.
In his speech on Monday, the
premier called on ofcials to
stop being lazy and instead
seek solutions.
Ny Chariya, an investigator
with rights group Adhoc, said
that without intervention from
the top, the problem would in-
tensify. Those [lower-ranking]
ofcers create the social crisis,
not the people, he said.
A district security guard shocks a protester in the back as he ees on Monday as a group of Kratie villagers
were dispersed after attempting to take their case to the prime ministers house in Phnom Penh. PHA LINA
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still waiting for a response, the
activists said.
But according to Sok Sothea of
the Khmer Youth Alliance for
Democracy, the minister had also
agreed with protesters that Viet-
nam could not change history.
Students, monks and Khmer
Krom activists have been calling
on an embassy spokesman to
apologise for saying Vietnam
had enjoyed sovereignty over the
former Kampuchea Krom prov-
inces in what is now lower Viet-
nam long before they were
ceded by the French in 1949.
Demonstrators burned a flag
during a protest outside the
embassy last week, earning a
swift rebuke from the Vietnamese
Foreign Ministry, which called on
Phnom Penh to take action to
stop the perverse behaviour.
That was backed up by Dung
directly to Samrin on Monday.
According to Vietnamese media
reports, Samrin painted the pro-
testers as aligned with fringe,
extremist groups in response.
But Foreign Minister Nam-
hong told us that burning flags
during demonstrations is nor-
mal in a democratic country,
youth group leader Sothea said
of yesterdays meeting.
Throughout the meeting, the
government expressed the will
to support our activities We
accept their request to postpone
protests, but our stance is still to
demand that [Vietnam} apolo-
gise to Cambodian people and
recognise history.
Thach Setha, an opposition
party official who attended the
meeting as head of the Khmer
Kampuchea Krom Community,
confirmed that Namhong had
delivered a positive message.
The meeting was based in the
spirit of Khmer and Khmer, and
the government has not ignored
our protests, because history
cannot be changed, he said.
That message was very differ-
ent from the one reportedly
delivered by Samrin to Dung.
Samrin said the government
of Cambodia regretted the inci-
dent and said it was perpetrated
by a small group of extremists
who were provoked by individu-
als who suffer a warped sense of
history, Vietnams Thanh Nien
newspaper reported.
He added that he and the
Cambodian parliament were
displeased with the action and
have since taken strict measures
to prevent similar actions.
Neither Foreign Ministry
spokesman Koy Kuong nor sev-
eral ruling party lawmakers
could be reached for comment.
On Friday, Interior Ministry
spokesman Khieu Sopheak
defended demonstrators on
radio, saying they were simply
expressing their opinions in a
democratic country.
Cambodia is different from
Vietnam . . . Cambodia allows
freedom of expression under the
framework of the law, he told
Radio Free Asia.
Many Cambodian nationalists
praised the comments, as did
Cambodia National Rescue
Party leader Sam Rainsy.
But political commentator Ou
Virak yesterday said the govern-
ment was pandering to which-
ever audience it was facing over
the issue, adding that Samrin and
Namhongs differing messages
would have been part of a calcu-
lated move.
I think the embassy spokes-
person is putting the government
in a very difficult situation, he
said. I think the CPP is pretty
reluctant to condemn the Viet-
nam government because of the
long-term relationship. They are
in a very tough position.
Mao Pises, who leads the Fed-
eration of Cambodian Intellec-
tuals and Students, which helped
organise the protests, said
despite the mixed messages,
demonstrators will wait and
see what happens.
I think, in the end, the Cam-
bodian government will not do
as the Vietnamese government
wants them to do, because I
know they are clever and they
will not follow, he said.
Then again, Mr Heng Samrin
might have some pressure from
the Vietnamese . . . personally,
and also he cannot say anything.
He just says yes, yes, yes to
whatever they request.
Govt speaks
with K Krom
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CNRP seeks prison visit
Pech Sotheary

T
HE National Assembly
yesterday agreed to
forward to the Minis-
try of Interior a request
from ve Cambodia National
Rescue Party lawmakers to
visit the ve Lorpeang villagers
jailed over their involvement
in their ongoing land dispute
with KDC International.
According to the August 18
letter, sent to Minister of Inte-
rior Sar Kheng through acting
National Assembly President
Nguon Nhel, permission was
sought by CNRP lawmakers
Ho Vann, Men Sothavarin, Phy
Vanndara, Ngao Kimcheang
and Ngim Nheng to visit the
villagers at the Kampong Chh-
nang Provincial Prison on Au-
gust 21.
Vann said the purpose of
the visit would be to further
investigate the villagers dis-
pute with the agri-business
owned by the wife of Minister
of Mines and Energy Suy Sem
which began in 2002.
After the visit, we will pro-
test for the release of those
arrested villagers, and we will
protest in order to help them
to get back their land. We have
a plan, and as a rst step, we
have to go [to the prison].
Ministry of Interior spokes-
man Khieu Sopheak could not
be reached yesterday, but Kuy
Bunsorn, director of the minis-
trys prisons department, said
that he had not yet received
the request.
A resident of Kampong Chhnang provinces Lorpeang village is arrested during a protest over a land dispute
with KDC International on August 12. Opposition lawmakers plan to visit the jailed villagers. HENG CHIVOAN
Fainting inquest
New body
to check out
blackouts
A
S THE factory fainting
tally for the year conti-
nued to escalate this
week, the Ministry of Labour
yesterday announced a com-
mittee to investigate work-
place conditions and determi-
ne the cause behind workers
blacking out on the job.
Leng Tong, director of the
ministrys Occupational Health
and Safety Department, said
the government has prelimi-
narily concluded workers are
fainting because of over-time,
working environment, the
weather, etc, and not because
of chemicals in the factory.
The new interministerial
committee will more conclu-
sively determine the reason,
Tong said yesterday during a
workshop for the 2014-2018
strategic plan for workplace
health and safety. Tong added
that the ministry implemented
80 per cent of its previous
strategic plan.
Over 1,100 workers in Ph-
nom Penh alone have fainted
this year, according to the Free
Trade Union, which continued
to call for stronger inspections
and better conditions yester-
day. SENDAVID
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Police nab
suspect in
rape-killing
Kim Sarom
POLICE in Tbong Khmum town
yesterday arrested a suspect in
the rape and murder of a 4-year-
old girl, police said.
Tbong Khmums deputy
police chief Chan Sophin said
the 15-year-old suspect was
picked up and taken in for
questioning, but declined to
comment in detail, saying the
investigation was ongoing.
We have just apprehended
the suspect, and we cannot
confirm how he killed the girl
because experts have not com-
pleted their post-mortem, but
we just know it is a rape-murder
case, he said.
According to Soeut Sony,
Tbong Khmum town police
chief, the victim was the sus-
pects neighbour, and had been
found lying dead on Monday
not far from her house.
James McCabe, operations
director for the polices Child
Protection Unit, said the child
was last seen playing at a neigh-
bours house, and that the CPU
would be assisting Tbong
Khmum [police] with some
forensic examination, and
assisting the family with the
burial of the deceased.
Term limits for PM proposed
Meas Sokchea

C
IVIL society repre-
sentatives will peti-
tion parliament in
the coming days to
consider amending the consti-
tution to limit prime ministers
to two terms in ofce.
Speaking at a round table
discussion organised by elec-
tion monitor Comfrel yester-
day, political analyst Kem Ley
said having no restrictions on
terms in ofce would lead to
more corruption.
Being in ofce for a long
time can create more nepo-
tism, corruption and an abso-
lutist regime, he said. When
there is an autocratic regime
the leader has the power and
desire to topple groups who
want to protest and express
themselves.
If we cannot restrict the
prime ministers term we will
need to campaign and tell
people not to support him.
The discussion, which in-
cluded speakers from Comfrel,
the Cambodian Defenders
Project, and Gender and De-
velopment Cambodia, centred
on amending Article 119 of the
constitution to add a clause
limiting the prime ministers
term of ofce to a maximum
of 10 years.
Political analyst Sok Touch
echoed Leys comments.
Prime Minister [Hun Sen]
is bigger than the constitution
because he can change the
constitution and can create a
new one, he said.
Hun Sen rst became
prime minister in 1985 and
has held power ever since,
briey sharing it with Prince
Norodom Ranarridh from
1993 to 1997.
Ny Chakrya, head the human
rights and legal aid program at
rights group Adhoc, said Hun
Sen has acted as a president for
life since he came to power.
Our prime ministers have
more power than other coun-
tries, he said.
Koul Panha, executive direc-
tor of Comfrel, claimed that
ofcials in the Cambodian
Peoples Party also want to
restrict the prime ministers
term but they do not dare to
speak out publicly.
Nhem Thavy, a CPP law-
maker and National Assembly
spokesman, said that because
limiting the term of the ofce
of premier was not in the July
agreement between the oppo-
sition Cambodia National Res-
cue Party and the CPP, it would
not be up for discussion.
CNRP deputy president Kem
Sokha yesterday lent his sup-
port to the proposal.
I and other [CNRP] law-
makers have to continue to
demand [term limits] so that
Cambodia can reach a point
where all politicians can
compete for the condence
of the people with fairness,
he said
Prime Minister Hun Sen, who has been in ofce since 1985, addresses an audience at the Peace Palace on
Monday. HENG CHIVOAN
Rings recovered amid
hasty resale in market
MORE likely seeking the cash
from resale than planning
myriad wedding proposals, two
men managed to make off
from a market in Siem Reap
armed with 400 rings, estimat-
ed to be worth $30,000. The
pair allegedly crept in late at
night last week and knocked
off the goods without anyone
noticing. In despair, the jewel-
ler contacted police the next
day. The report coincided with
complaints that two men were
flogging cheap rings at a near-
by market. Police arrested
both and discovered the loot in
their house. KOHSANTEPHEAP
Cage match? Fight was
more like moto match
THERE are certain things you
shouldnt do while riding a
motorbike. Trying to beat up a
rival on another moving bike is
one of them. Police said that
three men were injured after
an argument led to a high-
speed chase and a simultane-
ous fist fight on a combined
four wheels. Rather than any-
one gaining the upper hand,
both bikes soon crashed, lead-
ing to flesh wounds, bruised
egos and arrests. KOH
SANTEPHEAP
Short con gone wrong
sees workers nabbed
TWO guesthouse staff, includ-
ing a security guard, made
the rookie mistake of biting
the hand that feeds in Kratie
province. After their boss
entrusted them with some of
his property at work, the pair
decided to skip town with it on
Monday, taking a mobile
phone and some cash with
them for good measure.
Unfortunately, their calcula-
tions were off and police
intercepted the bus they were
escaping on. They were swiftly
sent to court. KOH SANTEPHEAP

Beach bums swoop in
on eagle-eyed tourist
THE pickings were easy for
three men combing a beach
in Koh Kong for valuables on
Monday. Unfortunately for
them, however, they them-
selves became easy pickings
for patrolling police. After
waiting for a tourist to leave
his belongings unattended
and take a dip in the ocean,
the crew swooped. But three
was a crowd one the swim-
mer soon noticed. He alerted
police, who found the men
and returned the phone and
passport. DEUM AMPIL
Motodop dealer pushes
cops to edge in chase
A MOTODOP has learned that
he has to either be more dis-
creet or just plain faster next
time he tries to deal drugs in
the street. The man, 32, was
allegedly handing out an order
to a customer in Sihanoukville
on Monday when patrolling
police noticed. Having intimate
knowledge of the surrounding
streets, the motodop took the
chance and sped off, leading
police on a high-speed chase
and disposing of drugs as he
went. He was eventually
caught and confessed to his
crimes. KOH SANTEPHEAP
Translated by Sen David
POLICE
BLOTTER
National
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THE PHNOM PENH POST AUGUST 20, 2014
Undercover cop killed during investigation
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
AN UNDERCOVER officer investigating
drug trafficking in Kampong Chams
Chamkar Leu district was brutally killed
by the alleged targets of his investiga-
tion after his true identity came to light,
police said yesterday.
According to Pen Sira chief of Ta
Pruk commune administrative police
and the victims former boss Chamkar
Leu districts anti-drug trafficking offic-
er Hong Chhay Ly, 42, was killed after
blowing his cover during a drinking
session with the men he had been
investigating.
Meas Phearith, acting chief of police
in Svay Teab commune, where the kill-
ing took place, said that Chhay Ly had
been invited to drink with suspects
Chhin Bunly, 25, and So Tin, 19 the
targets of his investigation.
Our forces tried to help him after we
received the report from the villagers,
but it was too late, since he was already
chopped to death in a pool of blood.
Phearith said. The left hand was cut off
and he was stabbed from behind under
the right shoulder.
Police forces surrounded the crime
scene and apprehended Bunly and Tin
an hour later, he added.
We are terribly sorry for his death
since he served the people and the
nation, Chamkar Leu district police
chief En Dara said from Chhay Lys
funeral.
The two suspects along with their
suspected murder weapons, an axe and
a machete were sent to Kampong
Cham Provincial Court yesterday.
The men were preliminarily charged
by police with intentional murder,
he added.
Workers in
K Chhnang
block road
Mom Kunthear
HUNDREDS of workers at a
garment factory in Kampong
Chhnang province blocked
National Road 5 for about four
hours yesterday, leading to a
standoff with police.
Sous Sokha, an official with
the Khmer Union Federation of
Workers Spirit, said it was the
second day that the workers
from Jiun Ye Garment had taken
to the road in Samaki Meanchey
district to demand better work-
ing conditions, including a $15
monthly attendance bonus.
Sokha said a minor scuffle
with security forces ensued, but
no one was injured.
Doung Hong, district police
chief, said his officers went to
protect workers lest a fight with
those boycotting occurred.
I will join negotiations at the
factory [today] to finish this dis-
pute, he said. Worker repre-
sentative Yin Chinreoun said
protesters will block the road
again today if complaints are
not addressed. Factory officials
could not be reached.
Temple may be heritage site
Chhay Channyda

S
AMBOR Prei Kuk, the seventh-
century temple of the pre-Ang-
korian Chenla Kingdom built by
Isanavarman I, will be submitted
for consideration as a World Heritage
Site to UNESCO.
The announcement came yesterday at a
seminar on research and conservation on
the temple complex, the most important
religious centre of the pre-Angkorian era
and now located in a quiet patch of forest
in Kampong Thom province.
According to Minister of Culture Phoe-
urng Sackona, up to 80 per cent of the
documents for the proposal have already
been prepared and will be nished soon.
The documents will be completed
by the end of 2014 and hopefully will be
sent to UNESCO in Paris, she said. Its
expected to be listed as a World Heritage
Site by UNESCO in the future.
The Ministry of Culture rst conducted
research on the temples in 1998 and work
on a conservation plan was started in 2001
in collaboration with Japans Waseda Uni-
versity, an effort that will continue until
2017, said Prak Sonnara, director-general
of cultural heritage at the ministry.
Currently, about 13 clay temples have
been repaired, Sonnara said.
They emerge from the jungle with peo-
ple living in them. So at this site, nature,
temples and people live together, he said.
It has outstanding, universal value.
Japan helped to draw up a master plan
of the temples, ranking them according to
which ones were prone to collapse and re-
searching the lifestyle of the people living
there, Sonnara added.
Ut Sam Orn, Kampong Thom provin-
cial governor, said having Sambor Prei
Kuk as a World Heritage Site would help
the temples worsening condition and
facilitate locals livelihoods when more
tourists come to visit.
Sam Orn also added that currently
more than 1,000 tourists visit the temples
each month.
Cambodia currently has the temples
at Angkor Wat and Preah Vihear listed as
World Heritage Sites. The Royal Ballet of
Cambodia and Khmer shadow theatre are
also listed as intangible cultural heritage.
Banteay Chhmar Temple, Champei mu-
sic, Khmer silk and Khol Drama are also
planned to be listed with UNESCO in the
future, Sackona said.
Sambor Prei Kuk temple, seen here in 2011, is being put forth for consideration as a UNESCO
World Heritage Site. DON WEINLAND
Eddie Morton and May Kunmakara

C
AMBODIAS tourism indus-
try, which for years has seen
double-digit growth, is now
showing signs of slowing
down as Thai visitors to the Kingdom
decline, according to the latest govern-
ment data.
The latest half yearly report from the
Ministry of Tourism shows arrivals to-
talled 2.2 million between January and
June this year, up 5 per cent from the
same period last year.
But the marginal rise bucks a year-
on-year trend of increases ranging
between 13 and 26 per cent as seen at
the halfway point of every year from
2010 to 2013.
Kong Sophearak, director of the Min-
istry of Tourisms statistics department
said the dampened growth has primar-
ily stemmed from a decline in over-
land arrivals from Thailand over the
past six months.
Since the end of the global nan-
cial crisis, Cambodia has seen consis-
tent double-digit increases in arriv-
als. But so far this year, that gure has
fallen due to less people arriving from
Thailand through the border gates,
he explained.
According to Sophearak, over-land
arrivals from Thailand to Cambodia
through the Poipet border gate de-
clined 23 per cent during the rst half
of the year, while air travel between
the two nations continued to grow.
In total, the number of Thai arrivals
to Cambodia equalled 106,000, down
more than 4 per cent from the same
period last year.
The political situation has damp-
ened outward tourism to Cambodia.
But from this point, I believe we will
see tourism gures as a whole steady
out to an end-of-year growth average
of 8 per cent.
Earlier this month, during a press
tour of Thailand, Thawatchai Arunyik,
the governor of Tourism Authority of
Thailand told the Post that the long-
standing political turmoil in Thailand
had impacted the countrys tourism
industry especially with regards to
travellers venturing to Cambodia.
We have to promote together as we
are neighbours, he said.
In the past, we had promoted the
two Kingdoms as one destination.
People who come to Thailand, they
dont just stop in Thailand, they go on
to visit Cambodia too.
Ho Vandy, co-chair of the Private and
Public Sector Working Group, said he
was condent tourism gures would
recover in the second half of the year
as Thailand recoups its own numbers,
as Cambodias peak tourist season re-
turns in October and as direct ights to
Japan become available.
This mid-year gure is not deni-
tive of the end-of-year result. We have
just been through the low season,
Vandy said, adding that direct ights to
Japan from Cambodia were planned to
start as early as next month.
The Japanese tourism market, mean-
while, was among the larger vistor
number increases during the rst six
months of this year, according to the
governments data, with arrivals to the
Kingdom reaching more than 107,000,
up 12 per cent compared to the same
six-month period last year.
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Cambodia looks to be winner for growth for AEC: ILO
Eddie Morton and Daniel de Carteret
CAMBODIA stands to be the biggest
beneficiary, in terms of GDP growth,
for the first decade following ASEAN
Economic Integration in 2015, accord-
ing to a study released publicly today
by the International Labour Organisa-
tion (ILO).
The ILOs 160-page report says Cam-
bodia could see a 19.9 per cent increase
in its GDP value by 2025, provided
member states continue to reduce
trade costs, remove intra-regional tar-
iffs and liberalise non-tariff barriers.
The lower-income ASEAN Member
States in general see the largest increas-
es in GDP in part as consumers and
producers in these countries face rela-
tively high trade barriers and costs, and
thus stand to gain most from increased
international trade, the report states.
But the forecast is highly optimis-
tic according to Jayant Menon, lead
economist at the ADBs office of
regional integration, who says the
model likely takes in to account a
rapid flow of capital to support growth
that Cambodia does not have the cur-
rent capacity to absorb.
Cambodia doesnt have the kind of
skilled labour force or infrastructure
to accommodate a rapid increase of
capital, Menon said.
The ILO predicts that while retail,
wholesale, trade management and
electrical repair jobs will increase the
most by 2025 in Cambodia, driven by
more attractive wages and higher
skills, the share of the population find-
ing employment in the key agricul-
tural sector may steadily decline.
Cambodias food processing sector
is flagged by the ILO as a potential area
for job losses, brought on by weak link-
ages with the countrys agricultural
sector.
Of particular concern is the potential
of trade integration to weaken the food
processing sectors in some of these
countries, notably Cambodia, Indone-
sia and Lao Peoples Democratic Repub-
lic. Concerted policy efforts will be
required to strengthen the value chains
associated with agriculture.
Ly Visol, Office Manager at The Fed-
eration of Associations of Small and
Medium Enterprises (SME) of Cambo-
dia said yesterday that unfair domestic
competition was hampering the food
industry a problem that would make
it difficult to achieve the standards
needed to compete with regional
peers.
While one SME owner in one com-
pany can get around the law, the other
owner cant, yet all of them have to sell
there product at the market, he said.
In such a system it discourages
owners follow the right standards of
production, as it is at a higher cost.
The ILO report titled: ASEAN Com-
munity: Managing integration for better
jobs and shared prosperity is due out
today. ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY HOR KIMSAY
Results of
agriculture
census out
Hor Kimsay
THE Ministry of Planning will
today release preliminary
results of Cambodias first
agricultural industry census,
which promises to provide the
biggest ever snapshot of the
key sector.
According to a press release
issued yesterday by the min-
istry, the census preliminary
results wi l l i nclude the
number of agricultural busi-
nesses currently operating in
the country, the types of
activities performed by those
businesses and the number of
households and share of
Cambodi as popul at ion
engaged in those activities.
The results from the finding
of this agricultural census will
allow the government to eval-
uate the current Cambodian
agricultural sector and prepare
policies or strategies, which
could help to answer the needs
of finding, Hang Lina, direc-
tor general of the National
Institute of Statistic said.
According to Lina, the
industry-wide survey cost
some $5 million to complete
and was funded and support-
ed jointly by the Cambodian
government, AusAid, Sida,
FAO and USAID.
Lina added that a full, in
depth copy of the census,
which will be paired with an
analysis of the results, is not
expected to be released until
December this year.
Tourists entering Cambodia from Thailand through the Cham Yeam border crossing in Koh Kong province this month. HENG CHIVOAN
Tourist data show slow rise
Galaxy to boost Macau
workforce by 8,000
GALAXY Entertainment Group
Ltd, the Macau casino
operator that made Lui Che
Woo a billionaire, will increase
its workforce by 50 per cent to
staff a new casino after
posting earnings that beat
estimates. The Hong Kong-
listed company will begin
recruiting 8,000 workers at the
end of this year. The property,
which will cost H$20 billion
($2.5 billion) to build, is on
schedule for completion by the
middle of next year. Yesterday,
Galaxy reported that adjusted
earnings before interest, taxes,
depreciation and amortisation
for the three months ended
June rose 15 per cent to H$3.5
billion. BLOOMBERG
China investors put $1B
into Caribbean resort
CHINESE investors are to
plunge more than US$1 billion
into developing Antigua and
Barbudas first mega-resort,
creating 1,000 jobs for the tiny
cash-strapped nation. The
Singulari scheme 50 per
cent bigger than the heralded
Baha Mar resort under way in
the Bahamas is being lauded
as a major feather in the East
Caribbean countrys tourism
cap. Construction on the huge
647-hectare multihotel,
residential and commercial
project is to begin early next
year. AFP
Business
8
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Japan firms NTN, NSK fined
C
HINAS antitrust
regulator ned Japa-
nese bearing makers
NSK Ltd and NTN
Corp a combined 4.8 billion
($47 million) for violating rules
amid a probe into industry
pricing practices.
NSK and NTN were ned
2.9 billion and 1.9 billion, re-
spectively, by Chinas National
Development and Reform
Commission, according to the
companies statements to the
Tokyo Stock Exchange.
China is stepping up an anti-
monopoly investigation that
has so far pressured at least
seven foreign carmakers into
cutting prices. The NDRC,
which has primary respon-
sibility for oversight of pric-
ing, had said this month that
it completed an investigation
into 12 Japanese companies
and would penalise violators.
China has been cooperating
globally in terms of interna-
tional issues like cartels, said
Toshiaki Yamaguchi, an Osaka,
Japan-based lawyer specialis-
ing in corporate compliance.
This should be a wake-up call
for companies not to engage in
suspicious behaviour that may
be regarded as a cartel.
Chinas anti-monopoly law
allows the government to im-
pose nes of as much as 10 per
cent of a rms annual revenue.
Companies that cooperate can
get lighter penalties.
NSK said yesterday that it
would take comprehensive
measures to ensure it strictly
complied with the laws and
will disclose any revision to its
full-year forecast as a result of
the ne.
The violations were for the
period from 2000 to June
2011, company spokesman
Taketoshi Tanoue said, with-
out being more specic about
the offenses. The company
was ned by Japans antitrust
authority last year for xing
prices of bearings.
Besides component manu-
facturers, the NDRC investi-
gation has looked at pricing
practices of vehicles, after-
sales maintenance and spare
parts. Volkswagen Ags Audi,
Daimler Ags Mercedes-Benz
and Toyota Motor Corp are
among carmakers that have
announced price cuts since
July in the wake of the probe
into more than a dozen auto-
makers. Tensions in Chinas
foreign community has esca-
lated with the probes.
The European Union Cham-
ber of Commerce in China,
which has about 1,800 mem-
bers in the country, said in an
Aug. 13 statement that Chinese
investigators were picking on
foreign companies, pressuring
them into accepting punish-
ments and depriving them of
full hearings.
The American Chamber of
Commerce in China called for
dialogue with US and Chinese
ofcials about rising concerns
among its members.
We are absolutely looking
very closely at all thats going
on in the investment environ-
ment in China, Greg Gilligan,
chairman of the group, said in
an interview in Beijing yester-
day. There is increased con-
cern among our membership
about a number of things that
are happening across a num-
ber of industries.
Ministry of Commerce
spokesman Shen Danyang
said yesterday that there is
no xenophobia behind the
investigations. The NDRC has
said it is pursuing the inves-
tigations to uphold market
order and protect consumer
interests. BLOOMBERG
Two Japanese rms, NSK and NTN, which produce bearings such as
these have been ned for antitrust violations in China. They are the lat-
est companies to be ned in a sweeping industry crackdown. BLOOMBERG
Singapores
OCBC to
raise $2.7B
SINGAPORES Oversea-Chi-
nese Banking Corp (OCBC)
said on Monday that it plans to
raise S$3.37 billion ($2.7 bil-
lion) in a rights issue to boost
its balance sheet following its
takeover of Hong Kongs Wing
Hang Bank.
OCBC said in a statement it
has received in-principle
approval from the Singapore
Exchange Securities Trading
Ltd for its plan to issue 440.05
million new ordinary shares
priced at S$7.65 each. The
offer is at a 25 per cent dis-
count to Fridays closing price
of S$10.20.
OCBC said the rights issue
will enable the company to
balance its sheet and enhance
the financial flexibility of the
group following its purchase
of Wing Hang for $5 billion.
The Singaporean lender, one
of Southeast Asias largest listed
banks, said it owns 98 per cent
of Wing Hang.
Paul Dowling, principal ana-
lyst at Sydney-based bank
research firm East & Partners,
said the number of shares of
issued by OCBC is about
right, easing existing share-
holders concerns about dilut-
ing stakes. AFP
Markets
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Business
Business
10
THE PHNOM PENH POST AUGUST 20, 2014
Following a 23 per cent surge in prot, global mining giant BHP Billiton has revealed it will create a new independent company. AFP
BHP reveals spinoff firm as
net profit surges to $13.8B
Glenda Kwek

G
LOBAL mining giant
BHP Billiton posted
a 23.2 per cent jump
in annual net prot
yesterday and said it will cre-
ate a new independent com-
pany by spinning off noncore
assets to reduce costs and
boost productivity.
The $13.8 billion result in
the year to June 30 the rst
time BHP has posted a year-
on-year increase in net prot
since 2011 came as spend-
ing cuts and strong produc-
tion numbers offset weaker
commodity prices.
With robust volume growth
and further productivity gains
expected, we remain condent
in the outlook for the group,
chief executive Andrew Mack-
enzie said.
The worlds biggest miner
said to maintain its dominant
position it planned to demerge
parts of its business to focus
exclusively on its core long-life
operations iron ore, copper,
petroleum, coal and potash.
The new entity, to be
named NewCo, will include
some of its aluminium, coal,
manganese, nickel and silver
assets, with the demerger
expected to be completed in
the rst half of the 2015 cal-
endar year.
For over a century, BHP
Billiton has progressively re-
shaped its business to main-
tain its industry leadership,
chairman Jac Nasser said.
We believe the proposed
demerger, if implemented,
will accelerate the simplica-
tion of the Groups portfolio,
provide investors with choice
and unlock value in both
companies.
Our shareholders will have
the opportunity to vote on this
proposal once the necessary
approvals are in place.
This years annual prot was
slightly higher than the $13.6
billion forecast by analysts.
The productivity boost
saw underlying prot rise by
10 per cent to $13.4 billion as
the miner booked $2.9 bil-
lion in cost savings. BHPs
balance sheet strengthened
during the period, with net
debt falling by $1.7 billion to
$25.8 billion.
Our operational perfor-
mance continued to improve,
enabling us to exceed pro-
duction guidance for a num-
ber of our core commodities
including iron ore, metallur-
gical coal and petroleum liq-
uids, he added.
BHP said a balanced global
economic outlook would pro-
vide support for its commodi-
ties, although with more
moderate rates of demand
growth.
In the longer term, wealth
creation and urbanisation
will remain the primary driv-
ers of commodities demand,
although the transition to
consumption-led growth in
emerging economies should
provide particular support
for industrial metals, energy
and fertilisers.
BHP said the new entity,
NewCo, would have assets in
ve countries, with its head-
quarters in Perth, the capital
of Western Australia. It will be
listed in Australia with a sec-
ondary listing on the Johan-
nesburg Stock Exchange.
Long-serving David Craw-
ford, a current BHP board
member, will be the new
chairman with current BHP
head of nance Graham Kerr
the chief executive.
BHP rst signalled in April
it may sell some assets but
did not say how this would be
achieved with reports at the
time saying the new company
could be worth about A$20
billion (US$18.5 billion).
The assets that would form
the new company are not of
the same size as those in our
major basins but many are
among the largest and high-
est quality in their sectors,
Mackenzie said. We believe
they will be more valuable in
a purpose built, independent
company than they would be
in BHP Billiton.
NewCo will employ about
24,000 staff and contractors.
Its operations will include
the silver and lead Canning-
ton mine in Australia, and
manganese, aluminium and
coal mines in Australia and
South Africa. AFP
THE European Commission
on Monday announced a se-
ries of exceptional measures
to help growers hit by a Rus-
sian ban on fruit and vegeta-
ble imports.
The products in question
are in full harvesting season,
with little hope of nding al-
ternative markets to replace
demand from Russia in time,
the Commission said.
A European ofcial said
the primary recipients of the
compensation will be Russian
neighbours Poland and Lithu-
ania as well as Belgium and
the Netherlands.
The 125 million ($170 mil-
lion) of measures cover to-
matoes, carrots, white cab-
bage, peppers, cauliowers,
cucumbers, as well as mush-
rooms, apples, pears, berries,
grapes and kiwis, the EUs ex-
ecutive arm said.
All farmers of the concerned
products whether in produc-
er organisations or not will be
eligible to take up these mar-
ket support measures where
they see t, said Agriculture
Commissioner Dacian Ciolos
in a statement.
The Russian embargo, an-
nounced earlier this month,
came in retaliation against
US and European sanctions
over Moscows alleged role in
separatist violence in eastern
Ukraine. Set to last for a year,
the Russian ban covers im-
ports of meats, fruits and vege-
tables, sh, and dairy products
from the European Union, the
United States, Australia, Cana-
da and Norway.
The aid, effective from
Monday until November, will
mainly involve withdrawing
products from the EU market
in a bid to prop up prices.
For the move, the Commis-
sion will use a special emer-
gency fund of 400 million
that was already tapped into
last week to intervene in the
peach market.
The European Commission
said it will continue to follow
developments and will not
hesitate to support further sec-
tors heavily dependent on ex-
ports to Russia or to adapt the
measures already announced,
if necessary.
The EU estimates exports to
Russia normally reach about
5.2 billion a year. EU ofcials
argue that the worst effects of
Moscows embargo will be
felt in Russia where about 60
per cent of food needs are im-
ported. AFP
A BRITISH former trader at
Dutch bank Rabobank plead-
ed guilty in the United States
on Monday to conspiring to
manipulate the key Libor in-
terest rate for the yen.
The US Department of Jus-
tice said Paul Robson, who was
Rabobanks main submittor of
the benchmark yen London
InterBank Offered Rate (Libor)
in London, admitted in a New
York federal court that he had
manipulated the rate in a con-
spiracy of massive scope.
Paul Robson is the second
employee at Rabobank, one
of the worlds largest banks,
to plead guilty to participat-
ing in a global fraud scheme,
said Assistant Attorney Gen-
eral Caldwell. The scope of
the fraud was massive, but
the scheme was simple. By il-
legally inuencing the Libor
rates, Robson and his co-con-
spirators rigged the markets
to ensure that their trades
made money.
The Libor is an interbank
average rate that is used to
peg millions of interest rate-
sensitive contracts and loans
around the world. Investi-
gators in Japan, Britain, the
United States and elsewhere
have been probing the manip-
ulation of the rate by traders
to benet their own accounts
and add to their banks prots.
Rabobank itself paid $325
million to US authorities last
year to resolve accusations
against it in the scandal. In
July, British bank Lloyds admit-
ted wrongdoing in connection
with the conspiracy, and paid
an $86 million penalty. AFP
EU aid for growers hit
by Russian embargo
Former British trader
manipulated libor rate
Bidding war begins for US discount chain Family Dollar
DOLLAR General, the biggest US
deep-discount chain, started a bid-
ding war on Monday for number-two
Family Dollar Stores, trumping a Dol-
lar Tree merger deal that was agreed
only weeks ago.
The battle underscores the tough
competition among retailers in sub-
urban and rural America, where the
three chains go head-to-head with
titan Wal-Mart and others for low- and
middle-income consumers.
A Dollar General-Family Dollar
combination would have nearly
20,000 stores in 46 states and sales of
more than $28 billion. That compares
with Walmarts 4,900 mostly much
larger US stores which generate 12
times that much in sales.
Dollar General offered to pay $78.50
per share for Family Dollar, $4 more
than Dollar Trees offer, in an all-cash
deal valued at $9.7 billion.
Dollar General said that it has com-
mitted financing for the deal and
would pay the $305 million breakup
fee if Family Dollar chose to end its
agreed merger with Dollar Tree. To
address any potential antitrust
issues, it also said it was willing to
divest up to 700 stores.
On July 28, Family Dollar, under
pressure from activist investor and
shareholder Carl Icahn, agreed to be
acquired by Dollar Tree, the third-
biggest dollar-store chain, in a cash-
and stock deal valued at $9.2 billion,
including debt. At the time Icahn said
he was pleased with the deal, but
added that he believed there were a
handful of potential buyers who
would make better partners for Fam-
ily Dollar. We are hopeful that one or
more of them will surface as a result
of todays announcement, he said.
Dollar General said on Monday that
its offer was substantially superior
to Dollar Trees, giving Family Dollar
shareholders a better price and imme-
diate liquidity for their shares.
The customers of both companies
would also benefit because we
would be able to provide better value
and greater selection, said Rick
Dreiling, Dollar Generals chairman
and chief executive. Family Dollar
confirmed it had received Dollar
Generals offer and said that its board
of directors will carefully review
and consider the proposal.
Meanwhile, it said the board has not
changed its recommendation in sup-
port of the merger with Dollar Tree.
Dollar Trees proposed tie-up with
Family Dollar, which sells name-brand
and private-label goods at various
prices, would create a smaller com-
pany with sales of more than $18 bil-
lion and more than 145,000 employ-
ees. Dollar General announced in June
it would expand into three new states
Maine, Rhode Island and Oregon in
the coming months, bringing its foot-
print to 43 states. The company esti-
mated the tie-up with Family Dollar
would generate synergies of $550-
$600 million annually three years
after the deal is completed.
Bank of America predicted the com-
bination with Family Dollar would be
very accretive to earnings.
Importantly, in our view, the deal
should also lead to a slowdown in
absolute store growth as well as take
out a major competitor, putting DG
in a better position to deal with
WMTs [Wal-Marts] eventual ramp-
up in the small-format stores, the
bank said in a research note. We
view the deal as a win-win for all dol-
lar stores and believe a counter offer
from DLTR [Dollar Tree] unlikely, as
more leverage would be required and
synergies are far lower. AFP
We view the deal as a win-
win for all dollar stores and
believe a counter offer
from [Dollar Tree] unlikely
Markets
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Cement R/Sac 19000 19500 2.63 %
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COMMODITY UNITS PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE TIME(ET)
Crude Oil (WTI) USD/bbl. 96.69 0.28 0.29% 5:13:34
Crude Oil (Brent) USD/bbl. 101.8 0.2 0.20% 5:14:47
NYMEX Natural Gas USD/MMBtu 3.81 0.02 0.58% 5:15:00
RBOBGasoline USd/gal. 267.23 1.63 0.61% 5:13:08
NYMEX Heating Oil USd/gal. 281.76 1.16 0.41% 5:13:07
ICEGasoil USD/MT 858.25 4.75 0.56% 5:13:44
COMMODITY UNITS PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE TIME(ET)
CBOT Rough Rice USD/cwt 12.88 0.05 0.35% 4:02:48
CME Lumber USD/tbf 349.7 2.6 0.75% 21:09:14
NORWEGIAN PEOPLES AID CAMBODIA
Unique Employment Opportunity
NPA is a humanitarian aid organizaton established in 1939 by the
Norwegian Confederaton of Trade Unions. NPA is currently present
in over 30 countries. NPA started actvites in Cambodia in 1992
providing de-mining assistance to the Cambodian Mine Acton Center
(CMAC) in order to prepare for resetlement of refugees returning
from the border camps in Thailand.
NPA is now seeking applicatons from qualied Cambodian candidates
to work on a full-tme basis to ll the positon of Finance Manager
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CV to NPA at oce #4, Street 278, Sangkat Olympic, Phnom Penh
OR via e-mail address at RecruitmentC@npaid.org. The closing date
for applicatons is September 2, 2014 at 17:00. Only short-listed
candidates will be noted.
Please indicate your CURRENT SALARY in your applicaton.
Detailed job descripton of this positon can be downloaded from
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Vacancy Announcement
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Locaton: The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of
Cambodia (ECCC), Phnom Penh.
Closing Date: August 25, 2014 @ 4:30 pm.
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) is seeking highly
qualied applicants for the positon of Legal Ocer, NO-C.
For more details of the Job Descripton (JD), please visit the ECCC website at
htp: www.eccc.gov.kh/en/about-eccc/jobs
Submission of Applicatons
Qualied candidates may submit their applicatons, including a leter of interest,
Curriculum Vitae indicatng personal and technical skills, academic qualicatons
and experience in similar assignments along with the duly completed and signed
ECCC Applicaton Form for Employment available in the above website to:
Human Resources Secton (Natonal)
Natonal Road 4, Chaom Chau Commune
Porsenchey District, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
The ECCC gate B or Email: personnel@eccc.gov.kh
P.O Box No.71
Please note that incomplete applicatons or applicatons received afer the
closing date will not be considered. Only those candidates that are short-listed
for interviews will be noted.
Applicatons from qualied female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
Gender hurdles remain in Japan
O
NLY one female executive
made it to the top-earner
list of Japans Nikkei 225
companies last year. She is
an American who lives in New York.
Nicole Seligman, president of Sony
Corporation of America and Sony En-
tertainment, is the only female among
185 executives who earned 100 mil-
lion ($974,000) or more, according to
data compiled by Bloomberg. Kazuo
Kashio, president of Casio Computer
earned the most, with 1.2 billion in
compensation, and Canon. chair-
man Fujio Mitarai was second with
1.1 billion, according to the data
that looked at the pay of the top ex-
ecutives at Japans 225 biggest com-
panies in the last reporting period.
The absence of Japanese women
in the top echelons of business re-
ects challenges the country faces in
boosting the number of female lead-
ers as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
pledges to ll 30 per cent of manage-
ment positions with women by 2020.
It is also a result of lower female la-
bour participation in a nation known
for long working hours, a shortage of
child care facilities and a culture in
which women are often relegated to
serving tea in workplaces.
Its becoming clear that Japans
economic growth wont be sustain-
able if we dont utilise women in the
workforce, said Akira Kawaguchi, a
professor at Doshisha University in
Kyoto. For corporations, they wont
be able to hire the best talent if they
only focus on men.
Women on average accounted for
6.2 per cent of management posi-
tions, according to a survey of 11,017
Japanese companies by Teikoku Da-
tabank Ltd, Japans largest credit re-
search company. About 52 per cent
of companies surveyed dont have
any female managers, it said.
Women ll 34 per cent of manage-
ment positions in Britain and 44 per
cent in the US, according to a Japa-
nese government report.
Even as Japans female labour-force
participation rate rose to a record 64
per cent as of June, it is still lower
than the 82 per cent rate for men,
according to the Ministry of Internal
Affairs and Communications.
Japans gender wage gap is the
second widest among Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and De-
velopment countries, trailing only
South Korea, where its 37 per cent.
The 27 per cent gap in Japan com-
pares with 19 per cent in the US and
6.2 per cent in New Zealand, which
has the lowest wage gap among
OECD member countries.
Prime Minister Abe plans to bring
more women into the workforce as
part of his growth strategy for the
worlds third-largest economy as the
countrys population declines.
Some women opt out of a career
with large corporations, said Kumi
Sato, president and chief executive of
Cosmo Public Relations and a win-
ner of Harvard Business School Club
of Japans Business Stateswoman of
the Year in 2012.
For a long time, Japanese women
didnt want to pursue the let-me-join-
the-big-corporations route; its really
not a very attractive workplace, said
Sato, a mother of three. You are at the
mercy of a big corporate bureaucracy.
You have to go out drinking with your
boss and follow rigid rules.
A lack of sufcient child care sup-
port also has kept some women at
home, said Sato. Only 38 per cent
return to work after giving birth, ac-
cording to the Labour Ministry. About
one in three women who quit said
the working environment doesnt
allow them to juggle both work and
family, according to a survey by No-
mura Research Institute.
Sato, a former chairman of the
American Chamber of Commerce in
Japan, was part of a team that pub-
lished a paper in 2013 recommend-
ing the government loosen regula-
tions to allow Japanese citizens to
sponsor foreign domestic workers.
Women have to carry a lot of the
burden, said Sato. There are few
support structures that give women
a real option to continue to work.
Men and women in Japan start off
with the smallest wage gap. A female
20 to 24 years old at the beginning of
her career makes about 86 per cent
of a male colleague, according to the
National Tax Agency.
That percentage drops over time
to about 50 per cent for women in
their 40s and remains at that level
throughout the rest of their careers,
the data show.
That compares with women in the
US earning 77 per cent of what their
male counterparts make, according to
the US Census Bureau. BLOOMBERG
American Nicole Seligman (right) is the highest paid female executive of a Japanese
corporation. AFP
We held up media credentials. They
drove into parking lot of private
apartment complex and shot tear
gas in circle, 10ft from us.
12 THE PHNOM PENH POST AUGUST 20, 2014
World
P
ROTESTERS in Fergu-
son shot at police and
threw rocks and Molo-
tov cocktails in a new
spasm of violence late on Mon-
day in the St Louis suburb that
left six wounded and led to 31
arrests including of a 90-year-
old Holocaust survivor.
Police responded with tear
gas to disperse the crowd of
about 200 in the town, Captain
Ron Johnson of the Missouri
Highway Patrol said early yes-
terday. He said police showed
restraint and did not open re.
Johnson said two demon-
strators and four ofcers were
injured in the fresh unrest that
has shaken Ferguson since a
white police ofcer shot dead
a black teenager, unleashing a
new debate over police treat-
ment of minorities in the US.
Unarmed 18-year-old Mi-
chael Brown was killed in
broad daylight on a residential
street by Darren Wilson, a 28-
year-old white police ofcer,
on August 9.
Monday nights demonstra-
tion over the killing started
peacefully, only hours after
President Barack Obama, in-
terrupting his summer vaca-
tion, made a national televised
appeal for calm. But Johnson
told a news conference that a
loud albeit peaceful group of
about 200 then started mov-
ing toward the police and a
small minority among them
attacked ofcers in riot gear.
There is a dangerous dy-
namic in the night, Johnson
said. It allows a small number
of violent agitators to hide in
the crowd and then attempt to
create chaos.
He added: Our ofcers came
under heavy gunre.
Johnson stood behind a table
on which a gun and a Molotov
cocktail that he claimed had
been seized from protesters
were on display.
Amid the trouble, Getty Im-
ages photographer Scott Ol-
son was arrested for unknown
reasons, the agency said. He
was later released. Also arrest-
ed was 90-year-old Holocaust
survivor Hedy Epstein, who
was cited for failing to dis-
perse during a protest.
Ive been doing this since I
was a teenager. I didnt think I
would have to do it when I was
90, Epstein told The Nation.
We need to stand up today so
that people wont have to do
this when theyre 90.
US National Guard troops
had rolled into Ferguson ear-
lier in the day, but they kept
a low prole as police in riot
gear dispersed the demonstra-
tors around 11pm.
Obama, the nations rst black
president, said he was sending
Attorney-General Eric Holder
to Ferguson today, as Washing-
ton launches a civil rights inves-
tigation into the case.
The reinforcements allowed
State Governor Jay Nixon to
lift an overnight curfew, but
tempers were still running
high amid controversy over
Browns death.
Theyre supposed to pro-
tect the American citizens,
but theyre ghting a war with
unarmed citizens, said black
demonstrator Ron Henry, who
wore a T-shirt emblazoned with
the words Stop Killing Us.
A forensic pathologist re-
tained by Browns family re-
vealed that the student had
been shot at least six times
twice in the head.
Different versions of the
shooting have emerged, with
police sources saying there was
a scufe during which Brown
tried to seize the policemans
weapon, while witnesses have
alleged that Brown had his
hands up and was not resist-
ing when he was shot.
Ofcials said a Missouri grand
jury could hear evidence in the
case as early as today. AFP
Who are the people on the streets?
ON ONE corner of a battered stretch
of West Florissant Avenue, the epi-
centre of ongoing protests, young
men pull dark scarves up over their
mouths and lob Molotov cocktails at
police from behind makeshift bar-
ricades built of bricks and wood
planks. They call the gasoline-filled
bottles poor mans bombs.
The young men yell expletives
and, with a
rebels brava-
do, speak
about secur-
ing justice for
Michael Brown
by any means
necessary.
They
a r e
known here as the militants a fac-
tion inhabiting the hard-core end of a
spectrum that includes online organ-
isers and opportunistic looters and
their numbers have been growing
with the severity of their tactics since
the shooting.
Each evening, hundreds gather
along West Florrisant in what has
become the most visible and perilous
ritual of this St Louis suburbs days of
frustration following Browns death.
But the demonstrators are as diverse
as their grievances and in their
methods of addressing them.
Some of the men are from the area
Ferguson or surrounding towns also
defined in part by the gulf separating
the mostly white law enforcement
agencies from a mistrusting black
public. Many others it is hard to
quantify the percentage have arrived
by bus and by car from Chicago,
Detroit, Brooklyn and elsewhere.
They will not give their names.
But their leaders say that they are
ready to fight, some with guns in
their hands.
This is not the time for no
peace, said one man, 27, who
made the trip here from Chicago.
He spoke after a small group of fel-
low militants held a meeting behind
a looted store, sketching out ambi-
tions for the days ahead. We are job-
less men, and this is our job now get-
ting justice, he said. If that means
violence, thats OK by me. Theyve
been doing this to us for years.
There is a group of peaceful protest-
ers that congregates around the Quik-
Trip, looted and burned out during the
first night of protest. Another gathers
near the Ferguson police station. A
third more scattered faction organises,
advertises and rallies demonstrators
on Twitter, specifically what members
of the faction call black Twitter.
People have been tweeting, We are
ready to die tonight, said Mary Pat
Hector, a national youth organiser
with the Reverend Al Sharptons
national action network.
Hector travelled from Atlanta, hoping
her presence as a nonviolent protester
would help counter what she described
as so much negative energy.
Then there are the looters, leader-
less men who under the cover of
nightly political protests target liquor
stores, beauty-supply shops and oth-
er businesses with inventories easy to
sell and in high demand.
Ferguson police officials would not
quantify how many looters have been
arrested since the Brown shooting but
presented a Washington Post reporter
with a stack of roughly 50 arrest
reports. While some of those arrested
for stealing are from Ferguson, a large
number have addresses listed in Illi-
nois or in Texas.
Its like looting tourism, an officer
commented as he showed the reports.
He asked not to be named. Its like
they are spending their gas money to
come down here and steal.
DeAndre Smith, fresh from looting
the QuikTrip on a recent night, told
reporters: Im proud of us. We
deserve this, and this is whats sup-
posed to happen when theres injus-
tice in your community. St Louis not
going take this anymore.
Many on the streets share that senti-
ment and feel, in terms of race rela-
tions, this city and its surrounding
communities never emerged from the
civil rights era. Two-thirds of Fergusons
21,000 residents are black; only three
of the police forces 53 officers are.
This was a chance to vent about the
national treatment of black men
across the country, said Ronnie
Natch, a music producer and leader
of the peaceful protesters.
Natch is 30 years old and has a
10-month-old baby. His wife gives out
water and fruit to protesters from their
base at the burned out QuikTrip.
We want to show up at the front
door every day and say, through words,
that this shooting is not going to be
swept under the rug, he said. There
have just been too many deaths.
Missouri had the nations highest
black homicide rate in 2010 and the
second-highest in 2011. The citys
school system is crumbling, and
Browns high school resides in one of
the nations most troubled districts.
After all the cameras are gone, we
have to live here, Natch said. THE WASH-
INGTON POST
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Fukushimas safe to eat
rice to be exported again
JAPAN is to resume exports of
rice grown in Fukushima for
the first time since foreign sales
were halted due to fears of con-
tamination by the nuclear dis-
aster, officials said yesterday.
The National Federation of
Agricultural Cooperative Asso-
ciations (Zen-Noh), a major
wholesaler of Japanese agri-
cultural products, said it will
send 300 kilograms of the grain
to Singapore.
Its provenance will be marked
and it will not be mixed with
other produce, an official said.
The rice was grown some 60-80
kilometres west of the crippled
Fukushima nuclear plant.
It will be the first time rice
grown in Fukushima prefecture
which hosts the battered
Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear
power plant has been sold
abroad since fiscal 2012 when
the region exported 17 tonnes
to Hong Kong, a Fukushima
official said.
Despite our efforts at explain-
ing the safety of Fukushima-
made farm products, up until
now we have not been able to
find retailers who wished to
trade rice grown in Fukushima,
said an official for Zen-Noh.
From now on, we aim to
export more Fukushima rice,
including to Singapore.
Fukushima was a key agricul-
tural area before the 2011 dis-
aster, when a huge tsunami
swamped reactors and sparked
meltdowns, sending out plumes
of radioactive material. Thou-
sands of people were evacuated
and huge tracts of land were
rendered unfarmable.
The accident has left the
Fukushima brand contaminat-
ed both domestically and inter-
nationally. Despite government
assurances it is safe, farmers
who till fields many kilometres
from the plant have struggled to
find buyers for their produce.
Local officials say rigorous test-
ing proves there is no risk from
consuming rice grown in Fuku-
shima prefecture, an area that
stretches way beyond the plant
and its environs.
All rice grown in Fukushima
is being checked for radioactiv-
ity before being shipped to the
market, another Fukushima
official said.
Our rice is proved to have
passed the government safety
standard of 100 becquerels per
kilogram [a measure of radio-
active contamination], and is
mostly below detection levels
of measuring instruments.
Before the disaster, more
than 100 tonnes of Fukushima-
grown rice, peaches and apples
were sold abroad a year, chief-
ly in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
In 2012 export of peaches
and apples to Thailand resumed
and last year exports of the
fruits to Malaysia resumed, he
said. AFP
World
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THE PHNOM PENH POST AUGUST 20, 2014
Malaysian charged for
murder of UK students
A MALAYSIAN fish monger
was charged with murder
yesterday over the fatal
stabbing of two British medical
students, a crime that carries
the death penalty, media and
police said. The bodies of
Newcastle University students
Neil Dalton and Aidan Brunger,
both 22, were found early on
August 6 lying in the road in
Kuching, capital of Sarawak
state on Borneo island. Five
Malaysian men were arrested
in connection with the stabbing
deaths that occurred after an
alcohol-fuelled argument. One
of the suspects, Zulkipli
Abdullah, 23, was charged with
the murder yesterday. The
charge carries the mandatory
death penalty by hanging. No
plea was recorded. AFP
Australian tycoon slams
China govt mongrels
OUTSPOKEN Australian tycoon
Clive Palmer has labelled the
Chinese government
mongrels who shoot their
own people in a televised
tirade that was criticised by
Canberra yesterday as hugely
damaging. The billionaire
politician, who was elected to
parliament last year as head of
the Palmer United Party and is
known for his efforts to rebuild
a replica of the Titanic, also
called the Chinese bastards
who want to take over this
country. The flamboyant
mining baron is locked in a
long-running row over royalties
and port operations with Hong
Kong-based Citic Pacific over a
magnetite project connected
with Chinas state-owned
Metallurgical Group. AFP
China rounds up nearly

1,000 members of cult
CHINA has since June arrested
nearly 1,000 members of a
Christian sect that Beijing
refers to as a cult, state media
said yesterday. Those arrested
are members of Almighty God,
a Christian group that has
attracted followers in some
parts of the Chinese
countryside for more than a
decade. They include high-
level organisers and backbone
members of the group, Xinhua
news agency said, citing
officials. It did not give details of
what crimes the suspects, said
to come from more than six
provinces, are accused of. China
has previously cracked down
harshly on groups it labels as
cults, most notably the Falun
Gong spiritual movement,
which was banned in the late
1990s. AFP
Cops get DNA of man in
15-baby surrogacy case
THE lawyer of a Japanese man
who has allegedly fathered at
least 15 babies carried by Thai
surrogate mothers has handed
in a sample of the mans DNA
to police to prove he is the
father of the children. Kong
Suriyamonthon, the lawyer of
Mitsutoki Shigeta, 24, a
Japanese businessman, met
police investigators at Lat
Phrao police station to give
them information about the
case. After three hours of talks,
Kong said he was authorised by
Shigeta to hand over his DNA
sample to police. The sample
was verified by a Japanese
authority as belonging to
Shigeta. BANGKOKPOST
Buoyed US, Iraq take it to IS
Marwan Ibrahim

I
RAQI forces launched a
string of attacks on Sunni
militants yesterday, in-
cluding at Saddam Hus-
seins hometown Tikrit, as
US President Barack Obama
declared his rmest commit-
ment yet to targeting jihadists.
Kurdish and federal forces,
who wrested back control of
the countrys largest dam, bat-
tled jihadists in the countrys
north, buoyed by intensify-
ing US airstrikes and Western
arms deliveries.
Other security forces backed
by militiamen and tribesmen
meanwhile launched strikes
against the jihadists at numer-
ous ashpoints north, west
and south of Baghdad, of-
cials said.
Obama on Monday hailed
the recapture of the dam but
warned Baghdad that the
wolf is at the door and said it
must move quickly to build an
inclusive government.
The dam was the biggest
prize yet clawed back from
the Islamic State (IS) jihadist
group since it launched a ma-
jor offensive in northern Iraq
in June, sweeping aside Iraqi
security forces.
This operation demon-
strates that Iraqi and Kurdish
forces are capable of work-
ing together and taking the
ght to [IS], he said. If they
continue to do so, they will
have the strong support of the
United States of America, he
promised, in his clearest signal
yet that the 10-day-old US air
campaign was far from over.
US and other ofcials have
repeatedly stressed that mili-
tary cooperation between the
Kurds and Baghdad was es-
sential to any successful coun-
ter-offensive but their alliance
remained uneasy.
We are the ones who liber-
ated the dam, not the pesh-
merga, said one of several
members of the federal special
forces who climbed on top of
two vehicles to shout at jour-
nalists gathered at a Kurdish
checkpoint near Badriyah, on
the edge of Mosul Lake.
Fighting erupted yesterday
in the area surrounding the
dam and US warplanes carried
out fresh strikes targeting IS, a
senior ofcer in the Kurdish
peshmerga forces told AFP.
US experts had warned that a
breach of the dam could result
in a ood wave 20 metres tall
at the city of Mosul to its south
and cause ooding along the
Tigris River all the way down
to Baghdad.
Meanwhile yesterday, the
UN refugee agency said it was
poised to mount a massive aid
operation for 500,000 Iraqis
driven from their homes by IS.
In response to the dete-
riorating situation in north-
ern Iraq, UNHCR is this week
launching one of its largest aid
pushes aimed at helping close
to half a million people who
have been forced to leave their
homes, spokesman Adrian
Edwards told reporters.
To date, the UN estimates
that 1.2 million Iraqis have
been displaced by ghting this
year, Edwards said ahead of
the extraordinary aid push set
to begin today.
Barring last-minute delays,
an air, road and sea operation
will begin tomorrow, start-
ing with a four-day airlift us-
ing Boeing 747s from Aqaba
in Jordan to Arbil, followed
by road convoys from Turkey
and Jordan, and sea and land
shipments from Dubai via
Iran over the next 10 days, he
said. AFP
An Iraqi ghter holds a position against Islamic State militants after retaking control of an area in the Jurf
al-Sakher district about 65 kilometres south of Baghdad on Monday. AFP
Rockets hit Israel just
before truce to expire
ISRAEL yesterday ordered the
military to respond after three
rockets from Gaza struck the
south as the two sides were
observing a 24-hour truce, an
Israeli official said.
Speaking to AFP, the official
said Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu ordered the IDF to
attack terror targets in Gaza in
response to the fire, which saw
three rockets hit near the south-
ern city of Beersheva, home to
some 200,000 people.
Three [rockets] fell on open
ground in the Beersheva area,
an army spokeswoman said.
Police said there were no inju-
ries or damage.
Shorty afterwards, Palestini-
an witnesses and security serv-
ices reported one Israeli air
strike hitting open ground in
northern Gaza, causing no
injuries or damage in what was
the first such raid in five days.
An foreign ministry statement
described the volley as a viola-
tion of the ceasefire agreement
which was due to expire at mid-
night, with Israeli and Palestin-
ian negotiators in Cairo work-
ing against the clock to reach a
deal to secure a longer-term
truce in Gaza, where fighting
has killed more than 2,000 Pal-
estinians and 67 Israelis.
The talks in Cairo centre on
an Egyptian proposal that
meets some of the Palestinian
demands, such as easing Israels
eight-year blockade on Gaza,
but defer debate on other
thorny issues until later. AFP
SRI Lanka will not grant visas
to UN investigators probing
war crimes allegedly com-
mitted during the islands de-
cades-long separatist conict,
President Mahinda Rajapakse
said yesterday.
Sri Lanka has refused to ac-
cept the authority of the UN
Human Rights Council, which
voted in March to investigate
allegations that the military
killed 40,000 civilians in the
nal months of the separatist
war in 2009.
But it is the rst time that
Rajapakse has said UN inves-
tigators will not be allowed
into the country, effectively
barring them from face-to-
face access to Sri Lankans
wanting to testify. We will not
allow them into the country,
Rajapakse said.
But Rajapakse said his gov-
ernment was cooperating with
all other UN agencies. We are
saying that we do not accept
it [the probe]. We are against
it. But when it comes to other
UN agencies, we are always
ready to fully cooperate and
fully engage with them.
UN Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon and other lead-
ers have urged Colombo to
cooperate with the Human
Rights Council after ending a
prolonged separatist war that
pitted ethnic minority Tamil
rebels against the largely Sin-
halese army. AFP
Sri Lanka to bar UN entry
Recorded high radiation
levels and leaks August - October
Fukushima
Airport
Koriyama
20 km
exclusion zone
Namie
Minamisoma
Fukushima
Soma
Iwanuma
Onami
Sukagawa
Shirakawa
Iwaki
Kitaibaraki
Fukushima
2
JAPAN
Tokyo
Fukushima nuclear disaster
Source: TEPCO
Four reactor
buildings were
damaged after
the quake and
tsunami in
March 2011
Fukushima 1
nuclear power
plant
Cooled by 400 cubic
metres of water a day,
which then becomes
contaminated by radiation
Contaminated water storage
1
2
4
3
Reactors 1, 2
and 3 went
into meltdown
The accident
unleashed a
huge radiation
leak, the worst
atomic disaster
since 1986 at
Chernobyl
DAMAGED REACTOR
BUILDINGS
400,000 cubic metres of water
stored at the site in some
1,000 tanks
Plant operator:
Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO)
PACIFIC
OCEAN
REACTOR 4
Operation to remove
more than 1,500
nuclear fuel
assemblies
Outrage or Onion?
FB trials an
aid for the
easily fooled
F
ACEBOOK said on
Monday that it is testing
a way to let members
know when articles posted
to the social network are
tongue-in-cheek instead of
hand-on-heart.
Evidently, users of the
worlds leading social network
need a bit of help when it
comes to discerning truth from
fiction in the form of satire
crafted to push the boundaries
of credulity.
Facebook told AFP it was
testing a satire tag to go in
front of links to satirical arti-
cles that pop up in news feeds
at the service.
This is because we received
feedback that people wanted
a clearer way to distinguish
satirical articles from others
in these units, a Facebook
spokesperson said.
Website literallyunbelievable.
org lists a cornucopia of see-
mingly serious responses at
Facebook to blatantly satirical
stories, including pieces from
The Onion, which specialises
in the fake news genre. AFP
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THE PHNOM PENH POST AUGUST 20, 2014
Fierce fighting spreads: Kiev
Max Delany and Dimitar Dilkoff

U
KRAINE said yes-
terday that ghting
had erupted in the
heart of the major
rebel stronghold of Lugansk as
government forces pressed on
with a punishing offensive to
win back the war-torn east.
Kievs military said street bat-
tles with insurgents were raging
in the city centre after an outly-
ing district was liberated.
If conrmed, any advance
by the Ukrainian army into
Lugansk, which has endured
brutal shelling and weeks
without running water or
electricity, would be a major
breakthrough for Kiev after
four months of ghting that
has claimed over 2,100 lives.
Government forces also said
they had recovered the bod-
ies of 15 civilians burned alive
when a convoy evacuating
them from Lugansk was hit by
a rebel missile strike on Mon-
day. A military spokesman had
previously said that dozens of
people were killed in the al-
leged attack.
The pro-Kremlin rebels have
denied the claims, which could
not be independently veried.
But the claim of a strike
on civilians drew calls for re-
straint from the United Na-
tions and Washington, after
weekend talks between Rus-
sian and Ukrainian foreign
ministers failed to make any
breakthrough.
UN Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon said the tragic inci-
dent makes the urgency of a
ceasere and a diplomatic so-
lution even more stark.
Ban urged both Kiev forces
and rebels to allow safe pas-
sage to anyone attempting to
leave areas of active military
operations, a spokesman said.
The State Department in
Washington said it had been
unable to conrm who was
behind the attack on the con-
voy and urged all sides [to]
take every precaution to pro-
tect innocent lives.
Across the region, deadly
shelling also rained down
around the main rebel
stronghold of Donetsk as gov-
ernment troops tightened the
vice on rebels hunkered down
in the city.
An AFP photographer in the
adjoining city of Makiyivka
saw the bodies of one woman
and two men killed by shelling
sprawled in the streets.
Smoke could also be seen bil-
lowing from the nearby town
of Yasynuvata, where Kiev said
its troops were conducting a
mopping-up operation.
President Petro Poroshenko
said on Monday that Ukraine
was readjusting its military
strategy following fresh rebel
claims they were receiving
troop reinforcements from
neighbouring Russia to prop
up their struggling insurgency.
Poroshenko said govern-
ment forces were regrouping
as they sought to continue the
offensive. More than 285,000
people have been forced to
ee the ghting in industrial
eastern Ukraine since insur-
gents took up arms against
Kievs rule in April.
Two senior UN ofcials Un-
der-Secretary General Jeffrey
Feltman and humanitarian aid
chief Valerie Amos are set to
travel to Kiev later this week.
Diplomatic efforts to defuse
the conict continued despite
a crisis meeting between the
foreign ministers of Ukraine,
Russia, Germany and France
on Sunday having broken up
without any agreement on
how to end the violence. AFP
Ukrainian soldiers charge a Grad multiple rocket launcher near the eastern city of Shchastya on Monday. AFP
Ebola toll surpasses 1,200
Continued from page 1
raised fears of a nightmare sce-
nario of people with the highly
contagious disease wandering
the city where unburied corps-
es have lain abandoned in the
streets. All 17 patients who fled
the Ebola centre have been
accounted for, Brown said.
WHO statistics showed that
Liberia bore the brunt of the
latest surge in fatalities, with 53
deaths, while there were 17 in
Sierra Leone and 14 in Guinea.
But in a glimmer of possible
good news, Brown said eight
medical workers including two
doctors who had been given
experimental US-made drug
ZMapp were responding to
the treatment.
Overall, the UN health agen-
cy has tallied 2,240 cases of
confirmed, probable and sus-
pect Ebola infection since the
outbreak began early this year,
making it the deadliest since
the discovery of the disease in
the former Zaire in the 1970s.
From Guinea, where the cur-
rent outbreak began, it has
spread to three other states,
overwhelming inadequate
public health services already
battling with common deadly
diseases such as malaria.
Efforts to contain the spread
across West Africa have run up
against local distrust of out-
side doctors, and fears that aid
workers may carry infection
with them.
At first people thought that
when they got here, they were
going to have all their blood
removed and they would die,
Nallo, being treated at an Ebo-
la clinic this week in Sierra
Leone, told AFP.
But WHO spokeswoman Fad-
ela Chaib noted encouraging
signs in Nigeria and Guinea,
where prevention measures
were starting to take effect.
Whats encouraging there is
that theres been just one identi-
fied chain of transmission. That
is very good news, she said.
The Nigerian outbreak has
been traced to a sole foreigner,
a Liberian-American who died
in late July in Lagos. All subse-
quent Nigerian victims had had
direct contact with him.
All the measures taken by the
Nigerian authorities have shown
a positive impact, said Chaib.
Also yesterday, the African
Development Bank pledged $60
million to help fight the out-
break. The aid will help author-
ities in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra
Leone and Nigeria to strengthen
their surveillance and response
systems to halt the spread of the
deadly disease, president Don-
ald Kaberuka said. AFP
Dead candidates VP surges ahead in Brazil
ENVIRONMENTALIST
Marina Silva could unseat
incumbent Dilma Rouss-
eff in Brazils October
presidential vote, a poll
found on Monday, a stun-
ning political twist after
Silvas running mate was
killed in a plane crash.
Silva, a 56-year-old former environ-
ment minister, has moved into second
place ahead of the October 5 first-
round vote and would defeat Rousseff
in an October 26 runoff, the survey by
Datafolha found.
It was the first poll taken after Social-
ist Party candidate Eduardo Camposs
death in the August 13 plane crash.
Silva was Camposs vice
presidential running mate,
and is widely expected to be
chosen to replace him at the
top of the ticket when party
leaders announce their
decision today in Brasilia.
The campaign officially
kicked off yesterday, when
candidates begin taking to the airwaves
to pitch their platforms.
The poll found Silva had 21 per cent
support against 36 per cent for Rousseff
and 20 per cent for Social Democrat
Aecio Neves. In a runoff vote, Silva
would defeat Rousseff 47 per cent to 43
per cent, it found.
The incumbent, however, would beat
Neves 47 per cent to 39 per cent if they
faced each other in the second round.
The Datafolha poll was carried out
August 14 and 15 the two days follow-
ing Camposs death and has a margin
of error of two percentage points.
In a rare glimmer of good news for
Rousseff, it also found the presidents
approval rating had risen from 32 per
cent to 38 per cent.
Campos had been running in third
place before his campaign jet crashed
en route to Sao Paulo, killing all seven
people on board.
Silva had been considered a top con-
tender for this years race after surpris-
ing many pundits by coming in third in
2010 with 19 per cent of the vote run-
ning on the tiny Green Partys ticket.
But Brazils electoral court ruled last
October that she had failed to collect
enough signatures to register her new
party, Sustainability Network, in time.
She then opted to join forces with the
affable, politically connected Campos
and his PSB party. With her compelling
personal story and broad-based appeal,
she could be even more effective than
her late running mate at selling the
PSBs message of change after 20 years
of government by Rousseffs Workers
Party and Nevess PSDB.
Born into a poor family of rubber tap-
pers in the Amazon, she only learned to
read and write at 16 years old, the start
of a meteoric rise. AFP
JUST a day after opining on
how many days he himself had
left on Earth, three relatives of
Pope Francis two great neph-
ews and their mother were
killed in a traffic accident in
Argentina yesterday.
The dead include a baby of 8
months and a 2-year-old tod-
dler, police commissioner
Carina Ferreyra said. Their
father, the popes nephew
Horacio Bergoglio, is in serious
condition, she said.
The accident happened after
midnight in the central prov-
ince of Cordoba when the fam-
ily was travelling on a highway.
For reasons that are under
investigation, the car hit a truck
from behind.
News of the accident came
after Francis on Monday pub-
licly broached the prospect of
his own death for the first time,
giving himself two or three
years but not ruling out retire-
ment before then.
Talking to reporters on a flight
back to the Vatican from South
Korea, the pontiff was asked
about his global popularity.
I see it as the generosity of
the people of God. I try to think
of my sins, my mistakes, not to
become proud. Because I know
it will last only a short time. Two
or three years and then Ill be
off to the Fathers House, he
replied light-heartedly.
Francis also mentioned the
possibility of retiring from the
Papacy, as his predecessor Ben-
edict XVI did last year. Resign-
ing the papacy was a possibil-
ity even if it does not appeal
to some theologians, he told
reporters. AFP
Pope expects to live at
least a few more years
Victims of US strikes in

Yemen get $1M payout
THE Yemeni government paid
the families of those killed or
injured in a US drone strike
last year more than $1 million,
according to documents that
provide new details on secret
condolence payments seen as
evidence that civilians with no
ties to al-Qaeda were among
the casualties. The
documents, which are signed
by Yemeni court officials and
victims relatives, record
payouts designed to quell
anger over a US strike that hit
vehicles in a wedding party
and prompted a suspension of
the US militarys authority to
carry out drone attacks on a
dangerous al-Qaeda affiliate.
The records reveal payments
that are many times larger
than Yemeni officials
acknowledged after the strike.
The $1 million-plus figure also
exceeds the total distributed by
the US military for errant
strikes in Afghanistan over an
entire year. THE WASHINGTON POST
Destruction of chemical
arms lauded by Obama
BARACK Obama hailed the
completion on Monday of the
destruction of Syrias chemical
weapon stockpile, but said
Washington would seek to
ensure that Damascus fulfils
all its commitments. Today we
mark an important
achievement in our ongoing
effort to counter the spread of
weapons of mass destruction
by eliminating Syrias declared
chemical weapons stockpile,
Obama said. After a global
outcry over deadly chemical
attacks in a Damascus suburb
last year that may have killed
as many as 1,400 people, the
Assad regime agreed to
destroy its stockpile. With no
country ready to accept
shipments of Syrias most
lethal chemical agents, the US
proposed destroying the
chemicals at sea. AFP
15
THE PHNOM PENH POST AUGUST 20, 2014
World
Japan firms encourage office naps
Justin McCurry

I
TS a daily struggle known to
ofce workers the world over: a
productive morning rewarded
with a decent lunch, and then,
at about 3pm, the leaden eyelids and
urge to snatch 40 winks.
In Japan, where workers get less
sleep on work nights than those in
other countries, more and more com-
panies are encouraging employees to
sleep on the job, convinced that it
leads to better work performance.
Okuta, a home renovation rm
near Tokyo, allows employees to take
a 20-minute power nap at their desks
or in the staff lounge. Introduced two
years ago on the orders of the rms
chairman, it has proved a huge hit.
If I use a calculator when Im
sleepy, I have to double-check my
work for fear of making mistakes, so
it takes longer, Ikuko Yamada, who
works in accounts, said. I think my
work performance has improved
since I started taking naps.
Hugo Inc, an internet consulting
company based in Osaka, has a more
exible approach: employees can
take a 30- minute siesta any time be-
tween 1pm and 4pm.
Japans legions of salaried workers
have more reason than most to give
in to the urge for an afternoon nap.
According to the US National Sleep
Foundations poll of sleeping habits
around the world, Japanese workers
sleep, on average, for just six hours
22 minutes on work nights less than
those in any other country.
Not surprisingly, only 54 per cent
of Japanese respondents to the bed-
room poll felt they got a good nights
sleep every or almost every night.
Only 8 per cent managed more than
eight hours. British workers get only
27 minutes more, at six hours 49 min-
utes, but Canadians, Mexicans and
Germans all regularly achieve more
than seven hours sleep.
In Japan, inemuri or sleeping
while present is considered the
preserve of employees exhausted by
their commitment to hard work, rath-
er than a sign of indolence. Exponents
of inemuri generally have to remain
upright to avoid appearing slovenly.
Japans new approach is less about
saving face than burying it in a
plump pillow. The sanctioned siesta
has spawned an industry in daytime
sleep services.
At Gmo Internet, an IT rm in To-
kyo, employees have sofas to curl up
on, while workers in the Umeda busi-
ness district of Osaka can go to a near-
by public napping facility with beds.
Tokyos Ohirune Cafe Corne has
eight beds for working women who
want to sleep in partitioned com-
fort, soothed by the scent of essential
oils. It charges 160 ($26) for every 10
minutes and a pair of pyjamas for
100 and clients stay for almost an
hour on average.
Japans growing tolerance for un-
disguised dozing during ofce hours
comes after the government issued
new guidelines on the importance of
sleep, with the health ministry recom-
mending that all working-age people
take a nap of up to 30 minutes in the
early afternoon. THE GUARDIAN
Megalligator caught in Alabama
A FAMILY in Alabama hauled
in a monster alligator over
the weekend, setting a new
record for size in the south-
ern state, media reports
said.
The 15-foot (4.5-meter)
animal weighing 1,011.5
pounds (459 kilograms)
struggled for hours in the Ala-
bama River against a group
of relatives who turned catch-
ing it into a family affair, news
website AL.com reported.
The news portal said the
alligator was the largest
legally hunted gator ever
recorded in the state and
compared in size with the
biggest on record throughout
the US South where the spe-
cies lives.
Mandy and John Stokes,
plus her brother-in-law and
his two children, said it was
the first time they had
requested a permit to hunt
alligators.
Right now the fairest way
for me to say it is that well
apply [for a permit] again,
Mandy Stokes said.
But I can assure you, I
have no desire to hook into
anything like this again. I
truly dont, she added.
The gator was so big it
broke the mechanism used
to hoist it and a backhoe
had to be used to lift it to
be weighed.
The gator was meas-
ured at a check station by
state Wildlife and Fresh-
water Fisheries officials at
the Roland Cooper State
Park, where it was cap-
tured. AFP
Four and a
half metres
and 459 kilos.
AL.COM
Sleeping while present is respite for
employees exhausted by hard work. AFP
Opinion
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OLICY MAKERS talk a lot
about the impact of the
ASEAN Economic Communi-
tys launch in 2015. But the
real question is: How will the AEC
affect the 600 million people who live
in the region? Together, the Interna-
tional Labour Organization and the
Asian Development Bank set out to
find some answers, and this week we
delivered our findings in a report pre-
sented to ASEAN Secretary-General
Le Luong Minh.
Ordinary men and women first
experience economic change
through the labour market. What
matters to them is whether they can
find a good job that offers security,
pays decent wages in decent condi-
tions and whether, in time, their chil-
dren will be able to have the same.
Our findings are encouraging. If
managed well over the next decade,
the AEC could boost the regions
economies 7.1 per cent and generate
14 million additional jobs. However,
there are some big ifs and buts.
While some sectors will flourish,
others are likely to see job losses, and
those workers will not necessarily
have the right skills to seize the
opportunities created by the AEC.
Also, while improved productivity
may raise incomes for some, this
could bypass a large majority of peo-
ple unless more effective wage-set-
ting institutions are created.
To realise the full potential of closer
economic integration, countries
across the region need to take deci-
sive action, right now. This is the
core, take-away message from our
study, ASEAN Community 2015: Man-
aging integration for better jobs and
shared prosperity.
Here are three priorities for
ASEANs leaders to focus on.
The first priority should be to
proactively manage and facilitate
structural change. This means not
only investing in infrastructure and
implementing sound industrial and
sectoral policies; it also means
improving soft infrastructure
investing in better education and
vocational training systems so that
workers skills match those that
enterprises need. To be successful,
this adjustment process will also
require support for small- and mid-
sized enterprises and for the most
vulnerable members of our commu-
nities. One route is through stronger
social protection systems.
Secondly, economic gains must
lead to shared prosperity. By linking
wages to productivity, workers can
benefit from economic progress
while enterprises can remain com-
petitive. This requires wage-setting
systems that deliver minimum wages
that protect the vulnerable and
stronger collective bargaining proce-
dures that allow employers and
unions to negotiate improvements in
working conditions and to find solu-
tions that raise productivity.
But shared prosperity is not just
about creating better systems for
spreading the wealth its also about
equitable development and reaching
more people. So ASEAN needs to act
to realise true gender equality, and
more respect for the rights of
migrant workers.
Finally, ASEAN countries need to
strengthen regional cooperation.
Some of the architecture for this is
already in place. For example,
ASEANs leaders agreed to promote
decent, humane, productive, digni-
fied and remunerative employment
for migrant workers in the Cebu
Declaration. And in the ASEAN Dec-
laration on Social Protection, they set
out the principle of equitable access
to social protection. What is needed
now is concrete action to turn these
documents into practical change.
Cooperation also needs to expand
into other areas, such as skills recog-
nition, labour market information,
research and analysis.
The ASEAN Economic Community
2015 will place ASEAN at a cross-
roads. If these priorities are effective-
ly addressed, the region can make
great strides towards equitable eco-
nomic development and shared pros-
perity. But if ASEANs leaders fail to
act, the AEC will increase inequali-
ties and will bypass the majority of
the regions population.
Comment
Yoshiteru Uramoto
AEC can benet everyone
Queen Soa of Spain talks to a weaver at AFESIP Tom Dy Rehabilitation and Vocational Training Center in Phnom Penh. Better education and vocational training can help
Cambodian workers match their skills to jobs that open up as part of the ASEAN Economic Community. AFP
Yoshiteru Uramoto is the ILOs assistant
director-general and regional director for
Asia and the Pacic.
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THE PHNOM PENH POST AUGUST 20, 2014
Lifestyle Lifestyle Lifestyle Lifestyle
Art show hands the paintbox
to underprivileged children
Chelsea Chapman
W
HEN Phnom
Penh centre
for underprivi-
leged children
Azizas Place asked 22 of their
young students to paint a
picture, they werent sure
what to expect.
The result was a series of
colourful drip paintings, de-
tailed sketches of worn out
tables and abstract landscape
pictures that give unique in-
sight into the lives of their
creators.
The images, by children
and young people aged 6 to
20, went on show last night at
German cultural centre Meta
House and will be displayed
until August 27.
The exhibition accompanies
the Why Poverty Film Festival,
showing lms that shed light
on individuals living under dif-
cult circumstances overseas
and here in Cambodia, where
20.5 per cent of the population
lives below the poverty line,
according to World Bank data
from 2011.
There is always the as-
sumption that because you
are poor, you lack opportuni-
ty, said Aimee Cheung, direc-
tor of development at Azizas
Place, which provides a variety
of opportunities for the chil-
dren including extra-curricu-
lar classes such as art, dance,
music and karate.
If you can see where they
come from and if you can see
the children at Azizas place
it is actually quite scary, she
added.Our children are mas-
sively intelligent, given the
right resources. They all have
different kind of needs I can
tell that they are all going to go
in different directions.
Short documentaries series
The White Building from Sa Sa
Arts, about the Phnom Penh
building built in the 1960s as
social housing and now home
to hundreds of families, will be
shown on Friday as part of the
lm festival.
The documentaries are
about people who live in the
White Building, so about the
villagers there, one villager,
one lm, said Kourn Lyna,
residency director at Sa Sa
Arts.
We want to let people un-
derstand that the white build-
ing is not a very dangerous
place and that everyone who
lives there wants to live there.
Why Poverty Film Festival
also marks the union of Meta
House with South African
NGO Steps, an organisation
that produces documentaries
about poverty in 28 countries.
The series will show an inter-
esting variety of tales from de-
veloping countries to the often
overlooked cases in developed
countries, such as the United
States, England, Germany and
other European countries.
Creativity Not Poverty runs
until August 27 and Why Pov-
erty will run until Friday at
Meta-House, check their web-
site for times.
A collection of sketches and paintings by children from Azizas Place, displayed at Meta House. ELI MEIXLER
S African
actors in
illegal
strike
SIXTEEN actors of South Af-
ricas popular TV soap dra-
ma, Generations, have been
sacked for staging an illegal
strike, the public broadcaster
and the production company
said Monday.
The cast walked off the set
a week ago demanding better
pay and royalties.
The production company
MMSV Productions said in
a statement that it had ter-
minated the contracts of the
striking actors.
South African Broadcasting
Corporation (SABC) spokes-
man Kaizer Kganyago said
the cast had ignored two
deadlines to return to work
over the past week, forcing
the broadcaster to order the
production house to cancel
their contracts.
The strike that was on was
illegal, Kganyago said on
SABC radio SAfm.
We gave a deadline for
Wednesday last week, then
they did not come back... and
we further gave them until to-
day, he said.
Set in Johannesburg, Gen-
erations is South Africas most
viewed and longest running
soap, having launched in 1994,
the year Nelson Mandela took
over the reigns of the country
after the end of apartheid.
SABC said the dismissal of
the stars would not disrupt
the soap which is aired during
prime time, every weekday on
television. APF
W
ANT to try a tri?
If so, you are not
alone. Triath-
lons the triple-
threat endurance events that
combine swimming, bicycling
and running are growing rap-
idly in number and size every
year, according to USA Triath-
lon, the organisation that gov-
erns the USs triathlon races.
In the mid-Atlantic area, the
next few weekends feature sev-
eral races, including the natu-
rally gorgeous Luray Triathlon
in Virginias Shenandoah Valley
and the jam-packed Nations
Triathlon, during which you
can see thousands swim down
the Potomac, ride up Rock
Creek Parkway and run by the
Jefferson Memorial.
But what if you want to do
one rather than see one?
I think just about anyone
can do a sprint triathlon with
the right preparation, says
Debi Bernardes, a longtime
Washington-area triathlete
and tri coach.
A sprint triathlon is much
different from, say, an Ironman
(a triathlon made up of a 2.4-
mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride
and a 26.2-mile run all done
in succession).
Instead the sprint features
shorter distances per disci-
pline. There is some variation
in these sprint distances, but
the Luray Sprint Triathlon in
Virginia, for example, features
a 750-metre swim, a 27-kilo-
metre bike ride and a 5-kilo-
metre run.
Bernardes says most are wise
enough not to make Ironman
their rst triathlon experience,
but there are exceptions.
Youd be surprised, says
Bernardes, who always advises
that taking baby steps is very
important to avoid injuries.
In this case, baby steps
means a focused swim, ride
and run program that includes
at least four hours of train-
ing per week for at least three
months (shorter if you are al-
ready t and trained in the dis-
ciplines, she says).
Its great if you can cross the
nish line feeling good and
saying to yourself, That was so
much fun, I want to do another
one, Bernardes adds.
Thats what happened for
Jenni Lancaster, who did her
rst triathlon a sprint a year
ago at Luray.
I loved it. Its a beautiful tri-
athlon, and I felt ready, says
Lancaster, who ended up win-
ning her novice division. Get-
ting ready meant swimming,
cycling and running for at least
an hour, ve times a week, for
several months, she says.
How those training hours
are split up is important, says
Joe Friel, author of several
books on endurance training,
including Your First Triathlon.
Most of the training about
half should be devoted to cy-
cling because thats the biggest
chunk of the race. Then comes
swimming, the most skill-in-
tensive of the three disciplines,
and last is running.
The potential for injury is
the greatest in running, says
Friel, who recommends that
novices spend as little as 20
minutes, three times a week on
running.
The bike is the key to per-
forming well, Friel says. After
all, remember Luray: bike 17
miles, run three miles, swim
less than half a mile.
If there is time left over in the
week, Friel recommends in-
cluding some strength training
such as push-ups, squats and
rows exercises that target tri-
athlon muscles.
In terms of the intensity of
the workouts, Bernardes says
not to worry too much for your
rst triathlon. But be consis-
tent with the frequency and
length of your workouts.
Basically, if you are hufng
and pufng, you are working
too hard, Bernardes says.
One thing, though, that you
dont want to skimp on, says
Lancaster, is swim training in
open water, if thats what your
race calls for (most do).
There are no lanes or walls,
obviously, and you might get
kicked, Lancaster says. Its
very different from swimming
in a pool. I highly recommend
an open-water swim before
the race, says Lancaster,.
She is also doing the Nations
Tri, and possibly the Savage-
Man Triathlon in Western
Marylands Deep Creek Lake
State Park both in September.
Its good to have a goal,
Lancaster says. It gives every-
thing you do a purpose.
Beyond the big race-day goal,
some triathletes nd the social
aspect of joining a tri group or
club is crucial to training mo-
tivation. Others benet from
having a coach.
If all else fails on particularly
low-motivation days, Friel rec-
ommends using the ve-min-
ute deal.
Its when you make a deal
with yourself that you will do
at least ve minutes and then
if you want to, you can quit,
Friel says.
Five minutes? Sounds like
baby steps.
Except most people, Friel
says, wont stop after ve min-
utes but will keep going with
their scheduled training pro-
gram taking those baby steps
to an Ironman and beyond.
THE WASHINGTON POST
Health
18
THE PHNOM PENH POST AUGUST 20, 2014
Becky Krystal
I THINK about food so
much that the activity
ought to be a calorie-burn-
ing one.
My penchant for think-
ing about food is inextri-
cably linked to my pas-
sion for eating it. To
compensate, I try to dine
healthfully lots of pro-
duce and protein-packed
legumes in a mostly veg-
etarian diet.
Of course, that resolve is
tested when eating at restau-
rants, another of my favorite pas-
times. Enter HealthyOut, an app that
promises to help you find healthful
dishes in more than 500 cities across
the US, with plans to expand inter-
nationally.
The app allows you to choose from
nutritional preferences whether it
be restricting gluten, calories and
sodium, or following diets, such as
Atkins, South Beach or Zone.
Searches work in two ways: a quick
results method suggests restaurants
or dishes based on your preferences;
a search menu function lets you
specify additional parameters, such
as calories, cuisine, ingredients, type
of dish and delivery, take out
or dine in.
HealthyOut earns plau-
dits for an attractive
interface. The app is easy
to navigate. The text is
crisp and clear. There are
even cute icons to repre-
sent ingredients diners
may want to select.
The results are some-
what less exciting. First,
in no way is the restau-
rant inventory all-en-
compassing.
My search for vegetarian
Indian and Mediterranean
fare near my
house left out
a number of
opt i ons I m
familiar with.
(The HealthyOut
team is responsi-
ble for adding
dishes to the
app, with some
input from its
members.)
However, I
came across
some restau-
rants Id never
heard of. I was
intrigued enough by the tandoori
tofu at one spot to save the dish,
another useful feature for bucket-list
or forgetful types.
I was also disappointed that so
many of my results were salads
(thankfully, however, theres a not a
salad option).
Calorie counts are mostly limited
to chain restaurants, which I rarely
visit. Dish descriptions at nonchains
are hit-or-miss. The label for one
Indian restaurant indicated it was in
Richmond, Virginia, while the in-app
listing had the correct Falls Church
address. And at least one place in my
results closed earlier this year.
I realise that its hard
to expect everything in
an app based on such
moving targets as res-
taurants to be accurate.
And HealthyOut is try-
ing: An email to users
indicated that it would
soon contain more
calorie and nutrition
information.
However, for now I
think that Ill probably
stick to my time-hon-
oured habit of perusing
menus online. THE WASH-
INGTON POST
How to succeed on your first tri
Love thy neighbour
its good for the heart
EVER felt like your neighbours antics
could drive you to an early grave?
Well, there may be reason for con-
cern, said researchers who reported
a link yesterday between having good
neighbours and a healthier heart.
Having good neighbours and feel-
ing connected to others in
the local community may
help to curb an individuals
heart attack risk, said a
statement that accompanied
a study published in the Jour-
nal of Epidemiology and Com-
munity Health.
Heart and blood vessel diseases
are the number one cause of death
globally, claiming some 15 million
lives in 2010, according to the latest
Global Burden of Disease study.
Research into neighbourhoods and
health had in the past focused on
negative impacts through factors like
fast-food restaurant density, violence,
noise, traffic, poor air quality, vandal-
ism and drug use, said the study
authors.
For the latest research, the Univer-
sity of Michigan team used data from
5,276 people over 50 with no history
of heart problems, who were partici-
pants in an ongoing Health and Retire-
ment Study in the United States.
They monitored the cardiovascular
health of the group, aged 70 on aver-
age and mainly married women, for
four years from 2006 during which
148 of the participants had a
heart attack.
At the start of the project,
the respondents were asked
to award points out of seven
to reflect the extent to
which they felt part of their
neighbourhood, could rely
on their neighbours in a
pinch, could trust their
neighbours, and found their
neighbours to be friendly.
When they crunched the numbers
at the end of the study, the team found
that for every point they had awarded
out of seven, an individual had a
reduced heart attack risk over the
four-year study period.
People who gave a full score of sev-
en out of seven had a 67 per cent
reduced heart attack risk compared
with people who gave a score of one,
study co-author Eric Kim told AFP,
and described the difference as sig-
nificant. AFP
Triathlons, endurance events that combine swimming, bicycling and running, are growing rapidly in number and size. THE WASHINGTON POST
HealthyOut still ironing out kinks
HealthyOut
Cost: Free
Operating system: iOS;
Android
Creator: HealthyOut Inc
User ratings: Apple, 4 1/2
out of 5 stars (1,550 ratings);
Google Play, four out of 5
stars,
Bottom line: Useful for
discovering restaurants
and dishes you may not be
familiar with; less useful as
a comprehensive guide for
healthy dining.
DEBI Bernardes, a DC-area
triathlete and coach, Bern-
ardes suggests not spending a
lot of money on the first race or
two. Borrow a bike, or even
ride a non-road bike as long as
its been serviced and doesnt
have toe cages that your feet
might get stuck in, she says.
But Ive seen everything,
she says. One guy running a
10K in his basketball shoes.
Others riding their mountain
bikes. Here are the bare-
bones essentials youll need
for your first triathlon:
A bike (any kind, even a
borrowed one), without toe
cages
A helmet
Running shoes
A swimsuit (worn alone or
with shorts for the ride and
run) or tri-suit
Swimming goggles
A water bottle
Race instructions and a
race bib
Triathlon tips:
Gear and nutrition
Travel
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W
HY do cow-
boys live
in Narathi-
wat? That
is my rst thought when I see a
district ofcial in a cowboy out-
t. He wears a shirt with jeans,
a leather cowboy hat and a
bolo tie. A minute later, I notice
other ofcials wearing cowboy
outts. I become a bit confused
as to my whereabouts.
It is the sheriffs idea. Every
Wednesday, ofcials dress up
like cowboys. It makes the at-
mosphere a
bit more live-
ly, assistant
district of-
cer Busarin
Thaowan ex-
plains.
Suk hi r i n
is one of 13
districts in
Narathi wat
province. It
is situated
amid the em-
brace of jun-
gle rainforest
and the well-
known horn-
bill sanctuary
of the Hala-
Bala Wildlife
Reserve.
One reason
why Sukhi-
rin has been
spared the
violence seen
in provinces of the Deep South
is its people. Most of Sukhi-
rins population are originally
from Isan, people who left the
drought-stricken Northeast
for better and more fertile
land some 40 years ago. Most
of them now farm on govern-
ment-provided land.
Mangosteens are too cheap
now, only 3 baht per kilogram.
That is not enough to cover even
the wages of a fruit-picker. But
we can earn from other fruits
and farm produce, a woman
serving me Isan food says.
There are around 25,000 Isan
people here, representing 98
per cent of the total popula-
tion. They live among their or-
chards and fertile farms. Every
year, they celebrate the Rocket
Festival, just like in Isan.
Sukhirin is a serene place
where you can enjoy peaceful
stay. One place not to miss is
Tambon Phukhao Thong, the
village of the gold mount. No,
there is no Golden Mount, nor
are there elegant pagodas, as
there are in Bangkok its name
refers to the fact that there is
gold in the areas mountains.
At Ban To Mo, Tambon
Phukhao Thong, local people
earn extra money by panning
for gold. After nishing their
farm work, they can be often
be found
by streams,
pans in their
hands. I sit
on the rocky
shore and
watch the lo-
cals as they
pan for gold.
The men
gather sand
from the
stream bed,
tossing aside
big rocks, us-
ing their pans
to slowly sift
through it.
I do it one
hour per day
because the
stream is too
cold. I earn
around 500
baht per day
from this,
a local man
tells me. If I ever lose my job, I
tell myself, this will be the rst
place I will come.
Sorry, we reserve it for lo-
cal people only, Udom Dan-
wandee, the village headman
of Ban To Mo says. But tourists
can try, if they want.
People keep gold dust in
small glass bottles. When they
need cash, they go to town and
sell it. With over 93 per cent pu-
rity, gold from Phukhao Thong
fetches quite a good price. Vil-
lagers also contribute part of
their ndings to help decorate
the pagoda of the local temple.
In the late evening, villagers
collect their tools and prepare
to head back to the village. An
evening fog lingers over the
forest while a ock of hornbills
ies home. BANGKOK POST
Wild West
meets the
Deep South
A man pans for gold in Ban Phukhao Thong. BANGKOK POST
TRAVEL INFO
Sukhirin district is 112km
from Narathiwats Muang
district of Narathiwat, which
is 1,149km south of Bangkok.
Taking a private car to Sukhi-
rin is recommended.
Narathiwat provinces public
relations offce can be reached
at 073-642-626
Thai Air Asia operates one
daily fight from Bangkok to
Narathiwat. Visit www.airasia.
Entertainment
20
THE PHNOM PENH POST AUGUST 20, 2014

LEGEND CINEMA
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
A group of mutated warriors face off against an
evil kingpin who wants to take over New York.
Citymall: 11:20am, 3:25pm, 10pm
Tuol Kork: 9:10am, 3:45pm, 7:55pm
HERCULES
Having endured his legendary 12 Labours,
Hercules, the Greek demigod, has his life as a
sword-for-hire tested when the King of Thrace
and his daughter seek his aid in defeating a
tyrannical warlord.
Tuol Kork: 10:15pm
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
Light years from Earth, 26 years after being
abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime
target of a manhunt.
Citymall: 11:50am, 5:35pm
Tuol Kork: 9:15am, 9pm
AS ABOVE, SO BELOW
When a team of explorers ventures into the
catacombs that lie beneath the streets of Paris,
they uncover the dark secret that lies within
this city of the dead.
Citymall: 9:10am, 1:25pm, 5:50pm, 8:05pm
Tuol Kork: 11:45am, 1:45pm, 5:55pm, 10:10pm

PLATINUM CINEPLEX
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
(As above)
1:20pm, 4:50pm, 8:40pm
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
(As above)
9:20am
THE EXPENDABLES 3
Barney augments his team with new blood
for a personal battle: to take down Conrad
Stonebanks, the Expendables co-founder and
notorious arms trader who is hell bent on
wiping out Barney and every single one of his
associates.
6pm, 8:20pm
NOW SHOWING
Zumba @ K1 Gym
Zumba tness involves dance and
aerobic elements with a
choreography that incorporates
hip-hop, soca, samba, salsa,
merengue, mambo and martial arts.
K1 Fitness & Fight Factory, #131
Street 199. 6pm
Yoga @ Yoga PP
Get your day o to a great start with
Sweat & Samadhi a vinyasa ow style
yoga class with an experienced
teacher, from 8am to 9:30am. See
www.yogaphnompenh.com for full
schedule and class details.
#39, Street 21. 8am
TV PICKS
Taketothestageyourself, orlistentotwoaccomplishedpoetsat Javatonight. BLOOMBERG
True Blood continues at 10:30pm on HBO. BLOOMBERG
Photo tour @ FCC
Professional photographer Michael
Klinkhamer is leading a casual
photography workshop tour in Phnom
Penh. During the four-hour tour you
will learn to set your camera for
optimum results.
FCC, #363 Sisowath Quay. 1:30pm
Open mic poetry @ Java
Java sets the stage for an open mic
night. Also hear poetry from Chin
Meas, who is a former monk and has
taught Khmer literature and Theresa
de Langis, who has been compiling
collecting oral histories from female
survivors of the Khmer Rouge period.
Java Cafe, Sihanouk Boulevard, 7pm.
7:15pm - IDENTITY THIEF: Mild mannered businessman
Sandy Patterson travels from Denver to Florida to
confront the deceptively harmless looking woman who
has been living it up after stealing Sandys identity. HBO
9pm - RIPD: A recently slain cop joins a team of undead
police officers. HBO
10:30pm - TRUE BLOOD: Telepathic waitress Sookie
Stackhouse encounters a strange new supernatural
world when she meets the mysterious Bill, a southern
Louisiana gentleman and vampire. HBO
11:30pm - THE GODFATHER PART II: The early life and
career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York is portrayed
while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on
his crime syndicate stretching from Lake Tahoe, Nevada,
to pre-revolution 1958 Cuba. HBO
Thinking caps
ACROSS
1 Grandparent, frequently
6 Declares
10 Cry of relief
14 Latin eyes
15 Lotion ingredient
16 Jeans name
17 Highly pleasing
19 Land of blarney
20 Pump purchase
21 Georgetown athlete
22 Practical, as a plan
24 Performer
26 Harmless cysts
27 Sizzling
28 Small trash receptacle
32 Wreckage on the sea bed
35 Greek alphabet letter
36 Take to a soapbox
37 Old-fashioned pitcher
38 Welcome words
39 Scat queen Fitzgerald
40 Heats a bit
42 Toward the stern
43 Witchs incantation
44 Indigo or henna
46 Thou squared
47 Handle difficulties
48 Line for hoisting a sail
52 Uncle Sam feature
55 Long hauler
56 Be a contestant
57 Nondairy topping
58 Chemistry between two people
61 Cubist Joan
62 Boxing victory
63 Hops-drying kilns
64 Record store category
65 Biblical paradise
66 Hangmans necessity
DOWN
1 Durango maker
2 Humpback habitat
3 Second-largest city in Oklahoma
4 Whitney the inventor
5 You said it! (in 60s slang)
6 Mythical reveler
7 Communications A
8 Who 52-Across wants
9 Individual beings
10 Offerers request
11 Marjoram or mint
12 Its not a good thing
13 Bouquet source
18 Owl sound
23 Division word
25 Place to learn some manners
26 Place for a sash
28 Hint of a fragrance
29 Hay block
30 ___ do (faint praise)
31 Hud co-star Patricia
32 Like a dirty old man
33 On vacation
34 Richard of Runaway Bride
35 Rub the wrong way?
41 Promenade for Plato
43 Microchip material
45 Slow on the ___ (not smart)
46 Bear in a fairy tale
48 Bird with an S-shaped neck
49 Mail boat
50 Mob doings
51 Like Archies pal Moose
52 Male turkeys
53 Literary collection
54 Lima locale
55 Eyelid inflammation
59 Wee bit
60 Lao-Tzus creative force
WOO WOO!
Tuesdays solution Tuesdays solution
Sport
THE PHNOM PENH POST AUGUST 20, 2014
21
Phelps back on the big stage
R
ECORD-BREAKING Olym-
pian Michael Phelps will
swim his rst international
meet since coming out of
retirement at this weeks Pan Pa-
cic Championships as he seeks a
return to winning ways.
Phelps, 29, the 18-time Olympic
gold medallist, will take his quest
for form to Australias Gold Coast
after he ended this months US
Championships with a couple of
near-misses but no wins.
Despite this, Phelps made the
powerful 60-strong American team
for the Gold Coast meet, just four
months after ending a 20-month
retirement that began after the
London Olympics.
Australias James Magnussen will
resume his sprint rivalry with Na-
than Adrian, part of a heavyweight
US team also including Ryan
Lochte, Missy Franklin and Katie
Ledecky.
But attention will inevitably fo-
cus on the continuing comeback of
Phelps, the greatest Olympian of all
time who will contest up to ve in-
dividual events.
At the US titles Phelps botched a
turn in the 100m free to nish sev-
enth, was out-touched by a nger-
tip in one of his signature events,
the 100m buttery, and nished
sixth in the 100m backstroke.
But he staged an exciting battle
with Lochte in the 200m individual
medley and nished just 0.05sec
behind the world record-holder in
the event where he has won three
Olympic golds.
I am taking it a lot slower now
than what I did before, because I do
understand that I need to give my
body time to get back and build up
to where I want to be, Phelps said
this week.
I cant just expect to do every-
thing I want from the get-go.
Being able to have a year-and-a-
half off, Ive been able to learn a lot
about myself and I still have that
competitive side.
The four-day meet at the new
Gold Coast Aquatic Centre in
Southport is key preparation for
next years world championships
in Kazan, Russia leading up to the
2016 Rio Olympics.
Lochte, who long swam in the
shadow of Phelps but who counts an
impressive ve golds among his 11
Olympic medals, has endured a dif-
cult year of his own, missing train-
ing time after tearing a ligament in
his knee.
My condence wasnt there be-
cause I always relied on my train-
ing, but this year I havent done that
training, he said.
Meanwhile there will be big lo-
cal interest in world and Common-
wealth champion Magnussens
showdown with his London Olym-
pics conqueror Adrian in the 100m
freestyle.
The Missile went down to Adri-
an by a mere one-hundredth of a
second in the 2012 London final,
following his win in the event at
the world championships the pre-
vious year.
Magnussen has been troubled by
a degenerative back condition, but
scans and treatment have cleared
him to compete on the Gold Coast.
It [back] was pretty dodgy when
I got back from the Commonwealth
Games, Magnussen told reporters
yesterday of the Glasgow event.
But we have been working really
stringently on it and I am doing the
best I can to be as close to 100 per-
cent that I can.
Magnussen will lead an Australian
team which topped the Glasgow
Games pool tally with 57 medals
(19 gold, 21 silver, 17 bronze) last
month.
Ledecky, one of 17 Olympic gold
medallists in the American team,
comes to Australia following her third
world record of the year, in the 400m
freestyle at the US Championships.
She also holds the 800m and
1500m freestyle world marks.
Australias world champion sprint-
er Cate Campbell, fresh from her
Commonwealth Games 100m free-
style gold over her sister Bronte, will
be up against American four-time
Olympic gold medallist Franklin.
South Africa are not sending their
two Olympic champions, butter-
yer Chad Le Clos and breaststroker
Cameron van der Burgh, but South
Korean Park Tae-hwan, a dual Lon-
don Olympic silver medallist, is in
the mix for the freestyle events.
The 12th Pan Pacs will also feature
swimmers from Canada, Japan and
14 other nations. AFP
Eighteen-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps will be one of the highlights at this weeks swim meet on the Gold Coast. AFP
Dutch racing driver Max Verstappen, 16, prepares prior to the F3 Zandvoort Masters on July 6. AFP
Teen Verstappen gets F1 drive
SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD Max
Verstappen will become the
youngest driver in Formula
One history next season after
being unveiled as Toro Rossos
new signing.
The Dutch teenager, son of
ex-F1 driver Jos Verstappen,
will partner Daniil Kvyat in
the Red Bull feeder team with
Frenchman Jean-Eric Vergne
surplus to requirements.
Ever since I was seven years
old, Formula One has been
my career goal, so this oppor-
tunity is truly a dream come
true, Verstappen said on the
teams website.
Verstappen, who turns 17
next month, will beat the age
record currently held by
Spains Jaime Alguersuari,
who was 19 years and 125
days when he made his debut
in 1990.
Verstappen won the world
go-karting championship last
year and has topped the
podium in eight out of 27
races since graduating to For-
mula Three.
Weve all worked tremen-
dously hard to reach Formula
One and I will give my abso-
lute best to be successful in
the pinnacle of motorsport,
he said, thanking his father
for his support.
With the return of the Ver-
stappen name to Formula
One, I hope we can relive old
memories and Im hoping to
see many fans at all the Grand
Prix circuits.
Verstappen is following the
path of four-time world cham-
pion Sebastian Vettel and Red
Bull teammate Daniel Ric-
ciardo, who were also members
of the Red Bull Junior Team.
Toro Rosso team principal
Franz Tost said that despite his
youth, Verstappens skill levels
and maturity indicated he
could cut it in Formula One.
We consider Max to be as
one of the most skilled young
drivers of the new generation
and we believe he has the
necessary maturity and men-
tal strength to take on this
challenge successfully, he
said. AFP
West Indies look to prolong
Bangladeshs woeful streak
WEST Indies and Bangladesh
commence a three-match
One-Day International series
at the Queens Park Stadium in
Grenada today with the home
side heavily favoured to extend
the tourists miserable record
in 2014.
Despite several encouraging
performances in a 95-run win
in their lone warm-up fixture
against a Grenada XI on Sun-
day, Bangladesh will be hard-
pressed to challenge a Carib-
bean side brimming with
big-name international play-
ers, all of whom will be match
fit given their participation in
the just-concluded second
season of the Caribbean Pre-
mier League T20 franchise
tournament.
This campaign, Bangladeshs
third tour of the region outside
of involvement in the 2007
World Cup and 2010 World
T20, is their first trip away
from home this year and cap-
tain Mushfiqur Rahim will be
hoping a return to the scene of
the sides greatest triumphs
can somehow inspire a trans-
formation from the atrocious
form displayed over the past
eight months.
Facing a home team stripped
of all its top players in the midst
of a bitter dispute between the
West Indies Cricket Board and
the West Indies Players Asso-
ciation in 2009, Bangladesh
swept the Test series 2-0 and
the ODIs 3-0 with all-rounder
Shakib Al Hasan outstanding
as both player and captain.
Now though, the West Indies
are at full strength with the
likes of devastating opener
Chris Gayle and power-hitting
middle-order player Kieron
Pollard keen to help their
team develop a winning
momentum in the countdown
to the World Cup in Australia
and New Zealand in six
months time.
Mystery spinner Sunil Nar-
ine appears to carry the great-
est threat to Bangladesh in the
limited-over formats but they
may also find the pace of
Kemar Roach and Ravi Ram-
paul, together with the awk-
ward bounce extracted by
gangling fast-medium bowler
Jason Holder to be more than
a handful, even on batting-
friendly surfaces.
Compounding the tourists
challenge is the absence of
Shakib, who is serving a six-
month suspension from all
cricket imposed by the Bangla-
desh Cricket Board last month
over a disciplinary matter.
In their last 21 competitive
international matches spread
across the games three for-
mats, Bangladeshs only suc-
cesses have come against
Afghanistan and Nepal during
the qualifying phase of the
World T20 in Chittagong last
March. Their only meeting with
the West Indies in 2014 before
this series was at the same tour-
nament with the side skippered
by Darren Sammy romping to
a 73-run win.
Sammy will again lead the
team for the lone T20 fixture in
St Kitts next week, but the
responsibility of captaincy in
the ODI campaign, which
includes two matches in Gre-
nada and a day/night encoun-
ter at the Warner Park venue in
St Kitts, falls on the shoulders
of Dwayne Bravo, the flamboy-
ant all-rounder who has so far
struggled to achieve consistent
success since replacing Sammy
at the helm of the team in the
50-over format a year ago.
West Indies have won just
eight of 20 completed ODIs in
the 14 months since Bravo suc-
ceeded Sammy as captain fol-
lowing the 2013 Champions
Trophy in England.
Bangladesh will look to open-
er Tamim Iqbal and off-spin-
ning all-rounder Mahmudul-
lah, who had scores of 91 and
78 respectively in the match
against Grenada to provide
some batting solidity, while
Mushfiqur will also be expected
to contribute significantly in a
side that has batting talent but
often lacks the determination
and application to build formi-
dable totals. AFP
22 THE PHNOM PENH POST AUGUST 20, 2014
Sport
Cheng Sopha splashes
to fourth in Nanjing heat
CAMBODIAS Cheng Sopha
finished fourth in his heat of the
mens 50m freestyle swimming
competition at the 2014 Youth
Olympic Games in Nanjing,
China, yesterday morning, his
time of 27.58 seconds leaving
him well down in 45th place
overall. Heat 2 was won by
Gabriel Richter of Swaziland in
26.15, who himself was more
than two seconds off the
requisite pace to make the
semifinals at the Nanjing
Olympic Sports Centre
Natatorium. Track sprinter
Sokha Panha Viriyak Vatey will
next fly the flag for the Kingdom
in the womens 100m heats on
Thursday night. DANRILEY
India sideline coach
Fletcher after defeat
INDIAS cricket chiefs yesterday
effectively sidelined head coach
Duncan Fletcher for the one-
day series against England
following the sides humiliating
3-1 defeat in the Tests. Indias
cricket council appointed
former Test all-rounder Ravi
Shastri to work alongside
Fletcher for the one-day series,
while the bowling and fielding
coaches were given a break.
Shastri, who was in England as
a television commentator, has
been asked to join the squad as
captain Mahendra Singh
Dhonis men prepare for the
five-match series starting next
Monday. AFP
Mehrtens says injury-hit
All Blacks are vulnerable
ALL Blacks legend Andrew
Mehrtens yesterday tipped
bitter rivals Australia to break
their Eden Park jinx, as New
Zealand confirmed Maa
Nonu and Jerome Kaino are
likely to miss Saturdays
blockbuster clash. The
Wallabies impressed in a
12-12 draw to start the Rugby
Championship in Sydney last
weekend, preventing the All
Blacks notching a world-
record 18th consecutive Test
victory. The Wallabies have
not won at Eden Park since
1986 but Mehrtens said Ewen
McKenzies men had shown
enough in the stalemate to
suggest they can breach the
Auckland fortress. Despite a
lot of talk about the All Black
response at Eden Park, I see
the Wallabies as an even
bigger threat this week as
they eye a great chance to
snap a second win streak in
as many weeks, he told
Fairfax Media. AFP
Tiernan-Locke two-year
doping ban gets upheld
FORMER Team Sky rider
Jonathan Tiernan-Lockes two-
year suspension for breaching
doping regulations was upheld
on Monday after UK Anti-Doping
(UKAD) rejected his appeal
against the sanction. Tiernan-
Lockes ban was announced by
world governing body the
International Cycling Union
(UCI) last month after he was
found to have provided irregular
blood samples in September
2012. Sky subsequently
terminated his contract. At a
hearing last month, the 29-year-
old claimed there had been
anomalies in his biological
passport because he had gone
on a drinking binge with his
girlfriend to celebrate a new
two-year deal with Sky. AFP
Federer poised
to step out of
the darkness
T
WELVE months after crash-
ing to his worst defeat in
New York in a decade, Roger
Federer heads to the 2014 US
Open poised to become the oldest
Grand Slam champion in more than
40 years.
In an astonishing reversal of for-
tunes, the 33-year-old, written off as a
relic of the game when he slipped to a
fourth round loss to Tommy Robredo
in 2013, is perfectly positioned to win
a staggering 18th major at the seasons
concluding Grand Slam event which
starts on Monday.
Buoyed by claiming a sixth Cincin-
nati title and his 80th career crown,
the Swiss is revelling in the twilight of
his career just a year after it was being
consumed by darkness.
That last-16 loss to Robredo meant
it was the first year since 2002 that
he had failed to make a Grand Slam
final.
The defeat also marked the rst time
in 10 years that he hadnt made at least
the last-eight at Flushing Meadows.
Suddenly, his ve consecutive US
Open titles from 2004-2008 appeared
a detail in history and his 17th and
most recent major success the 2012
Wimbledon title looked certain to
be his last.
But the Swiss never doubted his abil-
ity to remain a force in the sport and
he goes into his 15th US Open with his
unwavering condence justied.
There were hints of a revival at Wim-
bledon in July where he was defeated
in ve sets by world number one No-
vak Djokovic.
Since then, he has been runner-up at
Toronto and champion in Cincinnati.
I come in with great confidence,
said Federer, chasing a record sixth
title in New York and where he will
be playing in a 64th consecutive
Grand Slam.
I know my game is where I want it
to be. Its about just keeping that level
up right now.
Meanwhile, his fellow members
of the Big Four are slipping and
sliding.
Djokovic, the 2011 champion, heads
into the tournament with two dispir-
iting third round losses in Toronto
and Cincinnati with the 27-year-old
Serb, recently married, having to bat
back accusations that he is distracted
by impending fatherhood.
Just many, many, many things are
not clicking, said Djokovic.
Im not feeling very comfortable on
the court. Obviously I want to peak in
New York. I expect more from myself,
but I have to keep on going. A Grand
Slam is coming up, and thats where I
want to do well.
Despite his recent troubles, Djok-
ovic, whose second Wimbledon title
took his majors haul to seven, will
still be the big favourite in New York
having reached the nal in the last
four years.
Furthermore, his record at all the
majors is impressive the last time
he failed to make at least the quarter-
nals of a Grand Slam was at the 2009
French Open.
The odds on Djokovic and Federer
meeting in the September 8 nal were
shortened on Monday when defend-
ing champion Rafael Nadal was forced
to withdraw with a right wrist injury.
Andy Murray, the 2012 champion,
has not reached a nal of any descrip-
tion since his historic 2013 Wimble-
don triumph, prompting many to be-
lieve that the Scots work is done.
Now down at nine in the world,
the 27-year-old has not got beyond
the quarternals of any tournament
since his morale-sapping seminal
loss to Nadal at the French Open
where the Spaniard allowed him just
six games.
With 2009 champion Juan Martin
del Potro still sidelined by injury, the
much-vaunted next generation will
get another opportunity to shine.
Canadas Milos Raonic, the world
number six, was a seminalist at
Wimbledon and Cincinnati where he
was swept aside in straight sets on
both occasions by Federer who made
him look the one-dimensional big-
server many in the game believe him
to be.
Fellow 23-year-old Grigor Dim-
itrov, the world number eight, has
three titles to his name in 2014 but
lost out to Djokovic in the Wimble-
don semifinals.
More frustratingly, the Bulgarian
boyfriend of Maria Sharapova, has yet
to win a match in three visits to the US
Open. AFP
Roger Federer will look to shoot down the young guns at the US Open after rediscovering
his golden touch in recent events. AFP
Froome back to lead Sky at Tour of Spain
CHRIS Froome will lead Team
Sky at the Tour of Spain after
overcoming the hand and wrist
injuries that forced him to
abandon his defence of the
Tour de France last month.
The 21-stage Tour gets
under way on Saturday with a
team time trial through Jerez
de la Frontera.
Froome was forced to retire
from the Tour de France after
just five stages following three
heavy crashes in two days and
is keen to make amends for
that disappointment over the
next month in Spain.
This is exactly the sort of
challenge that I need after the
disappointment of withdraw-
ing from the Tour de France,
he said.
You cant dwell on disap-
pointment, you have to move
on quickly to next thing and the
Vuelta has become the perfect
race for me to focus on.
Froomes breakthrough on
the Grand Tour stage came at
the Vuelta when he finished
second back in 2011.
However, he faces stiff com-
petition if he is to win the
event for a first time as Colom-
bian Nairo Quintana will be
full of confidence after win-
ning the Giro dItalia earlier
this year, whilst two-time Tour
de France winner Alberto
Contador has also overcome
injury to take part.
Ive always really enjoyed
racing at the Vuelta, its a tough
race but a great opportunity for
the whole team, added
Froome.
I know that the level of com-
petition will be incredibly high
this year, but weve got a strong
line up so we hope to be as
competitive as possible.
Froome will be joined by fel-
low Brits Peter Kennaugh and
Luke Rowe with Philip
Deignan, Mikel Nieve, Vasil
Kiryienka, Kanstantsin Siut-
sou, Christian Knees and Dario
Cataldo making up the nine-
man strong team.
Chris Froome will be our
team leader and its great to
have him back on the bike and
focused on the challenge
ahead, said Sky Team Princi-
pal Dave Brailsford.
He was obviously very dis-
appointed after having to with-
draw from the Tour de France
but Chris has recovered and
trained well since the injury.
Hes now more determined
than ever to get back to what
he does best riding Grand
Tours. AFP Britains Christopher Froome (centre) rides during a training session of the Sky team on July 4 in Leeds. AFP
Football
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23
Cambodia shoved out of
Brunei youth tourney
THE Cambodian U21 squad
saw their hopes of advancing
to the semifinals of the 2014
Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy well
and truly dashed on Monday
night in Brunei, with Vietnam
inflicting a crushing 3-0 defeat
at the Track & Field Sports
Complex in Bandar Seri
Bagawan. Ho Tuan Tai struck a
double before the interval and
Phan Van Long put the game
beyond doubt in the 80th
minute to send Cambodia
packing as fourth place
finishers in Group B on 9
points. Vietnam topped the
group on 10 points thanks to
their goal difference
superiority over runners-up
Malaysia and booked a semi-
final clash with Thailand
tonight. Malaysia will face
Group A winners Myanmar in
the earlier semi kick-off. The
grand final is on Sunday night.
DAN RILEY
Norway call up starlet
Odegaard at age 15
AT THE tender age of just 15,
Martin Odegaard, a talented
midfielder with Stromsgodset,
has been handed a maiden
call-up to the Norwegian
national squad. Norway coach
Per-Mathias Hogmo on
Tuesday named Odegaard in
his squad for a friendly against
the United Arab Emirates in
the southwestern city of
Stavanger on August 27,
describing the youngster as a
comet. Born on December
17, 1998, Odegaard will be only
15 years and 253 days old
come the day of the game. He
has played so well in a number
of league games that I wanted
to see him in the national
team, said Hogmo in a
statement. I said before the
season that he was going to be
the comet of this season and
that he could become the
youngest player in the history
of the national team. AFP
Neymar, Messi on target
as Suarez makes debut
LUIS Suarez made his first
appearance for Barcelona after
his move from Liverpool for a
reported 95 million ($127
million) as the Catalans
hammered Mexican side Club
Leon 6-0 in a friendly on
Monday. The Uruguayan striker,
who wont be able to play in a
competitive game for Barca
until October after his appeal
against a fourth-month ban for
biting Italian defender Giorgio
Chiellini during the World Cup
was rejected last week, replaced
Rafinha Alcantara 14 minutes
from time. Barca were already
leading 4-0 thanks to goals
from Lionel Messi, Munir El
Haddadi and a double from
Neymar before Munir and
Sandro rounded off the scoring.
Today was an unforgettable
day, tweeted the 27-year-old
Uruguayan international.
Thank you all for your
affection. AFP
Mourinho relishing battle
of the keepers at Chelsea
C
HELSEA manager Jose
Mourinho conrmed that
goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois
will continue to play but ex-
pects long-standing number one Petr
Cech to stay and ght for his place.
Belgium international Courtois, 22,
got the nod to start the season after
returning to Stamford Bridge from
a loan spell with La Liga champions
Atletico Madrid and helped Chelsea
beat Burnley 3-1 at Turf Moor in their
opening game.
He is not my rst choice for the rest
of the season, said Mourinho.
He was my rst choice today and
today he played well enough to be rst
choice for the next game.
But when you have on your side a
top professional like Petr and you dont
perform you are in trouble.
I am not in trouble and Chelsea are
not in trouble. They are safe because
they are both fantastic goalkeepers.
Cech has been Chelseas senior goal-
keeper for a decade and Mourinho is
not ready to end the 32-year-olds ca-
reer at the London club.
I want to keep him and the club
wants to keep him. Hopefully he stays.
No player is happy when theyre not
playing every game but I know Petr
and he will not relax.
He will not sit in a chair and say I
have no chance. He will be the oppo-
site so I am expecting him to go the
training ground on Wednesday and to
be a top professional and to ght to go
back into goal.
Courtois was beaten by a superb
strike from Scott Areld as newly pro-
moted Burnley stunned Chelsea by
taking the lead.
But three goals in 17 minutes gave
Chelsea the points thanks to Diego
Costas rst for the club and further
goals from Andre Schurrle and Branis-
lav Ivanovic.
Schuerrles goal was created by a
superb pass from new signing Cesc
Fabregas, with Mourinho convinced
the former Barcelona and Arsenal mid-
elder is going to be a key player for his
side as they look to challenge for the
Premier League title.
Fabregas was our rst choice for that
position, said Mourinho.
I know clearly the player he is be-
cause we have worked for so many
years in the same league in England
and in Spain.
In Barcelona he was playing so
many positions but he knows better
than me his best position and he is
giving us exactly what we need which
is that stability and that quick thinking
in mideld.
Burnley couldnt repeat their famous
win over Manchester United from the
rst home game of their last taste of the
Premier League in 2009/10.
But manager Sean Dyche believes
the experience of starting against a title
contender will help them in their quest
to avoid a repeat of their instant relega-
tion last time.
There has to be a reality to what we
are hoping to achieve this season and
I think that is the top of the market, or
up there, he said.
Its fair to say they have so much
quality in all areas they can hurt you.
Its a big learning curve for us but
I think we started at the top end and
we will learn from that experience. We
kept a competitive edge and thats im-
portant. AFP
Thibaut Courtois was picked ahead of Chelseas usual No 1 Petr Cech for their opening league game against Burnley on Monday night. AFP
NEW Italian Football Federa-
tion (FIGC) president Carlo
Tavecchio said on Monday
that he had a clear con-
science despite his election
campaign being marred by a
furore over a racist comment.
I adopted three African
children, I also run a tomato-
growing cooperative there
and built two hospitals, Tav-
ecchio, who was voted in last
Monday, pointed out at the
end of his rst federal board
meeting in Rome.
On July 25, he said at a pub-
lic meeting that Here we get
Opti Poba who previously
ate bananas and then sud-
denly becomes a rst-team
player at Lazio.
The comments, which ap-
peared to be aimed at France
and Juventus midelder Paul
Pogba, sparked controversy
in Italy.
However, Tavecchio said
that he had received letters of
support from Africa written by
doctors, religious people and
members of civil society.
I didnt mean to hurt any-
body, insisted the 71-year-old
before an audience of Italian
football administrators before
saying that he had already
apologised and that it is
what one does that counts.
On being elected, Tavec-
chio promised to clean up
his image, admitting that he
was a bit rugged and not
very glamorous.
I am aware that I am start-
ing at a disadvantage but I will
do everything to recover, it will
be an obstacle course for me.
Tavecchio is expected to
name former long jump great
British-born naturalised Ital-
ian Fiona May to the role of
advisor for integration. AFP
New Italian Fed boss
has clear conscience
Hats off to Lauries magic
Dan Riley
THE Cellcard Fantasy League
kicked off to much intrigue
and surprise, such as Man
Uniteds loss to Swansea, but
only Chelsea managed to
knock more than two goals
past their opponents.
Two relatively unknown
defenders were the prized
possessions of fantasy man-
agers across the globe, with
both scoring decisive and
solitary strikes during their
games.
Hulls Welsh international
James Chester, one of the
cheapest players in the league
at 4.5m, and Tottenhams last
gasp match-winner Eric Dier
of England deservedly claimed
15 points apiece for their per-
formances.
Meanwhile, Hulls Scottish
keeper Allan McGregor,
picked by just 1.5 per cent of
managers, made several saves
including a penalty to collect
14 points.
West Broms Burundi-born
brace-bagger Saido Berahino
was oddly the only striker to
appear in the Dream team on
13 points, a tally equaled by
marquee midfielders Raheem
Sterling of Liverpool and Gylfi
Sigurdsson of Swansea.
Its often important to start
where you left off, and last sea-
sons overall champion Sabina
Lawreniuk began her title
defence in ominous fashion
with 79 points. However, her
domestic situation may be
interesting this week as she was
beaten by just two points by her
boyfriend Laurie Parsons with
his team A Magic Hat.
Laurie had his thinking cap
on in selecting Dream team-
ers Chester, Sigurdsson, Ster-
ling and Arsenals Aaron Ram-
sey (10 points), and could
afford to name Man Uniteds
Wayne Rooney as skipper for
14 points.
His 81-point total has set
the early pace and earned him
a $20 phone voucher from
sponsors Cellcard.
The accompanying Cellcard
Fantasy Facebook competi-
tion failed to find a winner for
its first gameweek as Burnleys
Scott Arnfield notched a shock
opener in their game against
Chelsea.
The $10 phone voucher
prize instead rolls over to the
next round.
Gameweek 2 plays out over
the coming long weekend,
with defending champions
Man City hosting title rivals
Liverpool on Monday night in
the stand out fixture.
Champions League
Qualifying Play-offs
Aalborg BK v Apoel Nicosia
1:45am
Lille v FC Porto 1:45am
NK Maribor v Celtic 1:45am
Slovan Bratislava v
BATE Borisov 1:45am
Standard Liege v
Zenit St Petersburg 1:45am
TONIGHTS FIXTURES
24 THE PHNOM PENH POST AUGUST 20, 2014
Sport
Nasal spray
This picture taken with an underwater camera shows Hungarys Katinka Hosszu competing in the womens 400m individual medley preliminary event at the 32nd LEN European swimming championships on Monday in
Berlin. Hosszu had set a championship record in the heats and the self-styled Iron Lady returned in the evening, victory never in doubt as she led from start to nish, winning in an even faster time of 4:31.03, 2.10 ahead of
Spains Mireia Belmonte Garcia, with Great Britains Aimee Willmott in third. AFP
Ballmer whips Clipper fan frenzy
A
FIST-PUMPING, high-v-
ing Steve Ballmer enthu-
siastically vowed to run a
hard core NBA franchise
that will win championships during
a rally to introduce the new owner
to Los Angeles Clipper fans.
Wearing a blue Clippers cap and
clapping constantly, the former Mi-
crosoft chief executive shouted un-
til he almost went hoarse on Mon-
day as he moved quickly through
Fan Festival crowd before taking
the stage at the rally celebrating his
new ownership of the club.
Do we have any Clipper fans
here? I cant hear you, he screamed
in a raucous style he was known for
at Microsoft. I couldnt be more
honoured or excited or red up to
be here.
The US tech tycoon Ballmer paid
a record $2 billion for the Clippers
in a sale that was conrmed by an
American judge last week.
Clippers head coach Doc Riv-
ers and players Chris Paul, Blake
Grifn and DeAndre Jordan joined
Ballmer on the stage.
The name of disgraced owner
Donald Sterling, who bought the
team in 1981 for $12.5 million,
wasnt mentioned once during the
rally. It may be frustrating but it
always takes time to do something
complicated, Ballmer said. This
had its own set of issues but I am
glad were here, were driving, were
moving forward.
Some of the fans had been wait-
ing outside Staples Center arena
for four hours before the start of
the rally.
Ballmer told the crowd that years
ago he had planned to move to Los
Angeles after he graduated. But
those plans changed when his col-
lege buddy, Bill Gates, offered him a
job at Microsoft.
He said Monday that he loves Los
Angeles and he loves basketball.
We are going to be bold,
Ballmer said. Bold means we are
going to be willing to take risks. If
you are not being bold, you are go-
ing to be timid.
We are going to be hard core.
Hard core. Hard core. Hard core.
Nothing gets in our way. Boom.
Keep coming. Hard core. The hard-
core Clippers that is us.
Ballmer lives in Seattle but said
he has no plans to move the team
to the Pacic Northwest.
I think Seattle is a town that de-
serves an NBA team and yet I want-
ed to move on and get going, and
this was a phenomenal opportuni-
ty, he said. I love Los Angeles also
and thats where the Clippers play.
Sterling, who made his fortune
in real estate rentals, has been un-
der pressure to sell the team since
the release of a tape between him
and his girlfriend V Stiviano. In the
recording, Sterling criticises the
much younger Stiviano for having
her picture taken with black people
and tells her not to bring them to
Clippers games.
Soon after the comments became
public, the NBA slapped the 80-
year-old owner with a lifetime ban
from the league and began the pro-
cess of stripping Sterling of owner-
ship of the club.
Forward Grifn said Monday that
now that the Sterling saga is over
they can begin with a clean slate.
We genuinely, genuinely want to
thank you for your support through-
out the season, Grifn said. Some-
times you go through a little adver-
sity to become better.
Clippers fan Eric Guerra said this
marks a new era for the team.
I am very, very happy and very
excited for Steve Ballmer and ev-
erything that he represents, Guerra
said. I know he has wanted a bas-
ketball team for some time now. He
is not going to move us to Seattle, we
are going to stay here in Los Angeles
and win a championship.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti
also spoke to the crowd, telling them
the team has a bright future.
We are ready to give the NBA a run
for their money. These Clippers are
on the move, Garcetti said. AFP
Los Angeles Clippers new owner Steve Ballmer addresses fans after being introduced
during the teams Fan Festival on Monday at Staples Center in Los Angeles. AFP