Minister of Education, Youth and Sport, Hang Chuon Naron appealed to parents of students to provide home education in a proper environment and help them obtain more learning materials.
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Meanwhile, Minister of Interior Sar Kheng confirmed a report in The Post that Cambodian migrants returned masse from Thailand just before its border closed. Their health was not checked for the Covid-19 pandemic.
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The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has told factories, companies and hotel owners across the Kingdom to keep up-to-date contact details of their workers in case they need to be contacted if a Covid-19 outbreak occurs in the workplace.
The Ministry of Economy and Finance has revised the tax rates for all business owners and employees in Cambodia. Employers were instructed to deduct employee taxes according to the new rates from February onwards. Taxpayers have to submit the tax declaration by the 20th of each month.
Prime Minister Hun Sen said that the government is considering requesting King Norodom Sihamoni to place the country in a state of emergency amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Interior Minister Sar Kheng said the government is considering to lock down any villages where more than two migrant workers from Thailand are found to have contracted COVID-19.
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The National Assembly (NA) unanimously approved draft laws paving the way for the construction of two coal-fired power plants worth $1.665 billion to supply 100 per cent of electricity required in the Kingdom by 2025.
PRIME Minister Hun Sen announced that the government had received nearly $9 million from Cambodian donors for the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. There are 96 who tested positive in the Kingdom. To be ready for any potential spike in COVID-19 pandemic victims, the government has reserved more than 3,000 rooms for potential patients.
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In a cited this evening, Prime Minister Hun Sen has designated five new ministers and five senior ministers as part of the widely anticipated cabinet reshuffle.
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