penh the skyline in cambodia's capital phnom penh has changed dramatically in recent years buildings went up rapidly as the money flowed in mainly from china cambodia's largest investor the china's economy is grinding to a halt making for uncertain times for many including the 200000 cambodians employed in the construction sector. i'm so worried if i lose my job i don't know where i would find another one money to the bank so if i lose my job for a few days it will be tough for me to pay the loan. there's even more uncertainty for those in the garment industry which is facing setbacks on 2 fronts the european union will place tariffs on some footwear and clothing it imports from cambodia because of a deterioration in democracy and workers' rights the industry employs almost 800000 people and relies on chinese investment and raw materials with many suppliers in china closing down because of the spread of coronavirus cambodia's government says some of its factories will suspend operations for as long as 3 months as many as 90000 people may lose their jobs temporarily in recent years ch

the skyline in cambodia's capital phnom penh has changed dramatically in recent years buildings went up rapidly as the money flowed in mainly from china cambodia's largest investor but china's economy is grinding to a halt making for uncertain times for many including the $200000.00 cambodians employed in the construction sector oh. i'm so worried if i lose my job i don't know where i would find another one i also owe money to the bank so if i lose my job for a few days it will be tough for me to pay the loan there's even more uncertainty for those in the garment industry which is facing setbacks on $2.00 fronts the european union will place tariffs on some footwear and clothing it imports from cambodia because of a deterioration in democracy and workers' rights the industry employs almost 800000 people and relies on chinese investment and raw materials with many suppliers in china closing down because of the spread of coronavirus cambodia's government says some of its factories will suspend operations for as long as 3 months as many as 90000 people may lose their jobs temporarily in

penh as well this is where people have been coming to from seeing a pool to then catch charter flights out of here to cities like kuala lumpur to more charter flights were to leave on saturday to kuala lumpur they did not depart and we've heard a tweet from one of those passengers here in phnom penh saying that the cambodian health ministry has told them to stay in their hotel rooms until further medical checks can be conducted on those people and then in kuala lumpur there was a flight that was due to depart to amsterdam a k l m commercial flights at least 11 passengers on that flight were not allowed to board it out of concerns that they may have come in contact with the 83 year old woman so we have the the cambodian health ministry and also the operators of the ways that i am cruise ship have said that they need to get further clarification perhaps more to. 1st out from that result in malaysia before we can go to any other stage the cambodian health ministry has written to their counterparts in malaysia were questing for the clarification when thank you. meanwhile chinese authoritie

the skyline in cambodia's capital phnom penh has changed dramatically in recent years buildings went up rapidly as the money flowed in mainly from china cambodia's largest investor but china's economy is grinding to a halt making for uncertain times for many including the 200000 cambodians employed in the construction sector. i'm so worried if i lose my job i don't know where i would find another one also money to the bank so if i lose my job for a few days it will be tough for me to pay the loan there's even more uncertainty for those in the garment industry which is facing setbacks on 2 fronts the european union will place tariffs on some footwear and clothing it imports from cambodia because of a deterioration in democracy and workers' rights the industry employs almost 800000 people and relies on chinese investment and raw materials with many suppliers in china closing down because of the spread of coronavirus cambodia's government says some of its factories will suspend operations for as long as 3 months as many as 90000 people may lose their jobs temporarily in recent years chi

i'm wayne hay in phnom penh where will tell you why a trade announcement from the european union could have a major impact on the cambodian economy. get a welcome back to you in the national weather forecast well here across vietnam and cambodia over the next few days we do expect to see clouds lingering as well as some rain pushing through much of the area so cloudy situation along the coast and by the time we get to friday that cloud and that rain will start to make its way into parts of central thailand as well could be seeing some rain over the next few days as well as we go into the weekend down towards the south jakarta rain popping up by the time we get to a friday afternoon with the tempter there of 32 degrees now into the tasman sea we are watching a cycloid making its way to the south this is cyclone you see it passed very close to new caledonia over the last few days continuing to make its way towards the south now we're not going to see landfall here in australia but we will be impacted in new south wales with dangerous rip currents as well as storm surge over the next you

well wayne hay joins us now from the kind of odium capital phnom penh duane so what's happening now to the rest of the ships passengers now that one of them has tested positive. yes well this very long and frustrating journey continues for many of the passengers off the west the damn who are in various stages of transit some will have reached their final destinations already on board the ship in sihanoukville there are still 236 passengers and according to reports from some of those passengers they have been told by the captain that disembarkation have stopped there will be no people leaving that ship until they know the results of a 2nd of the woman in malaysia there are people stuck here in the capital phnom penh as well because this is where they have been coming to before boarding charter flights out of cambodia to other destinations like k.l. a tweet from one of those passengers says that they have been told by cambodian health authorities that they should stay inside their hotel rooms pending further medical examinations and then reports from malaysia say that around 11 passenger

i'm way high in phnom penh where i will tell you why a trade announcement from the european union could have a major impact on the cambodian economy. we call more heavy rain into central parts of china at the moment and that's squeezing its way across the east china sea south korea seeing some big downpours is because through the next day out say and that wet weather will extend across q shew into southern parts of honshu possibility of snow localized flooding in the system makes its way across the war says there what i've seen a fair bit of heavy rain down towards the southeast of chad and that set to continue over the next couple of days now is it go on into were a way to stay there we go with spells of heavy rain down into the south little clear a little drier into western parts of japan by this station by the end of the day we should see bright skies gravity coming back into tokyo temperatures here at around 15 degrees celsius the some late sunshine plenty of sunshine meanwhile across southeast asia certainly into the philippines a size 5 and sunshine in showers as per usual further

the skyline in cambodia's capital phnom penh has changed dramatically in recent years building rapidly as the money flowed mainly from china. but china's economy is grinding to a halt making for uncertain times for many including the 200000 cambodians employed in the construction. i'm so worried if i don't know where i would find another one. if i lose my job for a few days it would be tough for me to pay the. there's even more uncertainty for those in the garment industry which is facing setbacks on 2 fronts the european union will place tariffs on some footwear including it imports from cambodia because of a deterioration in democracy and workers' rights the industry employs almost 800000 people and relies on chinese investment and raw materials with many suppliers in china closing down because of the spread of coronavirus cambodia's government says some of its factories will suspend operations for as long as 3 months as many as 90000 people may lose their jobs temporarily in recent years china has become more influential and more invested in southeast asia from tourism to constructi

the skyline in cambodia's capital phnom penh has changed dramatically in recent years buildings went up rapidly as the money flowed in mainly from china cambodia's largest investor but china's economy is grinding to a halt making for uncertain times for many including the 200000 cambodians employed in the construction sector. i'm so worried if i lose my job i don't know where i would find another one. to the bank so if i lose my job for a few days it would be tough for me to pay the. there's even more uncertainty for those in the garment industry which is facing setbacks on 2 fronts the european union will place tariffs on some footwear and clothing it imports from cambodia because of a deterioration in democracy and workers' rights the industry employs almost 800000 people and relies on chinese investment and raw materials with many suppliers in china closing down because of the spread of coronavirus cambodia's government says some of its factories will suspend operations for as long as 3 months as many as 90000 people may lose their jobs temporarily in recent years china has become

the skyline in cambodia's capital phnom penh has changed dramatically in recent years buildings went up rapidly as the money flowed in mainly from china cambodia's largest investor but china's economy is grinding to a halt making for uncertain times for many including the 200000 cambodians employed in the construction sector. i'm so worried if i lose my job i don't know where i would find another one but also money to the bank so if i lose my job for a few days it would be tough for me to pay the loan is even more uncertainty for those in the garment industry which is facing setbacks on $2.00 fronts the european union will place tariffs on some footwear and clothing it imports from cambodia because of a deterioration in democracy and workers' rights the industry employs almost 800000 people and relies on chinese investment and raw materials with many suppliers in china closing down because of the spread of coronavirus cambodia's government says some of its spec trees will suspend operations for as long as 3 months as many as 90000 people may lose their jobs temporarily in recent year

penh thank you very much wayne well let's go now to adrian brown who's in hong kong for us adrian a stand that's now in light of the chinese president xi jinping actually started taking action about the virus earlier than previously thought what does this do to the government narrative now about how this is all played out. well what you're referring to is an article that appeared in a bi monthly magazine that's put out by the party and it refers to a speech that president xi jinping made on february the 3rd but it's only now just been made public and what this speech does it gives a sort of timeline if you like of what the president knew and when did he know it i mean a lot of analysts are saying it looks very much like a sort of back covering exercised by the chinese leadership but certainly this article says that on january the 7th president xi jinping was aware of the virus and issued certain instructions on january the 20th when he went public with what he knew he also issued what he said were further special instructions what we don't know is by january 20th was he aware that t

i'm wayne hay in phnom penh where we'll tell you why a trade announcement from the european union could have a major impact on the cambodian economy. and the upsets continue with the rotterdam open tennis farai has the reaction in the school. we call more heavy rain into central parts of china at the moment and that's squeezing its way across the east china sea south korea seeing some big downpours is because through the next day out say and that wet weather will extend across q schuh into southern parts of honshu possibility of snow localized flooding in the system makes its way across towards us there what he's saying that fair bit of heavy rain down towards the southeast of chad and that set to continue over the next couple of days there was a go on in the stay there we go with the spells of heavy rain down into the south little clear a little drier into western parts of japan by the station by the end of the day we should see bright skies gravity coming back into tokyo at around 15 degrees celsius with some late sunshine plenty of sunshine meanwhile across southeast asia certainly i

penh military helicopter for further analysis so we will wait to see whether or not they are positive or negative and that will certainly shape what the next move might be and as we've said wayne this ship was turned away by a number of countries in the region why did the company and government. into cambodia and waters and how worried are people there about you know this corona virus outbreak. well really since this outbreak emerged in china the cambodian government has gone to great lengths really to play down the threat of it in cambodia and also to stress the important relationship between cambodia and china there's only been one confirmed case of coronavirus in cambodia that was a man in this city in fact he has recovered and was cleared to leave hospital but yes there will be concern among cambodians that the government allowed this ship to come here when other governments did not and as the ship arrived and care about cambodian waters the transport minister sought to allay some of those concerns. if you like a bomb or you understand her people are worrying about this case but w

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the skyline in cambodia is capital phnom penh has changed dramatically in recent years buildings went up rapidly as the money flowed mainly from china. but china's economy is grinding to a halt making for uncertain times for many including the 200000 cambodians employed in the construction sector. i'm so worried if. i would find another one. it would be tough for me to pay the. there's even more uncertainty for those in the garment industry which is facing setbacks on 2 fronts the european union will place tariffs on some footwear including it imports from cambodia because of a deterioration in democracy and workers' rights the industry employs almost 800000 people and relies on chinese investment and raw materials with many suppliers in china closing down because of the spread of coronavirus cambodia's government says some of its factories will suspend operations for as long as 3 months as many as 90000 people may lose their jobs temporarily in recent years china has become more influential and more invested in southeast asia from tourism to construction to manufacturing but even bef

the skyline in cambodia's capital phnom penh has changed dramatically in recent years buildings went up rapidly as the money flowed in mainly from china cambodia's largest investor but china's economy is grinding to a halt making for uncertain times for many including the 200000 cambodians employed in the construction sector. oh. i'm so worried if i lose my job i don't know where i would find another one who also money to the bank so if i lose my job for a few days it will be tough for me to pay the loan. there's even more uncertainty for those in the garment industry which is facing setbacks on 2 fronts the european union will place tariffs on some footwear including it imports from cambodia because of a deterioration in democracy and workers' rights the industry employs almost 800000 people and relies on chinese investment and raw materials with many suppliers in china closing down because of the spread of coronavirus cambodia's government says some of its factories will suspend operations for as long as 3 months as many as 90000 people may lose their jobs temporarily in recent yea

penh and already living in a state. park pretty rare but from the women before in the lives there they were able to have some jobs working in hotels and their husbands were also able to have jobs when they were forcibly moved by their government to these remote places in it at that point basically abandoned by their government. that will element of vulnerability that allowed her traders to come in and cut their hair for any price and sell it on an international market and also some repair work elise labatt connection of between here in flesh in a bowl of walkways to a worse place and you can see at the same time that's when we hear trade industry at least in cambodia really started to kick off and is that the efforts of exploitation of taking advantage of people who are in a really challenging place and of the women that i we spoke to. didn't feel very good about themselves after they're here. valerie you spent some time in bali and you since that time with the women who are selling their heads the trade is as it were.

penh and already living in a dire state due to the poverty there but from the women before and lived there they were able to have some jobs working in hotels in their husbands were also able to have jobs when they were forcibly moved by their government to these remote places and at that point basically abandoned by their government. that will element of vulnerability that allowed her traders to come in and cut their hair for any price and sell it on an international market and also some repair work elise labatt connection of between here and special in a bowl of walkways to a worse place and you can see at the same time that's when we hear trade industry at least in cambodia really started to kick off and is that the africa blaxploitation of taking advantage of people who are in a really challenging place end of the women that i we spoke to. didn't build very good about themselves after they're here. valerie you spent some time in bali and you since the time of the women who are selling their the trade is as it were. for your research what were you trying to find out does that make

penh and already living in a dire state due to the poverty there but from the women before in their lives there they were able to have some jobs working in hotels and their husbands were also able to have jobs when they were forcibly moved by their government to these remote places and at that point basically abandoned by their government. that will element of vulnerability that allowed her traders to come and cut their hair for any price and sell it on an international market and also some repair work elise labatt connection of between here and special in a global case to a worse place and you can see at the same time that's when we hear trade industry at least in cambodia really started to kick off and is that the africa blaxploitation are taking advantage of people who are in a really challenging place and of the women that i we spoke to. didn't build very good about themselves after they're here. valerie you spent some time in bali and you since the time of the women who are selling their hair the trade is as it were . for your research what were you trying to find out does that

the skyline in cambodia's capital phnom penh has changed dramatically in recent years buildings went up rapidly as the money flowed in mainly from china cambodia's largest investor but china's economy is grinding to a halt making for uncertain times for many including the 200000 cambodians employed in the construction sector. i'm so worried if i lose my job i don't know where i would find another one. to the bank so if i lose my job for a few days it will be tough for me to pay the. there's even more uncertainty for those in the garment industry which is facing setbacks on 2 fronts the european union will place tariffs on some footwear including it imports from cambodia because of a deterioration in democracy and workers' rights the industry employs almost 800000 people and relies on chinese investment and raw materials with many suppliers in china closing down because of the spread of coronavirus cambodia's government says some of its factories will suspend operations for as long as 3 months as many as 90000 people may lose their jobs temporarily in recent years china has become mor

penh for further analysis so then the question becomes well if one or more of those samples test positive for corona virus remembering there's no indication that that will be the case what happens to the ship will it be allowed to come ashore here and tie up at the sport where we're standing while the cambodian transport minister simply said we don't know if all those swabs and negative then the plan is for the ship to come to this was sometime on friday morning and those people will be able to disembark because there must be great ferrying cambodia where so far they haven't reported that many cases have they way if i'm right. they'll be introducing the virus to a larger extent than perhaps otherwise it would emerge in cambodia given of course the diamond princess which obviously has the highest concentration of coronavirus infected people outside of the main mainland china is that must be an inquiry. i think it is a little bit the only there's only been one confirmed case of corona virus in cambodia that was actually in this city of sihanoukville that person spent some time in hospital h

penh military helicopter for further analysis so we will wait to see whether or not they are positive or negative and that will certainly shape what the next move might be . now we're going back to china and we learned that beijing has sacked its chief of hong kong and macau affairs jang these are missing is the most senior official to be removed from his post since mass and government protests began in hong kong last june he's to be replaced by the deputy chairman of beijing's top political advisory body the protests that started over an hour scrapped extradition laws have turned into a movement for greater autonomy. that turkey has sent in more reinforcements to its observation posts in northern syria president has warned that he'll strike back if syrian forces in italy a province attack turkish troops syria's ally russia accuses ankara of making the situation even worse in this the last rebel held region by having its military on the ground. and there's been confrontation between american troops and government supporters in the north east of syria. has more on that. a russian patro

warrant further examination so swabs have been taken from those 20 people and flown to the capital phnom penh via military helicopter where will they will undergo further analysts now the question then becomes if one or more of those samples does test positive for the virus then will the cambodian all 30 still allow the ship to come in tie up at this ports the government is saying we don't know yet whether we will allow that if indeed one of them tests positive for the virus if they are all cleared the plan is far as the government tells us is for the ship to tie up at this port some time on friday and then the disembarkation of those passengers will begin and what's the general lay of the landing in cambodia i mean how many cases of confirmed coronavirus have been reported. just one so far there was a man in this city actually in san oakville he was hospitalized with the virus has been cleared now and released from hospital the government here has been very keen to downplay the threat of this virus from day one really and also to stress its close relationship with china the prime minist

penh where they will undergo further testing then comes the question if any of those samples or more than one test positive for covert 19 will the cambodia north already still allow the ship to travel that short distance and tie up at this court where the government is saying they don't know they don't have the answer to that question just yet belle await the results of those tests before making that decision if those tests are negative then as i say the ship it is planned anyway will tie up at this port some time on friday and. wayne given the huge number i think it's only one confirmed cases being reported in cambodia how were paired there therefore the 3rd is there if there is a large number of infected people on board this this ship do they have the kind of the quarantine facilities that are necessary. well so far there's only been you're right one case that was in this city actually the man tested positive for the virus he was hospitalized and his now being cleared and released cambodia is still a developing country of course it has not a great health care system it has to be sa

penh and already living in a dire state due to the poverty there but from the women before and lived there they were able to have some jobs working in hotels in their husbands were also able to have jobs when they were forcibly moved by their government to these remote places and at that point basically abandoned by their government. that will element of vulnerability that allowed her traders to come in and cut their hair for any price and sell it on an international market and also some repair work elise labatt connection of between here and special in a global case to a worse place and you can see at the same time that's when we hear trade industry at least in cambodia really started to kick off and is that the africa blaxploitation of taking advantage of people who are in a really challenging place and of the women that i we spoke to. didn't feel very good about themselves after they're here. valerie you spent some time in bali and you since the time of the women who are selling their hair the trade is as it were . for your research what were you trying to find out does that make

know the results of a 2nd test of the woman in malaysia there are people stuck here in the capital phnom penh as well because this is where they have been coming to before boarding charter flights out of cambodia to other destinations like a tweet from one of those passengers says that they have been told by cambodian health authorities that they should stay inside their hotel rooms pending further medical examinations and then reports from malaysia say that around 11 passengers were prevented boarding a flight bound for that m a k l m flight out of concern that they may have been in contact with the 83 year old american woman over the health ministry here in cambodia has sent a letter to its counterparts in malaysia seeking further and now assists of that test and we've also heard from holland america line that is the operator of the west that i am crew ship they are stressing that this is a preliminary positive result from the american woman in malaysia and that further analysis a secondary test needs to be conducted before any conclusions can be drawn. meanwhile the chinese authoritie

penh military helicopter for further analysis so we will wait to see whether or not they are positive or negative and that will certainly shape what the next move might be . in other news turkey has sent more reinforcements to its observation polls say in northern syria the syrian government's i rush hour accuses ankara of making the situation worse in the last rebel held region by having its military on the ground . iran's guardian council has barred more than 80 m.p.'s from running for reelection most moderate and reformist candidates voters will cast their ballots on the 21st of february has the details on terra. there's been quite a sense of shock and surprise many people believe that the purge that has taken place by the guardian council is in direct response to what has been going on with this government and specifically president hassan rouhani he himself has criticized this governing body for using the their own politics in disqualifying a number of candidates have registered to stand in this election and also as well as getting rid of the current m.p.'s that are most of them

penh for further analysis on a measure to get from the ship so we had to test the 20 that they feel that they might have something but again i talked to. someone. and i was all my might be say ok so does all of this concern from governments about the west a dam stemmed from an outbreak of the virus on board another cruise ship more than 3 and a half 1000 people have been quarantined on board since it arrived in the japanese city of york a hama on february the 3rd while it was at sea for nearly 2 weeks the west a dam had no confirmed cases but was turned away by japan the philippines taiwan and thailand the arrival of the ship may also be viewed as a public relations win for the cambodian government led by prime minister who sought to downplay the. but of the virus and emphasize his country strong relationship with china where the outbreak began. last week he travelled to beijing to meet xi jinping china's president praised cambodia's decision to maintain flights between the 2 countries and allow chinese nationals to continue entering cambodia in those moves were also welcomed by the

penh. the european union had threatened a complete withdrawal of the preferential trade agreement known as everything but instead they have opted for a partial withdrawal amounting to around 20 percent of all goods sent from cambodia to the european union so in 6 months those goods will now be subject to tariffs in making this announcement the e.u. issued a strong rebuke of the cambodian government treatment of workers and the political opposition but at the same time they acknowledge that some progress in those areas has been made and they said they are committed to the ongoing economic and social development of this country so clearly they were concerned that a full withdrawal of this agreement could have a major impact on the economy of cambodia in particular the garment sector which is really the backbone of the economy here employing around 800000 people so under these new mages some footwear and garments are targeted but not all from the cambodian government side they may well see thi

we cannot come wheat perspective the chinese in purchasing influence in phnom penh. we can try to support pro democratic voices and hope that at some point we see a change in governments in cambodia but we cannot debase ourselves because we worry about the chinese naval presence at the naval base. it undermines our larger effort in the region to support good governans and rule of law. >> i might suggest it's about to become intergenerational kleptocracy. you mentioned thailand. how to do other countries in the reregion view it? i view it as the full collinization of cambodia. that's not just a question for us. it's for our partners and allies in the region. how are they viewing the challenges as you described it, jets leaving from cambodian air fields and threatening the straits. >> i preface with everybody is going to keep quiet because you can't criticize a fellow member too loudly but the vietnamese and the thais are worried about the idea of a chinese military footprint on the are door step and are quietly encouraging the cambodians to find a way out of whatever

penh. the european union had threatened to complete withdrawal of the preferential trade agreement known as everything but instead they have opted for a partial withdrawal amounting to around 20 percent of all goods sent from cambodia to the european union so in 6 months those goods will now be subject to tariffs in making this announcement the e.u. issued a strong rebuke of the cambodian government treatment of work has and the political opposition but at the same time they acknowledge that some progress in those areas has been made and they say they are committed to the ongoing economic and social development of this country so clearly they were concerned that a full withdrawal of this agreement could have a major impact on the economy of cambodia in particular the government sector which is really the backbone of the economy here employing around 800000 people so under these new mages some footwear and garments are targeted but not all from the cambodian government side they may well see

penh. the european union had threatened to complete withdrawal of the preferential trade agreement known as everything but instead they have opted for a partial withdrawal amounting to around 20 percent of all goods sent from cambodia to the european union so in 6 months those goods will now be subject to tariffs in making this announcement the e.u. issued a strong rebuke of the cambodian government's treatment of work is and the political opposition but at the same time they acknowledge that some progress in those areas has been made and they say they are committed to the ongoing economic and social development of this country so clearly they were concerned that a full withdrawal of this agreement could have a major impact on the economy of cambodia in particular the government sector which is really the backbone of the economy here employing around 800000 people so under these new mages some footwear and garments of targeted but not all from the cambodian government side they may well see

penh. this is after the cruise liner was denied out of five entry points in five different ports, the likes of thailand, that was the latest one. they are offering help but sticking by denying entry. i have also learned from carnival that the february 15 crews that was set to embark from yokohama has been canceled. with 20 of dealing headaches year. they are still dealing with the ,, said i'mliner a princess cruise come at where over 100 people contracted this disease. they are saying that this could have a material impact, this earnings.their haidi: in the meantime, there is greater anxiety in singapore, with the evacuation of the business tower just as they are reporting earnings. yes, net income of $1.5 billion. earnings were a beat. but they also talked about the virus impact on their business. in terms of revenue, they could see a 1% or 2% impact if the virus is contained by summer. for now, they will be in preventing a six-month moratorium on mortgages in singapore. also a six-month m