March Newsletter 2022

March Newsletter 2022

15/March/2022

CAMBODIA RESUME VISA ON ARRIVAL WITHOUT COVID TESTS 

Cambodia is resuming its visa on arrival programme and scrapping off both PCR and rapid tests for fully vaccinated passengers in order to attract more visitors and investors. This had been release by The Ministry of Health
 
According to the notice signed by health minister Mam Bun Heng, inbound passengers are also exempted from Covid-19 rapid antigen tests upon arrival although they are “encouraged” to do so on their own.

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THE ASCOTT LIMITED IS OPENING ITS FIRST CITADINES APART'HOTEL IN PHNOM PENH 

The Ascott Limited (“Ascott”), CapitaLand’s wholly owned lodging business unit, will be launching its first Citadines-branded serviced residence, Citadines Flatiron Phnom Penh, in Cambodia come 15th March 2022. The 315-unit apart’hotel is located within Flatiron by Meridian, a 41-storey mixed-use integrated development comprising of Grade A offices, retail & F&B, developed by Meridian International Holdings.

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March 2022 | Edition 2

EDUCATION COLUMN, SHREWSBURY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL PHNOM PENH 

We are very excited to welcome you to our second column of our Education series, in which we will provide monthly updates on the educational progress of the school, while providing crucial tips and support to ensure the prosperity of your child. This month’s column will detail the advantages of your child undertaking their education through a British system, one renowned worldwide for its thoroughness and excellence. At the end of the 19th century, England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales introduced the concept of unified education sponsored at a state level. Alongside state-sponsored education, the British system thrives with its system of private education institutions, which have long opened up their facilities to local state-sponsored schools.

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COLOURFUL FORMS MEET HIGH CONCEPTS

Pen Robit,  a well-known local painters had did a solo exhibition at Silapak Trochaek Pneik (STP) gallery called Wings of Tomorrow. Just two months later on March 3, he set up a mysterious and splendid exhibition named The Ontology of Form and Colour at Rosewood’s Art Gallery that will be on display until end April.
 
The show comprises 21 oil paintings and U-90 enamel house paint on canvas. The Ontology of Form and Colour has Robit imaginatively contemplating notions of form and landscape in the context of man-made environments with the use of black and red symbolizing the backdrop of Cambodia’s post-conflict reconstruction.

ROADMAPS DRAWN UP FOR AUTO, ELECTRONICS SECTORS

The government has drafted official roadmaps for the development of the automotive and electronics sectors in Cambodia, to create more than 22,000 new jobs and raise exports past USD 2 billion over the next five years.
 
The draft roadmaps purpose is to accelerate the sectors investment towards reskilling and upskilling of workers, develop electricity and logistics infrastructure, improve cost-competitiveness in manufacturing, build a more effective customs and trade facilitation regime to ratchet up international trade, among other things.