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==SBMA converts airport to tourism center== | |||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R03&article=591331619497 | |||
*Tuesday 13th of March 2012 | |||
:by Allen M. Villa | |||
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT, March 13 (PIA) -- A redevelopment program for the conversion of the Subic Bay International Airport (SBIA) into a world-class tourism destination is in the works through the Aquino administration’s Public-Private Partnership (PPP). | |||
Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman Roberto Garcia said that the operation and maintenance of the Subic airport is eating up a big chunk of the Freeport’s budget, prompting SBMA to think of sustainable alternatives like converting it into an integrated family-oriented tourism facility. | |||
“The Subic airport is superfluous because of Clark, and it is losing. And lastly, it is one of the last remaining prime real estate assets of SBMA,” he reasoned out. | |||
“Huge problems require huge actions for huge solutions. The plan is very bold and very ambitious, but with the support of everyone, this plan will come through,” Garcia added. | |||
The SBMA official said that the agency will not spend a single peso on the project because it will be implemented through a joint venture, taking a cue from the PPP program. | |||
SBIA’s land value will serve as capital and will be bidded out to foreign investors to attain international standards for the plan and design, he added. | |||
Garcia explained that the basic idea is to turn the airport into something like Sentosa, a popular family-oriented resort in Singapore. The redeveloped SBIA will still be accessible because Subic is now just 45 minutes away from the international airport at the Clark Freeport because of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway. | |||
The planned leisure complex will house at least two or three international theme parks, a new golf course, duty free shops, hotels and casino, an entertainment complex, a promenade, and a new marina and yacht club, among others. | |||
“The opportunities that exist today are very tremendous, believe me,” Garcia said. “And with the help of every hand, our ambition of turning our airport into a major international tourism destination will come true.”(CLJD/AMV-PIA3) | |||
==‘Pork barrel’ can go direct to constituents== | ==‘Pork barrel’ can go direct to constituents== | ||
*Source: http://www.manilatimes.net/index.php/opinion/editorials/18939-pork-barrel-can-go-direct-to-constituents | *Source: http://www.manilatimes.net/index.php/opinion/editorials/18939-pork-barrel-can-go-direct-to-constituents | ||
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Aside from Mrs. Arroyo, the congressmen who have not received their PDAF are her sons, Rep. Juan Miguel Arroyo and Camarines Sur Rep. Diosdado Arroyo, Iloilo Rep. Augusto Syjuco and Magsaysay. | Aside from Mrs. Arroyo, the congressmen who have not received their PDAF are her sons, Rep. Juan Miguel Arroyo and Camarines Sur Rep. Diosdado Arroyo, Iloilo Rep. Augusto Syjuco and Magsaysay. | ||
==SBMA seeds more ‘taklobo’ in Subic Bay== | ==SBMA seeds more ‘taklobo’ in Subic Bay== | ||