PH creates buzz in London Freeport zone confab
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO–The Philippines created a buzz among participants of the recently concluded
2012 World Free Zone Convention with the successful conversion and transformation of former US military facilities into thriving freeports and special economic zones according Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) President and CEO Arnel Paciano D. Casanova.
Casanova presented before the international delegation BCDA’s mandate and the history on how BCDA was created—spawned from the economic downturn caused by the series of coup d’etat during the Cory Administration, the Mt. Pinatubo eruption, the Baguio earthquake, and the exodus of the US Military from the Clark, Subic and other US facilities.
“The response was overwhelming, there were a number of interested investors who expressed their interest on how they could replicate our successful conversion of the former U.S. military bases into engines of growth for national development,” Casanova said.
Casanova also said he had a lengthy discussion with Egypt’s Minister for Investment Osama Saleh on the transition of Egypt into a democratic form of government and how Egypt can learn from the Philippine experience.
Casanova added that Minister Saleh also expressed his keen interest in the successful conversion of the US Military Bases in the Philippines that played a major role in jump starting the Philippine economy following the exit of the Americans and the damage brought about the series coup d’ etat and the major natural disasters that affected the country.
Aside from Casanova, other keynote speakers of the international conference include: Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General, UNCTAD, Geneva, Switzerland; Rt. Hon. Michael Fallon, Minister for Business and Enterprise, UK; H.E. Sheikh Lubna, Minister of the Economy, Government of the U.A.E.;
Dr. L.B. Singhal, Additional Director of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Delhi, India; Hon. Osama Saleh, Minister for Investment, Egypt; Hon. Costis Hatzidakis, Minister of Development, Government of Greece; Professor Keller Easterling, Yale School of Architecture, USA; Mr. Rodrigo Rival Melhado, Permanent Mission to El Salvador to WTO, Geneva, Switzerland; and Alejandro Jara, Deputy Director-General, World Trade Organization.
The two-day London-based international conference and exhibition was held at The Grange City Hotel from December 12-13, 2012. Among those who to attended were representatives and users of zones particularly transnational corporations (TNCs); zone authorities and government ministries; investment promotion agencies (national and regional); international organizations with an interest in zone development; investors considering overseas location strategies; banks and international trading houses; zone developers and promoters; real estate and infrastructure companies;
consultants, economists and strategists; suppliers of services to zones; and industrial parks and science hubs.
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