[ Manila Bulletin Online ] July 11, 2008
CLARK FREEPORT, Pampanga — Ten government agencies held last Thursday a forum here in an effort to coordinate the use of their resources in the efforts to realize the vision of President Arroyo to develop the Subic-Clark corridor into a competitive international services and logistics hub in the Asia Pacific Region.
The forum was organized by the Subic Clark Alliance for Development Council (SCADC).
It was also intended to accelerate the development of the Clark-Subic corridor into a mega logistics hub designed to provide seamless delivery of goods and services as well as manpower and information to and from the production, manufacturing, and trading centers of the country, Secretary Edgardo Pamintuan, SCADC chairman, said.
Aside from SCADC, the agencies which attended the forum were Northrail Corp. also chaired by Pamintuan, the Department of Trade and Industry, the Bases Conversion and Development Authority,Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority, Clark Development Corp. headed by newly appointed president-CEO Benny Ricafort, and the Clark Internatiional Airport Corp. headed by president-CEO Victor Jose Luciano.
Presenting an overview of the ClarkSubic corridor development plan, Pamintuan said that the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) here is significant because it will make the mega logistics hub only three hours from the major logistics centers in the Asia Pacific Region.
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