October 8, 2013, Malaya.com.ph
BB International Leisure and Resort
Development Corp. believes his company
can copy Disneyland in Hong Kong, Singapore’s Universal Studios and Malaysia’s
Lego Land.
Bong Alvaro, president of the company
said he and his group has at least P2.5 billion to try and make their dream
come true.
The project will rise in a 10-hectare
wide property in on a 120-hectare rolling hills property in Clark, former base
of the American Air Force.
Alvaro said he hopes to see the
project completed in the next three years.
Clark Development Corp. (CDC) president
Arthur P. Tugade said the water theme park project will not only boost the
employment statistics of the Clark Freeport but it will also open the doors to
Indigenous Peoples (IPs) and Persons With Disabilities (PWDs).
“When I met with BBI officials to
discuss the timeline of the project I emphasized that they should include IPs
and PWDs in their employment roster. The hiring of people from this sector is
already institutionalized in Clark Freeport policies,” Tugade said.
Presidential Adviser for Political
Affairs Ronald Llamas, who was also present at the groundbreaking rites,
described the event as historical, citing its parallelism with the political
and economic situation of the country.
Mabalacat City Mayor Marino Morales
also lauded BBI officials for the project and cited the “trickledown” effect it
would have on nearby communities. “This means more development in the area; and
more development means more jobs for the people,” Morales said.
Aside from BB International, the water
theme park is a joint project of Eaglesky Technology Amusement and Gaming, Inc.
and Central Summit International, all owned and operated by Taiwanese investors
Jack Yam and Tony Wang.
Yam and Wang’s businesses here also
include Hotel Midori Clark, a P2-billion project envisioned to be the Clark
Freeport’s first five-star hotel.
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