“We hope to start building five regional government centers within the next two to three months valued at P10 billion, to be completed before June 2016,” Isaac S. David, president of MTD Philippines, said via text message on Saturday.
Mr. David added that the government centers will be in Bangsamoro, Eastern Visayas, Bataan, Ilocos Norte and Nueva Ecija.
In January 2013, the infrastructure group started the construction of a P2.5-billion Region IV-A Calabarzon regional government center, modeled on Putrajaya, the Malaysian federal government center south of Kuala Lumpur, and is looking to implement similar projects in other Philippine administrative regions.
Under a joint venture agreement with the local government unit, MTD Philippines will finance, design, construct, operate and manage the regional centers, which will house government agency offices, business process outsourcing offices, hospitals, and retail centers.
Mr. David is hopeful that the success of the 70,000-square-meter Region IV-A RGC will be the template for the implementation of more RGC projects in other regions.
“The proposal for an integrated government center for all regional offices is a response to the national government’s efforts to provide convenience to the public and empower regional constituencies by decentralizing government’s powers and functions,” Mr. David explained. --Chrisee Jalyssa V. Dela Paz
source: Businessworld
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