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Tuesday, March 09, 2004
Call centers turn down city's offer
By Christine Mae A. Pelayo
CALL centers turned down the City Government's offer to venture in Bacolod City, Mayor Luzviminda Valdez said.
She said the city still needs to develop its infrastructure support so a call center can be established in Bacolod.
"It (infrastructure) is not so extensive, we need fiber optics and underground wirings and our power supply is very bad," said Valdez.
Despite this, the mayor said Bacolodnons are very competitive in terms of quality education.
"Our young people are very articulate with good diction but we do not have call centers. We are proposing it and they are always turning it down but our people are prepared," said Valdez.
She stressed that the putting up of call centers is an answer to the city's unemployment problem and the sugar crisis.
She admitted though, that the City Government needs to look into its strong points to uplift its economy.
Moreover, Valdez expressed the need for line agencies such as the Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Department of Tourism (DOT) to come out with non-traditional ways to make the country's economy more efficient.
"Western Visayas has to move forward and diversify agricultural products and we need to evolve into agri-business," said Valdez.
She further noted that the Philippines is too far from the development of Thailand where several call centers have been built.
(March 8, 2004 issue)
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