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Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Cooperation ‘behind growth’
Mandaue City’s economy is growing fast because of the “whole-hearted cooperation, trust and confidence” shared between the City Government and the business sector.
This was Mayor Thadeo Ouano’s message during yesterday’s business forum organized by the Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry as part of its Mandaue Business Month activities.
But even as Mandaue City is transforming itself into “a convention city in the Asia Pacific,” Ouano said it must also empower the communities and continue to provide services for its marginalized sector.
He said the Regional Development Council cited Mandaue as the fastest growing economy among local government units in Central Visayas for having posted a growth rate of 34.63 percent last year.
Mandaue registered only 5,200 business establishments in 2001 but this doubled to 10,400 in 2005.
The mayor is hopeful that the City can exceed the figure this year.
“The plans and strategies and other initiatives that we have laid out and implemented through the years, with your whole-hearted cooperation, have finally translated themselves into positive economic figures,” he said.
Ouano said his first term as mayor was focused on the delivery of basic services, having packaged some good practices that merited national awards.
Among these were the Gawad sa Pangulo Kapaligiran Award for the Cleanest and Greenest City, Gawad Galing Pook Award for the barangay water system in Tabok and the City’s Tripartite Industrial Peace Council.
Sustainability
His second term established “sustainability mechanism” for the City’s programs, while his last term is geared towards the transformation of communities into empowered development centers.
He said two relocations sites in Casili and Canduman, which will accommodate 2,000 informal settlers, will be launched on Aug. 30.
“We are hoping that in the future, we will attain a status of being a city without slums,” said Ouano.
As for local businessmen, he assured them that the City is now trying to improve the processing of business permits, building permits, other clearances and civil applications. He acknowledged that there are still complaints on these areas.
“We are bent on improving our systems and serve you expeditiously and lessen the cost of doing business in our city,” said Ouano.
Part of the City’s infrastructure development are the repair of streets and the putting up of streetlights and decorative lamps, which will start with the ceremonial routes for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit.
He assured constituents that these initiatives will not just stop with the culmination of the summit. (ROV)
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