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Monday, October 10, 2005
Gensan ICT-dedicated buildings, parks boost Region 12 economy
By Leonard V. Flores
THE area evaluation conducted October last year by the Board of Investments (BOI) confirmed that General Santos City has ICT-ready buildings located at the central business district.
The subsequent addition of General Santos as one of the ICT investment destinations in the Philippines likewise encourages local businessmen to improve or convert their real properties into a full-pledge ICT infrastructure.
There are already independent software developers, transcriptionists, distributors of IT-enabled products, and providers of e-services operating in the city.
However, the business group of the city would like to contribute to greater ICT industry efforts for the nation's development.
As feasibility studies are ongoing, local businessmen are beginning to hope for high probability of establishing an ICT-dedicated ecozone to operate in the city.
"We gladly welcome the PEZA Board Resolution amending the minimum area for the establishment of an Information Technology (IT) Park from five (5) hectare to one (1) hectare," said, Jan Ced of the General Santos City Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
"For us, this entails savings in investment cost but without compromising the setting up of quality and world-class infrastructures. Once proclaimed, we plan to make the park become a productive and development-driven international technology zone," Ced explained.
(October 10, 2005 issue)
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