CM June06.pmd - Clark Development Corporation

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COMMUNITY
SCAD Chief: Include Angeles city transit access to SCTEX
Subic
Clark
Area
Development Chair Edgardo
Pamintuan instructed the
Bases
Conversion
Development Authority to
include transit access for
Angeles City and Clark in the
on-going construction of the
Subic
Clark
Tarlac
Expressway (SCTEX).
project, motorists coming
from Metro Clark area, which
include Angeles, Porac,
Magalang, City of San
Fernando among other towns
in the Southern portion of
Pampanga would have to
travel for another 15 to 20
kilometers just to gain access
to the tollway.
Tarlac accessible, “but
without the transit access, we
are defeating the purpose of
the
infrastructure,”
Pamintuan added.
Pamintuan has proposed
that SCTEX access be made
at
the
underground
interchange at the Friendship
Gate in Angeles City, Full
SCAD Chief Edgardo Pamintuan with ConClark’s Dennis Uy, a locator in CSEZ. Photo by Jojo Due
In a recent meeting with
the members of the SCAD
Council held at the OTS
Conference room at the Clark
Development Corporation,
Pamintuan said it would be a
“shame” if BCDA fails to
consider and include the
access road leading to the
SCTEX.
The SCAD Council is
composed of the Chair and
President of CDC, Chair and
Administrator of Subic Bay
Metropolitan
Authority,
President of BCDA, and
Presidential Assistant for
Central LuzonPami ntuan said
that if the transit access in
Clark and Angeles will not be
included in the present design
of 90-kilometer tollway
“It would be very
inconvenient for the motorists
to travel by 15 to 20
kilometers before they could
access
the
tollway,”
Pamintuan
told
BCDA
President Narciso Abaya and
the other members of the
SCAD council.
Also present in the
meeting were CDC President
Antonio
Ng,
SBMA
Administrator Armand Arreza,
SBMA Chair Phil Salonga,
Presidential Adviser Renato
Diaz, BCDA Vice President
For Operations Rex Chan, and
Asst.
Sec.
Alexander
Cauguiran.
He told the members that
the idea of the expressway
was to make Clark-Subic-
Logistic Interchange Ramps at
the Industrial Estate in Clark,
Full Diamond Interchange at
the MA Roxas Highway
(formerly Mitchell Hi-way) in
Clark, and the opening of new
area along the portion of the
reverted
baselands
comprising Barangays Margot,
Sapang Bato and Anunas in
Angeles City.
The
four
proposed
solutions to provide access
for Clark and Angeles City was
welcomed by the BCDA
although the development of
full access entry/exit would
entail
new
budgetary
requirements and delay the
December
2007
full
completion of the 93.5kilometer long tollway.
Pamintuan assured that
additional budget would be
allotted to the project as he
urged Chan to come up with
the design where the access
would be beneficial to Clark,
Angeles City, Porac and even
the City of San Fernando.
Chan, who is also the
project director of the tollway
project, informed Pamintuan
that if there will be no
obstructions or problems to
be encountered with the local
government of Angeles City,
residents, Air Transportation
Office (ATO), the BCDA
would immediately provide
the design and budgetary
requirements
for
the
proposed interchange project.
The four-lane toll network
will connect the industrial,
transport and business hubs
in Subic, Clark and Tarlac. It
is made possible through a
Special Yen Loan Package
extended by the Japan Bank
for International Cooperation
(JBIC) to BCDA.
Earlier, Chan reported to
Sec.
Pamintuan
that
construction of full diamond
interchange in Clark would
entail additional P60 million,
should members of the SCAD
committee decide to pursue
the project. While the full
interchange at the Friendship
Bridge has been estimated to
cost the government P1.6
billion because the access
road will be constructed
underground.
Diaz also informed
Pamintuan and the members
of the SCAD Council that the
other alternative area, which
comprises
territorial
boundaries of three villages
in Angeles, would be a viable
alternate for the construction
of the interchange because
the
areas
remain
undeveloped and would not
hinder the operations of the
airport.
Diaz was tasked to
coordinate with Mayor
Carmelo Lazatin of Angeles
for approval and assistance
at the Records of Deeds to
know if the areas are
privately or publicly owned.
Meanwhile, the Bureau of
Utilities and Regulatory
Department of CDC were
SCAD Chief pg 6
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INVESTMENTS
US-based contact center firm to start operation in Clark
IntelliRisk Management Corporation (IRMC), an IT-related
business engaged in Customer Care Management in the United
States has signed a sub lease agreement with Berthaphil
Business Park to establish its operations inside Clark Special
Economic Zone.
The new call center project is expected to generate some
450 jobs before the end of this year. The firm is expected to
CDC Executive Vice President Victor Jose I. Luciano discusses
the plans of CDC with the officials of IRMC during their courtesy call recently. The IRMC will establish a contact center
oprations inside Berthaphil Business Park in Clark.
CDC expresses
confidence on Senate
approval of Clark bills
CDC President Antonio R Ng is hopeful
that the Clark bills will be passed when
Congress resumes session on July 24 as
he counts on the statesmanship of the
members of the Senate in keeping
government’s commitment to locators in
Clark Special Economic Zone and other
ecozones in Central and North Luzon.
Ng said the Senate Bill No. 2260,
including the amnesty bill (SB No. 2259),
“will have a smooth sailing in the Senate”
when both chambers resume session on
July 24.
Sen. Ralph Recto, chair of Senate Ways
and Means Committee, said that the
committee has already approved the
proposed bills that would restore tax
incentives and duty free privileges of the
locators in Clark.
Even Minority Leader Sen. Aquilino
Pimentel has expressed his support on the
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operate soon.
IRMC provides client solutions through its global call
center network of nearly 6,000 employees. IRMC is a fastgrowing company with expansion plans in North America,
Europe and Asia.
Even President Arroyo has acknowledged that IRMC is a
premier provider of customer management solutions
specializing in collections, accounts receivable management,
and customer retention services.
In her recent speech before foreign businessmen in
the country, Arroyo cited IRMC’s contribution to job
growth in both the Philippines and the United
States. “For every call center job that
Vikas Kapoor (president and chief
executive officer of IRMC) adds in the
Philippines, he is able to add one job in
the United States. That is a win-win
solution in the flat economy,” said
Arroyo.
IRMC has invested heavily in
technology and expansion of its global
network, retooling its strategic approach
and defying conventional wisdom by
creating jobs in the United States as a
result of its expansion abroad.
In a statement, Kapoor said “President
Arroyo has created a terrific business
environment in the Philippines. Combined with
a first class workforce, this makes the Philippines
an ideal place to invest and do business,”
Every place on the globe has an important
role to play in our business model that will
maximize performance for our clients, returns
for our investors and od jobs for our employees,
Kapoor said
Clark measures to correct Executive Order
80 issued by President Ramos that grants
investors in Clark tax incentives and duty
free privileges similar to the incentives given
to the investors and locators inside Subic
Bay Freeport and Economic Zone.
Members of the House of
Representatives approved House Bills 4900
and 5064 on May 31. The bills would honor
government’s commitment to the locators
in Clark and other economic zones, including
John Hay Economic Zone, Morong Economic
Zone, and Poro Point Economic Zone.
The House bills were primarily
sponsored by Rep. Jesli Lapus, (3rd District,
Tarlac), who also chairs of the House Ways
and Means Committee. Lapus bills were
supported and co-sponsored by House
Speaker Jose de Venecia, Pampanga
Representatives Juan Miguel Arroyo,
Reynaldo Aquino, Anna York Bondoc-Sagum,
and Francis Nepomuceno and other
members of the Central Luzon block
Congressmen.
Ng said, “(we) are counting on their
statesmanship and keeping national
promise to investors who were invited, came
and invested in good faith.”
HB 5604 calls for the amendments of
the Republic Act 7227 or the Bases
Conversion and Development Act of 1992
particularly Sec. 12 which provides tax and
duty-free privileges to Subic Freeport.
While HB 4900 calls for the
declaration of a one-time tax amnesty on
tax and duty liabilities, including fines,
penalties and interests incurred by locators
inside special economic zones and freeports.
Ng said that there is still lobby works
to do for the lawmakers to realize the
importance of the economic generation of
the investors in Clark and other economic
zones in Morong in Bataan, Camp John Hay
in Baguio City, and Poro Point in La Union.
“More than 41,000 workers will lose
their jobs should the locators in Clark decide
to relocate their operations in other Asian
countries, “Ng said.
Employee salaries and benefits easily
translate to over P4 – 5 billion annually
being plowed back to the local economy,
aside from $1.1 billion exports industry in
Clark which grew by 15 percent from the
previous year 2004.
Because of the steady growth in Clark,
CDC was able to remit P1.2 billion tax to
the National Treasury last year—which grew
by more than 25 percent from the previous
year 2004.
CORPORATE
Workers in Clark now at 41,000
The numbers of Clark
workers continue to rise at
the start of the second
quarter of the year as
officials of the state-owned
firm that workers inside
the ecozone have now
reached 41,018 from the 336
reporting firms.
Clark has presently
408 firms registered at the
Clark
Development
Corporation and the
numbers do not include the
workers hired at SM City
Clark, which opened on
May 12, as the new
employment update from
the Customer Service
Department of CDC was
only released on April 30.
Last March 31, CSD
reported to CDC President
Antonio Ng that Clark has
a total of 39,100 workers
from the 335 reporting
firms inside Clark Special
Economic Zone.
The report also said
that
employment
generation may increase
further in the coming
months not only because of
the commencement of the
SM operations, but also
because of the continued
hiring of the several
members of Nihon Kaisha,
a group of 13 Japanese firms
in Clark.
Most of the firms have
various openings starting
this month, especially for
the newly graduates.
Members of the Nihon
Kaisha
are
Nanox,
Yokohama Tires Phils., Inc.,
L & K Industries, Tokumi,
Sumidenso, Phil. Shin-Ei,
SMK Electronics, Kyowa
Sonic,
Aderans,
Technowood, Tanitech, Fuji
Plastics, and Sanyo which
have more than 10,000
workers.
Moreover, Angelo C.
Lopez, Jr., manager of the Public Relations Department of CDC, said SM is expected to
generate 2,000 direct jobs. The figure does not include indirect jobs that will be offered
by the mall’s consignors, boutiques and other shops to be operated by other firms.
Lopez added that Clark’s employment generation program forms part of the thrust
of the Arroyo administration to create more than 10 million jobs up to the year 2010.
He also said that more investors are eyeing development in Central and North
Luzon because of the thrust of the Arroyo administration which she included in her 10point agenda.
Before the end of the year, Clark recorded some 36,883 employees from the 316
reporting firms to CDC where there are about 4135 increase in the past four months.
CDC core values
jive with Presidential
Proclamation 828
In
support
of
Presidential
Proclamation No. 828 declaring a decade
of good governance to fight corruption and
to eradicate poverty by 2015, officials of
Clark Development Corporation have
designed four core values that would
elevate corporate services in realizing the
thrust of the Arroyo administration to
provide more employment opportunities.
CDC president Antonio Ng said the
core values of state-owned firm:
Professional Excellence, Integrity, Open
Communication and Spirit of Service - jives
with the PP 828, signed by President
Arroyo recently.
Ng said that core values in CDC were
approved so as to adopt a new approach
that would change the nature of
government service, especially to the
stakeholders of Clark Special Economic
Zone.
The proclamation stated that the top
priority of the Arroyo administration is to
win the war against graft and corruption
that would result in poverty eradication
by addressing the alarming losses in terms
of undelivered basic services and
programs;
It will also mobilize the entire
government machinery and enlisting the
support of the civil society is a
comprehensive and holistic approach in the
fight against graft and corruption and the
eradication of poverty
CDC also currently practices
transparency and accountability on all its
transactions to promote good governance.
Ng said that with the spirit of service
and the open communication policies of
the state-owned corporation instills the
Filipino values enshrined in the Preamble
of the 1987 Constitution. He said that this
would make government workers good
citizens, thereby contributing to nation
building.
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THE AIRPORT
CDC approves $1.5 M DMIA feasibility study
The Board of Directors of the Clark Development Corporation
has approved the $1.5 million funding for the Diosdado
Macapagal International Airport terminal feasibility study, a
necessary first step prior to any Built-Operate-Transfer proposal.
The announcement was made by CDC President Antonio Ng
in keeping with President Arroyo’s 10-point agenda that
designates Clark as economic development anchor for the entire
country.
Ng also said that DMIA is designed to have two terminals:
one for the fullscale gateway terminal and a low cost carrier
terminal.
Although the plan is expected to be completed by 2015, Ng
said the timetable for the Clark airport may have to be
accelerated as Ninoy Aquino International Airport reaches
saturation point, rendering it incapable to accommodate bigger
commercial airlines in the coming years.
At present, DMIA serves seven major destinations in Asia,
mostly by low cost airlines led by Tiger Airways which flies to
Singapore and Macau from Clark; and Air Asia which flies to
Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur both in Malaysia and Bangkok in
Thailand.
Other airlines operating in Clark are the South Korea’s
Asiana Airlines, Taiwan’s Far East Transport Airlines Corporation
(FAT), and Hong Kong’s China Rich and HK Express.
With the expected entry of more international airlines, Ng
said CDC is projecting about 70 flights a week from various low
cost carriers and full service airlines this year from a high of 39
flights a week last year.
DMIA has also cargo firms: the world’s biggest air cargo
United Parcel Service (UPS), and the Transglobal Airways.
FLIGHT SCHEDULES FOR JUNE 2006
MIAA to fund the P200 M LCC terminal in Clark
The members of the Board
of
Directors
of
Clark
International
Airport
Corporation agreed to start the
expansion of existing Low Cost
Carrier terminal due to the
increasing number of flights
by several budget airlines at
Diosdado
Macapagal
International Airport.
The expansion project is
pegged at P200 million which
will be financed by the Manila
International
Airport
Authority (MIAA).
The design of the LCC
terminal is expected to
increase from 1 million to 2.5
million annual passengers. The
LLC terminal in Clark will be
patterned after the recently
inaugurated LCC terminal in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Once the project will be
completed in two years, said
Clark
Development
Corporation
President
Antonio R. Ng. CIAC is a
subsidiary of CDC.
Ng said that no flights will
be affected while construction
is underway.
The expansion of the
international
passenger
terminal was among the topics
presented to President Arroyo
during CDC, CIAC and the
Department of Transportation
and Communications (DOTC)
meeting last year to inform her
of the present status of
international flights from
DMIA
to
seven
major
destinations in Asia, mostly by
low cost airlines.
The LCCs in Clark is led
by
Tiger
Airways—a
subsidiary of Singapore
Airlines— flies daily to
Singapore and Macau from
Clark; and Air Asia—the Ryan
Air of Asia— flies to Kota
Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur both
in Malaysia and Bangkok in
Thailand.
Other airlines operating in
Clark are South Korea’s second
largest flag carrier Asiana
Airlines, Taiwan’s oldest
MIAA pg 6
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1) P/CEO Antonio R Ng and
EVP Victor Luciano with
Congressmen Golez &
Nepomuceno at the
Batasan Session Hall.
2) Texas Instruments
officials look & listent
intently to P/CEO Antonio R.
Ng as he discusses
developments in Clark
during their courtesy call to
Clark.
3) P/CEO Antonio R. Ng
gestures hands during his
presentation of the CDC
Core Values to the BOI &
Focap correspondents.
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MIAA frm pg. 5
airlines Far East Transport
Airlines Corporation (FAT),
and Hong Kong’s China Rich
and HK Express.
With the soon to be
constructed LCC terminal in
Clark, Ng said the two
government-owned
firms
inside ecozone are projecting
about 70 flights a week from
various low cost carriers and
full service airlines this year
from a high of 39 flights a week
last year.
With
the
projected
increase,
the
present
international
terminal
passenger inside Clark Special
Economic Zone (CSEZ) would
not be able to accommodate
the influx of passengers going
to various destinations in Asia,
Ng said.
SCAD Chief frm pg. 2
tasked to conduct research if
the areas are still portion of
the reverted baselands so as
prime areas to be affected in
Clark will be spared from the
alignment of the SCTEX
project.
Pamintuan also said the
proposed interchange in the
adjacent villages is a
welcome development for the
realignment of the SCTEX
interchange because aside
from complementing the
development of Angeles and
Clark,
new
business
dimension are expected
flourish in the area once the
interchange is completed in
the area.
CDC Expresses frm pg. 3
4) P/CEO Antonio R. Ng
congratulates Erico
Limjoco, Pres. RIKKO
Homes & Developer.
Looking on are CDC
managers Atty. Joey
Lukban & Zorayda G.
Camello.
Transco frm pg. 7
is expected to provide efficient and uninterrupted power
supply in Clark.
Ng also noted that the construction, which is no cost to
CDC, is a joint undertaking of Transco and Clark Electric
Development Corporation.
Ng said the CDC is committed not only to lower power
cost in Clark but improve its quality and reliability as investors
continue to eye CSEZ as an investment haven in the Asia
Pacific.
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BILLBOARD
Hollywood-type studio to invest $10M in Clark
Officials of Clark Development Corporation (CDC) announced
the signing of $10 million investments for the establishment of
a Hollywood-type studio inside Clark Special Economic Zone.
CDC President Antonio R. Ng said the business agreement
was formally signed with Shogee Studios H.K, Plc. President
Charles Lawrence and Cyber City Teleservices
Ltd. Chair Jonathan Rosenberg on Friday to add
full studio services including computer graphics
imaging and production studio for props and
facades for export to Hollywood type studios in
the USA and Canada.
The signing of agreement was also witnessed
by Subic Clark Area Development Chair
Edgardo D. Pamintuan and CCTL Sr. Executive
Vice President George Sorio, CDC Public
Relations Manager Angelo C. Lopez, Jr. and
several ranking officials of CDC.
Ng said the movie studio will be focused on
the special effects that will cater the needs of
the movie industry in the country, including other
film industries in Asia.
Ng said the investment is a joint venture
between CCTL and Shogee Studios with a
primary objective of outsourcing a variety of
studio services in the global film making
industry, similar to that of films being produced
in Hollywood.
The business proponents also told
Pamintuan that the studio is expected to
generate more than 500 workers once the
project is fully operational. The owners of the studio said with
the project in Clark, it expect to make the economic zone a
center for capital of high-tech movie making in the Philippines.
Shogee Studios has a main headquarters is located in Santa
Clara, California and offices in Guangzhou in China, Singapore
and Canada and amomg the leader in creating Computer
Generated Imaging (CGI) animated films and effects utilizing
technologies similar to the movies like the King Kong, Lord of
the Rings, Harry Potter and others.
Clark call center on hiring binge
CyberCity Teleservices,
the largest call center firm
inside the Clark Special
Economic Zone (CSEZ), has
announced that it is still
accepting job applicants as it
aims to beef-up its workforce,
a company official said.
Human
Resources
Department
Head
Alex
Dyreyes
said
CyberCity
Teleservices is still accepting
applicants who want to become
call center agents. He added
that the firm is currently host
to at least 2,500 employees,
including those that were
hired since 1999.
Dyreyes also said qualified
applicants will undergo
extensive training for at least
six months once accepted. He
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said applicants should be
fluent in English, but in the
event an applicant fails the
preliminary
training,
CyberCity
will
require
applicants to undergo another
training.
He said CyberCity is also
accepting male applicants as he
brushed aside reports that the
call center only accepts female
applicants.
Dyreyes
also
said
CyberCity would be giving
incentives to anyone who can
refer applicants for their
employment program in
Clark.
“We are giving P1,000 per
applicant referral but he or she
should pass the trainings being
conducted by the firm.”
CCTL operates eight Customers Relation Management (CRM)
centers in the Philippines of which the main center is a campusstyle CRM center in Clark. The company is one of the pioneer
CRM investor in the country. It employs more than 2,500
customer service representatives since operating in 2000.
CCTL is servicing
leading
US
based
multinationals, TV stations,
infomercials,
world
renowned brand name
catalogers, health care and
financial services.
It also provides 24
hours a day/seven days a
week customer service, with
American and Filipino
management on staff, which
handles for its US-based
clients the more than $30
million per month in retail
transaction value.
Aside from the CGI, the
firm will provide its clients
with full pre and postproduction capabilities. The
use of sound stages, prop
and set design will result in
a first class outsourced
support services for the
television
and
film
production industry worldwide, Rosenber said.
Shogee’s technology and techniques will be shared with the
Philippine film industry. The technology and knowledge will originate
from Hollywood, Chinese and Canadian professionals, who will
share their knowledge and expertise with Filipino film makers and
artists through intensive training, Rosenberg told the president.
Rosenberg also said that in three to five years, the project will
also serve as a tourism spot similar to California’s Universal Studio
as many films has been made in the 40 hectare Clark Shogee
Studio.
Transco tto
o fund P3
40 M phase 1
P340
for new 230 KV Powerline in Clark
The National Transmission
Corporation (Transco) has
agreed to finance P340 million
of the Phase 1 project for the
construction of new 230 KV line
that will provide a more reliable
power supply in Clark Special
Economic Zone.
CDC President Antonio Ng
said the project is expected to
be completed by Dec. 2007
where the project will add
existing 50 mega watts
transmission line capacity by
another 85 MW for a total of
135 MW in Clark.
From the present actual
usage of 32 MW, this would
proactively provide for future
expansion with new locators like
Clark Techno Park and new
hotels such as the Fort
Stotsenberg, Raffles Hotels,
Paradise Island and Clark
Hostel, including the operations
of the Diosdado Macapagal
International Airport.
At present, Clark has new
alternate power grid installed by
Transco to provide reliable
power generation inside the
ecozone. The alternate 69
Kilovolt line was installed for a
more regular and continuous
supply of electric power in Clark.
In a report by Buildings and
Utilities Regulatory Department
(BURD) to Ng , Clark 69 KV line
1 and 2 lessen significantly
power interruption inside the
economic zone, aside from
being the lowest power rates in
Central Luzon and other
economic zones in the country.
Ng said the lone 69 KV line
in Clark that is more than 40
years old of which the new one
see Transco pg 6
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