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Progress on Development of Tourism Hub in Cyber Park in Cagayan, PhilippinesPresident Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo expressed satisfaction over the progress of the development of the Cagayan Special Economic Zone, also known as the Cagayan Freeport, as an eco-tourism hub and cyber park, Cagayan Province in Northeastern Philippines on the main island of Luzon. The President revisited the eco-zone project Wednesday, two years after she last visited the place, and was visibly pleased with the pace of the development of the complex, specifically the Sun City Holiday and Leisure Resort. "This is a good place. Very good," she told Freeport officials led by Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA) Administrator Jose Mari Ponce, Sun City Chairman Chau Check Wa, Sun City Group CEO Pang Hon Kwong, Group President Bong Cuevas, Group CFO Lee Chi Shing Cesar, when she inspected two of the 320 villas of the leisure resort. "We will give our foreign clients the best tourism hub in the northern part of our country," Ponce said. Sun City Holiday and Leisure Resort is a resort facility owned by Hong Kong-based Sun City International. Sun City offers world class five-bedroom ocean front villas each with a private pool, fine dining Chinese restaurant, spa and holistic center, shopping arcade, KTV center, lounge and bar.
The resort area boasts of over 20 rivers and three watersheds. The area is an ideal site for eco-tourism activities set amidst a serene and pleasureable landscape. Sports enthusiasts can also look forward to a host of indoor and outdoor sports activities, including game fishing, watersports, and the like. "This is okay. You've done a good job," the President told Ponce as she instructed him to encourage schools in the area to include in their curriculum business process outsourcing (BPO) to further boost the Freeport's economic viability while creating new jobs for the people in the area. "You need to encourage them to require the inclusion of the BPO operations in their curriculum," the President said when informed that part of the Freeport's five-year investment plan is a cyber park facility targeted to be completed during the last quarter of this year.
Ponce informed the President that CEZA will tie up with the Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA) for language instructions in English, Mandarin, Nipponggo, Latin, Spanish, Fookien and Cantonese. An international airport, with 1,500-meter runway will also rise in the CEZA. The air facility is designed to accommodate 100 to 120 airline passengers. The proposed international airport is a joint venture of the CEZA and a private group. The preliminary site development for the airport is now on-going, while the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) is doing the pre-feasibility study of the air terminal. CEZA also plans to construct additional hotels, golf courses and retirement villas. The 250-meter breakwater, now under construction, is scheduled to be completed this November. The rehabilitation of the road system in the area, including the 10.5 kilometer San Vicente-Gotar-Lubok-Anguib access road, is also set to be finished this year. Ponce expressed hope that the development of the Cagayan Freeport will be completed by 2010. Also present during the President's visit here were Cabinet Secretary Silvestre Bello III, Cagayan Governor Alvaro Antonio and Sta. Ana Mayor Norberto Victor Rodriguez. Managed by the CEZA, the Cagayan Freeport is one of the flagship projects of the Philippine government. It is envisioned to be a major trade transshipment point in the Asia-Pacific rim. The CEZA is empowered to operate, directly through license, joint venture or lease, various tourism and gaming-related activities such as casinos, horse racing, dog racing, and all forms of gaming without having to pass through any national government agency.
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