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Gov. Tomas
N. Joson III presents the symbolic key to the
province to Vallejo City (California) Mayor Anthony
Intintoli during the dinner tendered by the provincial
government for some 30 American businessmen led
by Thomas Wells, Jr., chair of the Vallejo City
Chamber of Commerce, who visited the province to look
for investment opportunities. (Photo by Jun Torres) |
Gov.
Tomas N. Joson III led a team of local government officials
from Central Luzon on a mission to convince American companies
to invest, especially in information technology services,
in the region.
With Joson in the week-long sortie were Bulacan Gov. Josefina
dela Cruz, Aurora Gov. Bellaflor Angara-Castillo and representatives
of Zambales and Pampanga.
In
a letter dated Sept. 19 to Trade and Industry Undersecretary
Elmer Hernandez, Joson said that the Central Luzon Investment
Coordinating Council (CLIC) would meet with officials of
various American companies.
The
team also planned to exchange ideas on how the Philippines
and Central Luzon could be promoted to foreign investors.
Joson
said the Central Luzon provinces would take part in the
21st Philippine-American Exposition Home Show and Auto Show
in Los Angeles, California.
He
said CLIC had been actively promoting Central Luzon through
road shows and promotions. The latest mission went to Hong
Kong earlier this year, and resulted in a visit to Clark
Special Economic Zone in Pampanga of at least 300 Chinese
businessmen who also went around the region to look for
business opportunities.
Central
Luzon hosts the Subic Bay Freeport and the Clark and Poro
Point investment areas — all former US military facilities
that have been converted into business hubs. (Nueve Ecija
Journal)
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