GOVERNOR EAGER TO SEE ENTIRE CEBU AN ECOZONE

From: The Manila Times | Date: June 27, 2007 | Copyright information

CEBU CITY: Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia of Cebu said on Monday that the bid to declare the entire Cebu province a special economic zone, a private-sector initiative which requires an act of Congress, "has the full backing of the people and goverment of Cebu."

Garcia, who spoke before delegates of the recent 2nd Philippine Investment Conference at the Shangri-La's Mactan Island Resort in Lapu-Lapu City, said the proposed ecozone would be "fully oriented toward the emerging supply-chain netwo...

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