Subic-Clark development firm to harmonize policies

March 10, 2011

CLARK FREEPORT — The Subic-Clark Alliance for Development (Scad) is set to speed up harmonization of policies and regulations between the Subic Bay Freeport (SBF) and Clark Freeport Zone (CFZ).
Scad Chairman Nestor S. Mangio said this came in the heels of a recent meeting of the Central Luzon Regional Development Council (RDC), where a draft of the Central Luzon Medium Term Regional Development Plan 2011-2016 (MTRDP) was presented.
The plan, he said, underscored among others the need for integrated land, air and sea transport modes. Scad has been a member of RDC since 2006.
In a statement, Mangio said the need for a transport mode interconnecting the two freeport zones was one of the strategies identified and included in the MTRDP draft, to ensure sustainable growth that would effectively reduce poverty in Central Luzon.
“This year, we will be coordinating more with growth partners and the private sector with regard to policy structures to find ways to further harmonize policies and regulations between the two freeports to attract more investments,” Mangio said.
Under the draft, Scad is in charge of developing a “Global Gateway Program” aimed at strengthening the linkages between Subic, Clark and Tarlac’s industrial estate.
Scad is a government office mandated to rationalize resources and harmonize policies and strategies that shall ensure an integrated and coordinated approach to the development of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Corridor as a world-class mega logistics hub and global gateway to the Asia-Pacific Region.
It is composed of the Department of Trade and Industry, Bases Conversion and Development Authority, Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority, Clark Development Corporation, North Luzon Railways Corporation, and Clark International Airport Corporation.
Covering five kilometers on each side of SCTEx, The Subic-Clark-Tarlac Corridor is a vast expanse of 98,000 hectares straddling between and across 10 municipalities of Zambales, Bataan, Pampanga and Tarlac, and the cities of Olongapo, Angeles, and Tarlac. (Reynaldo Navales)

Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2011/03/09/subic-clark-development-firm-harmonize-policies-143970

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