KALIBO, Aklan -Under the Public Private Partnership (PPP), the government will no longer build “Kastilyong Buhangin.”
This assurance came from President Aquino when he visited Aklan June 25 to inaugurate the new terminal building of the Caticlan Airport in Malay, Aklan being operated by TransAire Development Holdings Corporation.
“Yun po ay para sa kanta na lang. Yun ang mga proyektong sa unang tingin ay maayos, maganda at matibay, pero pag tinamaan ng malakas na hangin ay agad-agad bibigay,” President Aquino told the guests composed of Cabinet members, local government officials of Aklan, TransAire and San Miguel Corporation and the media.
Acknowledging that the development of Caticlan Airport by TransAire is a fine example of PPP, the President hailed the PPP as a mechanism for a favorable partnership between the government sector and the private sector in order to help each Filipino citizen.
“Sa patuloy na pakikipagtulungan ng pribadong sektor sa gobyerno para makapagtaguyod pa tayo ng mga proyekto, tiyak na pakikinabangan ito ng taong bayan. Iisa po ang prinsipyo ng PPP at ng ating administrasyon – upang magkaroon ng ugnayan ang pribadong sektor at ang gobyeno upang matulungan ang bawat mamamayan,” President Aquino said.
The President said these projects will provide jobs to jobless fathers as well as help build schools and deliver other social services.
The development by TransAire, a subsidiary corporation of San Miguel is seen to increase the number of airplanes landing in Caticlan Airport at daytime and even at nighttime.
Records at the Provincial Tourism Office here showed that last year, Boracay Island had almost 700,000 visitor arrivals.
With the development of the Caticlan Airport, TransAire and the SMC foresee an arrival of 3 million passengers in two year’s time.
President Aquino’s visit to Aklan June 25 is his first in the province after being elected President of the country in May 2010.(PIA)/TE
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