Saturday, January 26, 2013

The future for Davao

Our corporate fellows wrote this article:

Davao: Development imperatives

Like the determination of the people of Fukushima and Sendai, Japan to transfer habitat centers from low-lying areas to higher ground, this should be the resolve of government in Davao, Cagayan de Oro, Iligan City and other areas severely hit by flash flood: immediate and comprehensive relocation. We don't care at all if the United Nations is promoting resilient communities. God bless all those hardworking people at the U.N. but to hell with that campaign of building resilient communities. We are amazed at what that very good Korean Secretary General is actually doing at his office in the U.N.

If an advanced society such as Japan could not ward off the onrushing killer floods that took away thousands and thousands of lives, environmental hazards such as these in Mindanao should be avoided, not confronted. Japan's determination towards relocation, despite their lament of limited government funding available at the time immediately after the killer quake tsunami hit Sendai and Fukushima the worst, is very laudable. This includes the adept show of concern by the private sector -- particularly the financial section. More about this article here.


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