CEBU's Modern Skyscrapers, new constructions, IT Parks, and UPDATES about CEBU

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@arnoldsa

.... damn, those electric cables spoil the beauty of the mansion (is this mansion located on the street that goes out to Echavez Street on one end and the other end goes out to Mango Avenue? ... i forgot the name of that street..


it's near provicial capitol bai (luyo nga part)

[SamuraiArcher]

@arnoldsa - thanks for the pix....

[arnoldsa]

^^

wa'y sapayan bai..




Ang North Reclamation area intawn, at least gisugdan na ug improve.

In Sunstar Daily just a while ago, City Hall already approved the budget for the improvement of the drainages and some major roads in the reclamation area. The project is not "directly related to the ASEAN Summit" since this has been planned long ago pa although the hosting of the summit itself speeded up its implementation.

Also just a while ago, workers were installing street lamps at the vicinity of SM City. I'm not sure if this is a project of the city government or SM City. The road in front of SM City (Juan Luna Avenue) has also been improved.

[img width=500 height=375]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/sm_city_02.jpg[/img]

[img width=500 height=375]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/sm_city_01.jpg[/img]

[SamuraiArcher]

agi ko ganiha sa reclamation area sa Mandaue...na-a nag trabho sa isalnd but usa ra man to ako nakit-an...unsaon pag human?

[arnoldsa]

^^

mahuman ra lagi na...

[SamuraiArcher]

hinay man gud kaayo sa mandaue ang ilang gibuhat nga improvements..unlike sa cebu nga makita na nimo karon ang improvements nga gihimo....

[arnoldsa]

^^

Duda nako bai anha ra na sila magkara2x kung hapit na ang Summit.. Ana man jud na sila, para daw murag bag-o pa tan-awon. Para nako wala jud na'y ayo ang mga Ouano, political dynasty man gud. Hangtud karun hugaw kaayo tan-awon ang Mandaue, pinaka-hugaw sa tibuok Pilipinas. Hasta ang ilahang reclamation area pirting hugawa unya tu-a ra ba ang CICC, nagtapad2x lang ang mga warehouse ug motel.. Walay tarung nga Zoning..


Pero ang Cebu City, maski layu pa nag prepare na, unya a few days before the Summit, i retouch ra gihapon para bag-o tan-awon. Maayo unta ug permanente nana maski walay summit para nindot ang ciudad tan-awon..

[diehardbisdak]

The expansion of the Cebu International Convention Center (above, as of Sept. 16, 2006) into an international sports arena is one venture that Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia asked foreign investors to evaluate in a recent forum. But first things first: organizers are optimistic the CICC will be ready in time for the Asean summit in December. (Sun.star file photo)

[diehardbisdak]

Investors test Cebu prospects

Another investor has expressed interest to Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia to do business in Cebu, after the recent Asia Pacific Infrastructure Conference in Hong Kong.

Bill Banks, director of project finance of Ernst and Young Transaction Advisory Services Ltd., sent a letter to Garcia saying he is now “looking for ways of finding a trip to Cebu” the soonest possible time.

Banks, who was also a speaker at the conference, said he would be “very keen” to meet Garcia and “discuss opportunities” to work together on “major infrastructure projects.”

Garcia delivered a speech at the infrastructure congress, revealing Cebu’s history and strengths, and enumerating possible projects that the private sector can invest in.

She mentioned the expansion of the Cebu International Convention Center into an international sports arena, the P400-million farmers’ center, the P300-million backbone highway traversing Cebu’s mountains and the putting up of a solid waste management facility to cater to the towns and cities.

“I must say I enjoyed your speech very much,” said Banks, who talked about the need for private businesses to fill the infrastructure gap in the Asia-Pacific region, considering the lack of financial resources among its governments.

Private-public partnerships are needed to sustain whatever growth Asia has attained in the previous years, and the private sector must be willing to help, Banks has said.

The governor also received mail from investors she met in Hong Kong, who wanted to make a formal follow-up of the verbal pronouncements and assurances that they gave Garcia during the conference.

See Yin Tan, senior director of the United Engineers of Malaysia (UEM) International Business, said in his letter that Garcia’s speech has “certainly attracted much attention on what Cebu has to offer to potential investors.”

In an interview in Hong Kong, he had admitted that the Philippines was not in their list of priority areas but the presentation on Cebu made them change their minds.

See Yin Tan attached to his letter some documents on the capabilities and achievements of UEM, which is owned by the Malaysian Government’s finance department and has at least 40 companies under it that are into various fields of investment.

He told the governor that his company would want to liaise with Garcia’s office as they want to obtain information on projects that Garcia presented in Hong Kong, “for internal preliminary analysis” and so they could make arrangements for a fact-finding trip by their team.

UEM is interested in major projects such as the trans-axial road projects and the solid waste management facility.

Another foreign investor, Maygi Tsui of First Glory Limited, has also written the governor to say she was glad of the information about Cebu’s growth and revealed that they will be having an expansion.

“Being one of the investors, I feel confident and comfortable... We are planning to employ more workers in our Cebu factory,” wrote Tsui. (JPM)

[diehardbisdak]

Microsoft to open office in Cebu for Visayas, Mindanao markets

Recognizing the vast potential of the Visayas and Mindanao market to its growth in the country, Microsoft Philippines has decided to open an office in Cebu.

The move is also one of the strategies of the company to address the rampant use of unlicensed Microsoft software, specifically by players of the growing Internet café sector in the Visayas and Mindanao.

“The Visayas and Mindanao markets are very important to our business, definitely contributing to the phenomenal growth that we have had in the current year alone. With the competitive Cebu business climate and the many products that Microsoft has and will be releasing in the near future, we thought it best to have a presence (here) to support our customers and partners,” said Antonio Javier, Microsoft Philippines managing director.

Boy Bawal, sales operations director for Southern Philippines, said the local office will enable Microsoft to respond efficiently to the concerns of the local market.

IT hub

“We also believe that Cebu is the next information technology hub in the country,” he said in an interview last Thursday.

Bawal said Microsoft has also observed and recognized the high software piracy rate in the south, especially in Internet cafés.

Instead of threatening Internet cafés that are using unlicensed software, Microsoft has employed a positive strategy to combat the problem.

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Bawal said the company has been talking to members of Internet café associations in key cities in Visayas and Mindanao, such as Cebu and Davao.

Microsoft is encouraging members of the groups to get licensed software by linking with financing institutions for assistance.

“They themselves confessed to us that they are using unlicensed software but they are willing to pay for the license, if only they can. We are linking them with financing institutions so that they can pay on installment basis,” he said.

Bawal said the Microsoft-Cebu office was officially opened in July. It is temporarily holding office in the Ayala FGU Center, Cebu Business Park.

In November, the office will be move to the Asiatown IT Park.

Microsoft has about 2,000 partners all over the country and some of its Microsoft gold certified partners are Cebu-based, according to a statement. (JBN)