Plans for IT/BPO hub in Pangasinan readied
LINGAYEN– A pre-feasibility study on the plan to put up a government center and an information technology (IT)/business processing outsource (BPO) in Pangasinan will soon be underway.
The Sangguniang Panlalawigan authorized Governor Amado Espino Jr. last week to enter into and sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with MTD Philippines, Inc. for the undertaking and development of the pre-feasibility study of the Pangasinan Provincial Government Center and Business Hub.
MTD Philippines, Inc., an internationally recognized corporation that provides technical and financial expertise service in infrastructure development, offered “to undertake and develop the pre-feasibility study of the Pangasinan Provincial Government Center and Business Hub and its components within a suitable location near the Capitol of Pangasinan.
In his letter of intent (LOI) to undertake the pre-investment study of the project to the Governor, Engr. Isaac David, president of MTD Philippines, cited the province’s comparative advantages as rationale for the improvement of its service delivery system.
David said there is a need to establish a new government center to be operated as a one-stop-shop, to provide investors and the transacting public alike with seamless and efficient government transactions and thereby create more jobs through the establishment of a central business hub.
The proposed hub will result in the construction of commercial buildings for the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector, business hotel, and commercial/shopping mall for wholesale and retail enterprises.
It will be recalled, Mr. Espino, in his State of the Province Address (SOPA) last February 16, mentioned the ongoing negotiation with MTD Philippines.
According to the governor, the company’s proposal the P1-billion project for a public-private partnership venture will not cost the provincial government.
It will be through a design, finance, build-lease-transfer-operate-and-maintain (BLTOM) scheme with the end in view of rationalizing the use of government’s land from purely institutional to mixed-use, preferably commercial.
“This would pave the way for realization of more locally-generated revenues without imposing new form of taxes to the constituents,” said David.
Mr. Espino said the IT/BPO hub plan is in accordance with the current study of the National ICT Confederation of the Philippines.
MTD Philippines, Inc. based in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, is a subsidiary of AlloyMtd, a leading Asian infrastructure conglomerate headquartered in Malaysia, is currently operating in 16 countries, notably Australia, Chile, China, India, Indonesia, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Oman, Philippines, Qatar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States of America.
AlloyMtd’s first infrastructure project was the South Luzon Expressway Project. (Johanne Macob)
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