Olongapo City is once again recognized by the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) as a “Most Competitive Medium-Sized City”. The award was received by City Mayor James “Bong” Gordon Jr. in awarding ceremonies held at the InterContinental Manila Hotel.
The award is given based on the city’s competitiveness in different areas or ‘six drivers of competitiveness’ which are vital to a city’s progress. These drivers measure the strengths and weaknesses of the city and gauge the performance of the city if the environment is conducive for progress and development of the different sectors of the community.
The drivers are: (1) cost of doing business, (2) dynamism of local economy, (3) human resources and training, (4) infrastructure, (5) responsiveness of LGUs to business needs and (6) quality of life. The scores are compared to the scores of different cities in the same category where Olongapo City prevailed in the mid-sized cities category along with General Santos City, Cabanatuan, San Pablo, Tagum, Tarlac City and Lucena.
In the small sized cities category, recognized were Bayawan; Calapan; Calbayog; Dagupan; Dipolog; Laoag; Malabalay; Naga; San Fernando, La Union; Surigao; Tagbilaran and Tugegarao.
Meanwhile, the most competitive Metropolitan Cities are Davao, Lapu-Lapu, Makati, Marikina, Manila and Quezon City, according to the Asian Institute of Management.
The scores that Olongapo received are high particularly in human resources and training and responsiveness to business needs. This is due to Mayor Gordon’s unwavering effort to boost the city’s livelihood and welfare.
The rankings also serve as an assessment tool for the leaders to recognize the areas that need more improvement to make the city ready for the challenge of global competitiveness
It can be recalled that Olongapo City was also awarded as one of the ‘Most Competitive Small Sized Cities’ in 2005. The city was elevated to a medium-sized level because of the increase in the population.
“Ang pag-angat ng Olongapo bilang isang ‘Medium Sized City’ at nanatili pa rin bilang pinaka-competitve na syudad ay nagpapakita na kayang-kaya ng Olongapo na magbigay ng kalidad na pamumuhay sa mga mamamayan. Ang parangal na ito ay napakalaking patunay na ang Olongapo City ay handang-handa na patungo sa ‘global competency.’ Kaya dapat ipagpatuloy natin ito, we’re definitely fighting for excellence!” said Mayor. Gordon.
Hey, Rokket, this says nothing about the postal service!
But with all the bong stuff it's no wonder the mail doesn't get through. - Sorry bad pun. I know heaps of Phillipinos - lots came to Australia to teach - and we do keep up on Asia pacific affairs so I know about the names etc.
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a little wire brush & a solvent for the hand grease will help but EQing will too.
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