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ROXAS CITY: The local business chambers here are considering the
proposal to revive the taxi as an alternative means of public land
transport, reported the Philippine News Agency. The taxi is expected
to cater not only to the commuting public but also to tourists and
visitors to the seafood capital of the Philippines.
A businessman had tried to operate a taxi fleet
in this capital city in the 1970s but ceased its operation as these
could not compete with the tricycles, presently the major transport
mode here.
Jose Neri Ong, president of Capiz Halaran
Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said some members of their group
and the Roxas City Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry
have expressed interest in investing in a taxi operation business to
keep with the economic growth of Capiz province and its capital
city.
The city chamber is headed by Leny Albert
Apaitan.
He said three more hotels will soon rise in the
city, courtesy of local investors, to cater to the growing demand
for more hotel rooms.
Ong said these moves are their way of supporting
the tourism development and promotion program of the province and
city.
The operations of taxis and new hotels will
become part of existing micro-small-medium enterprises (MSMEs) here
that are being encouraged by government for their role as the
backbone of economic activities in the countryside and for their
contribution toward sustaining the Philippines’ economic growth.
Presidential Management Staff Chief Cerge
Remonde, who is also the oversight official for MSMEs, stressed the
important role played by MSMEs as he noted that 99.6 percent of all
registered companies in the country belong to this sector and
account for 70 percent of employment nationwide.
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