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Sunday, March 30, 2008 |
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SPECIAL
REPORT:
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
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Lack of industries blocks big
push for S&T development |
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Science and technology, a sector pitifully
neglected by government this past half-century, is now at last being
given the importance it deserves (see “S&T sector at last gets
proper funding—P5.29B this year” and “DOST creating larger
pool of scientists.”).
But these new efforts—Agham’s nationalist
economists write—will fail to raise the sector to its proper level
of usefulness to the whole economy—and the poor—unless
government policy that de-emphasizes industrial development in favor
of call-center BPOs and instant-income businesses is reversed
(see “Science and tech development hinges on
industrialization”).
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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S&T sector at last gets proper
funding-P5.29B this year
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IN the 1950s and 60s the Philippines was an
industrializing country whose development and economic status, in
Asia, was second only to Japan.
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Science and tech development
hinges on industrialization
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Without industrialization there can be no true
science and technology development.
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Industrialists fret about, investors
deterred by technology brain drain
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Though there is supposed to be a mismatch
between jobs available and the qualifications of graduates, nobody
has ever bothered to find out exactly how many “qualified”
workers in which fields of specialization do the local industries
really need, Sergio Ortiz-Luis...
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DOST creating larger pool of scientists
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Department of Science and Technology (DOST)
Secretary Estrella Alabastro told The Manila Times the Philippine
government is doing what it can to create a larger pool of science
professionals engaged in research and development.
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