Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Something's terribly wrong...

Gov’t Leases 1 Million Hectares to China Firm in Vague Contract
(from Newsbreak)

Would you rather let a million hectares of agricultural land remain undeveloped due to lack of capital or lease them to a foreign company?

This, according to a ranking official of the Department of Agriculture (DA), is the government’s main consideration when it decided to lease to China’s Jilin Fuhua Agricultural Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd. (Fuhua Co.) some one million hectares of Philippine land under vague terms. The area covers about a tenth of all Philippine agricultural land.

The DA says that the memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Chinese company is just an additional strategy to meet the department’s goal under the Medium Term Philippine Development Plan (MTPDP), which is to develop two million hectares of agricultural land.






Furthermore, the past 4 presidents before Arroyo had only what, 22 agreements with China. Which rivals the 65 since Arroyo came in seat:

http://mw1.abs-cbnnews.com/topofthehour.aspx?StoryId=112133

And for a more simpler observation: kelan ba nagsimula ang pagpasok ng china-made under quality products sa Pinas? Na syang nagpatanggal ng libo-libong trabaho sa mga kapwa natin Pinoy? Oo nga nakakatipid tayo ngayon, pero look for a wider perspective, nakakatulong nga ba ito sa atin?

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