196 FAMILIES GET COMPENSATION PACKAGES AS SBMA READIES HANJIN LOCATION
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT - Some 196 families from Barangay Cawag, Subic recently received compensation checks given by Hanjin Shipping and Industrial Co. Ltd. of South Korea as clearing operation started in preparation for the construction of the biggest ship building facility in the Philippines. Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Administrator Armand C. Arreza assisted Zambales Governor Vicente Magsaysay and Subic Municipal Mayor Jeffrey Khonghun in the distribution of compensation checks to affected residents of Sitio Agusuhin, Barangay Cawag in Subic in a simple ceremony held at the SBMA Board Room.
According to Arreza, aside from the payment for the improvements made in SBMA land, the residents were also given their own permanent lots near the proposed site of the ship facility in the Redondo Peninsula. “We made it part of the agreement between SBMA and Hanjin that Hanjin will pay the residents a just compensation for their own houses, lot and farm improvements, and give them a better and permanent site for a relocation,?Arreza said. As part of the clearing operation, residential houses and other structures and vegetation inside the 50-hectare project site should be cleared and leveled before the arrival of the construction materials starts next month.
The site is in Sitio Agusuhin, Barangay Cawag in Subic town and within the boundaries of the Subic Freeport Magsaysay described the project as the biggest in the country and the development it will provide will be easily felt in the province. “It will open not less than 20,000 jobs during the construction, and will need more than 7,000 welders and painters during actual operation. One able member from each family will be given the chance to secure a job here,?said Magsaysay.
Magsaysay also revealed that the proposal for the construction of another port in the Subic town area under the joint venture between Zambales government and SBMA is already underway Meanwhile, the residents who are members of the Agusuhin Neighborhood Association (ANA) assured the SBMA official of their full support for the construction of Hanjin in their area as the project will not only benefit them, but the entire country as well. “The compensation I received is short of my expectation, but more importantly it is the benefits we will reap in the national level that should come first before our personal interests," said ANA president Lafacita Nebres, who lived in the area for 15 years. Nebres added that they have visited the proposed relocation site and agreed with the construction after the provincial government assured them that the new community will have amenities such as schools, community clinic and multi-purpose hall and roads connected to the barangay road.
Khonghun lauded Arreza, Magsaysay, SBMA Chairman Feliciano G. Salonga and President Arroyo for pooling their efforts to have Hanjin push through with their plan to construct a shipbuilding facility in his local. He noted that the coming of Hanjin in the Peninsula will attract more investors in heavy and medium industries that will boost the development of the area, thus improving the social and economic status of the residents. “The municipality of Subic will directly benefit from the project as it will open jobs to our constituents, not to mention the numerous structural developments that will be constructed here in the future, such as roads, schools and piers," Khonghun said
He also mentioned that the port projects will help in their campaign to transform the municipality of Subic into a component city which, if realized, will fast track all its social and economic development programs. The city hood campaign has already obtained unanimous endorsement from Subic Sanguniang Bayan and Zambales Sangguniang Panlalawigan. The event was also attended in by SBMA Director JV Magsaysay, Provincial Board Member Jay Khonghun and other SBMA and local officials.
According to Arreza, aside from the payment for the improvements made in SBMA land, the residents were also given their own permanent lots near the proposed site of the ship facility in the Redondo Peninsula. “We made it part of the agreement between SBMA and Hanjin that Hanjin will pay the residents a just compensation for their own houses, lot and farm improvements, and give them a better and permanent site for a relocation,?Arreza said. As part of the clearing operation, residential houses and other structures and vegetation inside the 50-hectare project site should be cleared and leveled before the arrival of the construction materials starts next month.
The site is in Sitio Agusuhin, Barangay Cawag in Subic town and within the boundaries of the Subic Freeport Magsaysay described the project as the biggest in the country and the development it will provide will be easily felt in the province. “It will open not less than 20,000 jobs during the construction, and will need more than 7,000 welders and painters during actual operation. One able member from each family will be given the chance to secure a job here,?said Magsaysay.
Magsaysay also revealed that the proposal for the construction of another port in the Subic town area under the joint venture between Zambales government and SBMA is already underway Meanwhile, the residents who are members of the Agusuhin Neighborhood Association (ANA) assured the SBMA official of their full support for the construction of Hanjin in their area as the project will not only benefit them, but the entire country as well. “The compensation I received is short of my expectation, but more importantly it is the benefits we will reap in the national level that should come first before our personal interests," said ANA president Lafacita Nebres, who lived in the area for 15 years. Nebres added that they have visited the proposed relocation site and agreed with the construction after the provincial government assured them that the new community will have amenities such as schools, community clinic and multi-purpose hall and roads connected to the barangay road.
Khonghun lauded Arreza, Magsaysay, SBMA Chairman Feliciano G. Salonga and President Arroyo for pooling their efforts to have Hanjin push through with their plan to construct a shipbuilding facility in his local. He noted that the coming of Hanjin in the Peninsula will attract more investors in heavy and medium industries that will boost the development of the area, thus improving the social and economic status of the residents. “The municipality of Subic will directly benefit from the project as it will open jobs to our constituents, not to mention the numerous structural developments that will be constructed here in the future, such as roads, schools and piers," Khonghun said
He also mentioned that the port projects will help in their campaign to transform the municipality of Subic into a component city which, if realized, will fast track all its social and economic development programs. The city hood campaign has already obtained unanimous endorsement from Subic Sanguniang Bayan and Zambales Sangguniang Panlalawigan. The event was also attended in by SBMA Director JV Magsaysay, Provincial Board Member Jay Khonghun and other SBMA and local officials.
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