Subic clears Hanjin’s condo
Subic authorities yesterday cleared the South Korean Hanjin Heavy Industries of charges of violating the laws on environment, land use and zoning.
Hanjin is building a condominium for its employees and officials and Subic authorities said the project only has a “minimum environmental impact.”
Deputy administrator Ramon Agregado of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority told a press conference at Club Filipino in San Juan that the site was used as a storage area for ammunition during the 1960s.
Agregado said, “the area has been zoned and developed. The construction is 2 kilometers away from the core forest area” and that its owner Hanjin Heavy Industries Corp. had built on an existing built-up area. It is an abandoned bunker previously used by the US Navy, Agregado said.
The 10,000-hectare lot area of the forest has not been diminished and that assistance from indigenous people was also solicited to preserve the area, Agregado said.
A moratorium is imposed on the establishment of recreation centers, nightclubs, video bars and the like.
“Amenities like convenience stores catering to Korean goods and entertainment facilities like nightclubs or karaoke bars are already included in the planned apartments.”
SBMA and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources entered into a memorandum of agreement in 2006 where the former will be in charge of the issuance of environmental clearance certificate for non-critical projects.
Hanjin has complied with certain requirements such as a full-blown environmental impact assessment, which was conducted by a competent consultant; environmental clearance certificate and zoning clearance from SBMA; and even a height clearance from the Air Transportation Office.
The Korean firm has also complied with SBMA’s requirement for them to plant 700 different trees to replace the 28 trees that were cut down.
The apartment complex has a 22-story and a 10-story buildings that will house around 5,000 Korean and Filipino workers working with Hanjin project.
The P455.6-million apartment project is set to be finished by April next year.
Subic Bay Administrator Armand Arreza, in a press statement, said Hanjin has assured authorities that the 13,357-sqm apartment complex will be managed well in conformance with environmental laws. “We cannot, and we won’t put Subic environment at risk, because that’s what makes it unique. Subic’s environment is precisely what makes it tick with investors.” Gigi Muñoz David, Romie A. Evangelista - Manila Standard Today
Hanjin is building a condominium for its employees and officials and Subic authorities said the project only has a “minimum environmental impact.”
Deputy administrator Ramon Agregado of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority told a press conference at Club Filipino in San Juan that the site was used as a storage area for ammunition during the 1960s.
Agregado said, “the area has been zoned and developed. The construction is 2 kilometers away from the core forest area” and that its owner Hanjin Heavy Industries Corp. had built on an existing built-up area. It is an abandoned bunker previously used by the US Navy, Agregado said.
The 10,000-hectare lot area of the forest has not been diminished and that assistance from indigenous people was also solicited to preserve the area, Agregado said.
A moratorium is imposed on the establishment of recreation centers, nightclubs, video bars and the like.
“Amenities like convenience stores catering to Korean goods and entertainment facilities like nightclubs or karaoke bars are already included in the planned apartments.”
SBMA and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources entered into a memorandum of agreement in 2006 where the former will be in charge of the issuance of environmental clearance certificate for non-critical projects.
Hanjin has complied with certain requirements such as a full-blown environmental impact assessment, which was conducted by a competent consultant; environmental clearance certificate and zoning clearance from SBMA; and even a height clearance from the Air Transportation Office.
The Korean firm has also complied with SBMA’s requirement for them to plant 700 different trees to replace the 28 trees that were cut down.
The apartment complex has a 22-story and a 10-story buildings that will house around 5,000 Korean and Filipino workers working with Hanjin project.
The P455.6-million apartment project is set to be finished by April next year.
Subic Bay Administrator Armand Arreza, in a press statement, said Hanjin has assured authorities that the 13,357-sqm apartment complex will be managed well in conformance with environmental laws. “We cannot, and we won’t put Subic environment at risk, because that’s what makes it unique. Subic’s environment is precisely what makes it tick with investors.” Gigi Muñoz David, Romie A. Evangelista - Manila Standard Today
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