MALOLOS CITY—Government officials and businessmen hailed
the recently concluded 1st Bulacan Builders Exposition 2012 (Buildex
2012) here saying it’s a big step in inspiring public and private partnership.
Organized by the Bulacan Chamber of Commerce and Industry
(BCCI) in coordination with the provincial government of Bulacan, the three-day
Buildex 2012 drew hundreds of participants along with at least 80 exhibitors.
“This is the first of its kind, because no province has
organized an activity like this,” said Blesila Lantayona, the director of the
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Central Luzon.
She explained that builder’s exposition is usually
organized by countries, and not by province of a local business chamber.
Lantayona also said that she was not surprised why the
BCCI and the provincial government of Bulacan pushed for Buildex 2012.
She said that the no other province in the country is
home to companies that holds product standard (PS) mark from the DTI.
“There are 32 companies in Bulacan that holds 32 PS marks
for at least 52 different products,’ she said.
Lantayona said that existence of products manufactured in
Bulacan with PS mark only shows that the province is primed for the exposition.
She added that it also proves that products manufactured
in the province are of high quality.
Rhine Aldana, the provincial director of the DTI in
Bulacan said that some of the products manufactured in the province with PS
mark are cement, galvanized iron roofing, nails and even plastics based pipes.
She added that quality of products sold in the province
is also screened by sellers.
This is through the Bulacan Association Hardwares Inc.m,
(Bahai) which was organized last year to ensure that only products that have PS
mark will be sold in the province.
For his part, Lawyer Miguel Varela, the president of the
Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) said that the exposition is
timely fast becoming an investment haven for real estate with bustling
metropolitan areas.
He said that Bulacan is now developing to take advantage
as a vital economic growth area in the country that will complement Metro
Manila.
This developed, Governor Wilhelmino Alvarado said that
Buildex 2012 was meant to show the competitiveness of Bulacan.
He said that he was saddened by the fact that Bulacan is
equated with disasters after the the floods spawned by Pedring last year and
southwest monsoon last August.
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