{"id":124390,"date":"2017-10-16T23:08:44","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T03:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=124390"},"modified":"2017-10-16T23:08:44","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T03:08:44","slug":"malaysian-firm-offers-to-build-p122-b-govt-center-in-clark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/16\/malaysian-firm-offers-to-build-p122-b-govt-center-in-clark\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaysian firm offers to build P122-B gov\u2019t center in Clark"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_124396\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-124396\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/cropped-with-logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-124396\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/cropped-with-logo.jpg\" alt=\"Under MTD Capital\u2019s proposal, part of the NGAC is an extension office of Malaca\u00f1ang Palace. (Photo from https:\/\/newclarkcityph.com\/about\/)\" width=\"1500\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/cropped-with-logo.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/cropped-with-logo-300x118.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/cropped-with-logo-768x303.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/cropped-with-logo-1024x404.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-124396\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Under MTD Capital\u2019s proposal, part of the NGAC is an extension office of Malaca\u00f1ang Palace. (Photo from https:\/\/newclarkcityph.com\/about\/)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2014 Malaysian investment holding firm MTD Capital Bhd. has offered to build a government center in New Clark City in Central Luzon worth PHP121.8 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) said Monday it received an unsolicited proposal from MTD Capital for the National Government Administrative Center (NGAC) in a 207-hectare area within the New Clark City.<\/p>\n<p>BCDA said the NGAC will house satellite government offices but also major administrative offices of executive departments and agencies.<\/p>\n<p>Under MTD Capital\u2019s proposal, part of the NGAC is an extension office of Malaca\u00f1ang Palace.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed government center outside Metro Manila is being eyed to host embassies, buildings as housing for government employees and for community centers, public schools, and international schools.<\/p>\n<p>The NGAC will also have facilities such as sports facilities, government hospital, public library, and a central communications and security command center.<\/p>\n<p>According to MTD Capital\u2019s proposal, the company will provide financing of the project, technical and engineering expertise for construction as well as operations and maintenance of the government center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of its components, salient features and terms shall be subject for thorough review, negotiations and approval of BCDA,\u201d the government-owned and controlled corporation noted.<\/p>\n<p>The BCDA is eyeing to develop 50 hectares of land for PHP17 billion for the first phase of NGAC in New Clark City.<\/p>\n<p>New Clark City, formerly known as Clark Green City, is the flagship project of BCDA.<\/p>\n<p>This largest land development of BCDA aims to decongest Metro Manila and create a well-planned and sustainable city in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, moving out government administrative centers outside the capital city has been done in Malaysia and South Korea, with their government offices now located in Putrajaya and Sejong City, respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2014 Malaysian investment holding firm MTD Capital Bhd. has offered to build a government center in New Clark City &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":124396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[28140,28138,28139],"class_list":["post-124390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-government-center-in-new-clark-city-in-central-luzon-worth-php121-8-billion","tag-malaysian-firm-offers-to-build-p122-b-govt-center-in-clark","tag-malaysian-investment-holding-firm-mtd-capital-bhd","mauthors-kris-crismundo","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}