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Welcome Speech of Mayor Oti Montelibano
Inauguration of the Silay Airport
18 January 2008

GATEWAY TO A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITIES

          My friends, we now live in a world that pulses and moves at a breath-taking stride.  Sweeping political and economic changes that make tremendous impact on our way of life are constantly taking place across the globe.  Already, we are seeing major shifts in global market dominance among the powerful nations, and feeling the effect down to the grassroots.  Certainly, our development perspective has to keep pace with these fast-changing conditions if we have to survive in the 21st century.

          That our country is composed of several islands poses a particular challenge to the development thinker.  One simply cannot start to imagine making this nation whole—much less develop it—without thinking of the infrastructure that will keep these islands interconnected.  In fact, this interconnection has been the linchpin of all infrastructure development programs for the country.

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First Plane that landed in Silay Airport PDF Print E-mail


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The first plane landed at the domestic airport of international standard in Silay City; 9:55 am, Sept. 26.  The plane from New Zealand is owned by Vincent Aviation with serial number ZK-VAF.  The said plane conducted flight test in the airport vicinity.
 
Shown in picture are Mayor Oti Montelibano, Project Director Edgardo Mangalili, Pilot Steve Gray, Pilot Bruce Dickens, and contractors.

 
WELCOME MESSAGE PDF Print E-mail

Mayor OtiIt is with great pleasure to cordially welcome all of you to Silay City, the “Seat of arts, culture and eco-tourism in Western Visayas”.  The Department of Tourism identified Silay as one of the 25 major tourist destinations in the country.

Our city is a picture of dynamism and progress.  It is a city where the link to the past harmoniously merges with the development of the future.  Its well preserved ancestral houses, collection of steam locomotives, rich cultural heritage, flavorful hometown delicacies, untamed forest and resolute people complement its thrust to become a leading winner destination in the region.

Traditionally, Silay is dependent to the sugar industry but Silay is ready for change and it is going to be a marvelous change.  We have developed two-pronged development strategy: reconfiguring the city’s sugar industry to fit modern realities, and developing a technology-based light industry sector.  We have a Master Development Plan which serves as a blueprint for the development of the dream of the Silaynons.

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