BOI bares investment priorities plan

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, 15 October (PIA) -- The Board of Investments (BOI), led by Gov. Geronimo Sta. Ana, conducted an orientation seminar on the 2011 Investment Priorities Plan yesterday at the A&A Plaza Hotel.
Attended by more than 300 participants, the orientation brought together public and private individuals and organizations to listen to the presentation and take advantage of the one-on-one investment counseling and the on-the-spot approval of Application for Eligible Micro and Small Enterprises.
The orientation seminar hoped to generate awareness to the general public, particularly the business community about the coherent, consistent, and creative 2011 Investment Priority Plan approved by President Benigno Aquino III in July this year.
Sta. Ana outlined the 13 preferred activities for the year under the GREAT SHIPS DMC – which stands for Green projects, Research & development, Energy, Agri-Business, Tourism, Shipbuilding, Housing, Infrastructure, PPP (Public –Private Partnership) projects, Strategic projects, Disaster-related activities, Motor vehicles, and Creative industries/knowledge-based services.
He also talked about incentive availment of the BOI, which promotes the development of Micro-small & medium enterprises (MSMEs) on account of their contribution to employment generation, and countryside development.
Many of the participants in this morning’s seminar were from the planning, tourism, cooperative, and enterprise development offices of the 10 municipalities in mainland Palawan, private establishments, banking institutions, the academe, Palawan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and other national government agencies.
Now on its 9th leg, the 2011 IPP orientation seminar in Puerto Princesa City is so far the most-attended road show held by the BOI in the country. (vsm/pia-palawan)