Tomas Wants SRP to be Officially Named South Road Properties (May 2006)
The Freeman 05/15/2006
Mayor Tomas Osmeña finally ordered the city council to name officially the 300-hectare south reclamation project as South Road Properties.
The mayor said the name South Road Properties should be patented then registered with the Department of Trade and Industry as the official name of the city's reclaimed land.
Councilor Edgardo Labella, committee on laws chairman, said Osmeña called him last week informing him of this plan of the city government. The councilor told The Freeman that, as such, he would sponsor a proposed measure on the matter during the next regular session.
The move of the mayor, according to city administrator Francisco "Bimbo" Fernandez, was apparently to avoid confusion that arose when Mandaue City also had its own reclamation area with a name almost similar with that of Cebu City's SRP.
But Mandaue City Mayor Thadeo Ouano clarified that his city's reclaimed area was actually the Mandaue Reclamation Project or the South Reclamation Area.
Ouano already said there is actually no competition between the reclaimed sites of Mandaue City and Cebu City because Mandaue's SRA is only a 180-hectare site and only about 36 hectares of it belong to the city government because it has been developed and owned by a private firm.
Ouano added there has been no confusion over the nomenclatures of the two reclaimed areas because he would rather call his part as "New Mandaue City", as the huge sign announces so at the area's access point.
Osmeña earlier rebuffed claims that he got insecure of Mandaue City's SRA, and said he even wished Mandaue would fully develop the area.
Fernandez added that the official naming of the present SRP to South Road Properties would boost the economic and investment prospect of the multi-billion reclaimed project.
"Kini aron makabaton og opisyal nga pangalan ang SRP og aron madasig ang mga magpapatigayun pagbubo og puhonan," Fernandez said, adding that when the name is patented and becomes official, the city government will then have sole ownership of the name. - Garry B. Lao
Mayor Tomas Osmeña finally ordered the city council to name officially the 300-hectare south reclamation project as South Road Properties.
The mayor said the name South Road Properties should be patented then registered with the Department of Trade and Industry as the official name of the city's reclaimed land.
Councilor Edgardo Labella, committee on laws chairman, said Osmeña called him last week informing him of this plan of the city government. The councilor told The Freeman that, as such, he would sponsor a proposed measure on the matter during the next regular session.
The move of the mayor, according to city administrator Francisco "Bimbo" Fernandez, was apparently to avoid confusion that arose when Mandaue City also had its own reclamation area with a name almost similar with that of Cebu City's SRP.
But Mandaue City Mayor Thadeo Ouano clarified that his city's reclaimed area was actually the Mandaue Reclamation Project or the South Reclamation Area.
Ouano already said there is actually no competition between the reclaimed sites of Mandaue City and Cebu City because Mandaue's SRA is only a 180-hectare site and only about 36 hectares of it belong to the city government because it has been developed and owned by a private firm.
Ouano added there has been no confusion over the nomenclatures of the two reclaimed areas because he would rather call his part as "New Mandaue City", as the huge sign announces so at the area's access point.
Osmeña earlier rebuffed claims that he got insecure of Mandaue City's SRA, and said he even wished Mandaue would fully develop the area.
Fernandez added that the official naming of the present SRP to South Road Properties would boost the economic and investment prospect of the multi-billion reclaimed project.
"Kini aron makabaton og opisyal nga pangalan ang SRP og aron madasig ang mga magpapatigayun pagbubo og puhonan," Fernandez said, adding that when the name is patented and becomes official, the city government will then have sole ownership of the name. - Garry B. Lao