INDUSTRIALIZATION : KEY TO PROGRESS

By Felizar Mortillero

One of the plans of FELEAZAR TASA MORTILLERO is to convert the City of Bayawan form an Agricultural City into an Industrial one or to make it a hybrid of agriculture and industry. He believes that industrialization is the key to improve the economy of Bayawan City, the same can also help the people of Bayawan find jobs from the industries that would sprout if Bayawan City would be industrialized.

FELEAZAR TASA MORTILLERO's vision about industrialization is being anchored on America's, Europe's, Japan's and China's industrialization. History would tell us that the said countries/continents were once upon a time agricultural countries/places. What pole vaulted their economy was industrialization, in connection to this Mr. Mortillero would move heaven and earth to make steps to industrialize Bayawan City, to make it more productive and competitive and to make its citizens have decent lives through economic boom, but we don't have to deny the fact that in reality Bayawan is an agricultural city, hence he would also recommend that industrialization and agriculturization may go hand in hand for the sake of economic progress.

FELEAZAR TASA MORTILLERO's stand in favor of industrialization must and should not be considered as an ambiguity to the PRO-ENVIRONMENT City Program of the past Sarana Administration, the Pro-Environment Program of the past Administration must be continued in order for us to balance industry and nature. If possible Mr. Mortillero would find avenues for Bayawan City to be the new SUBIC of the South, a new paradise where industry, eco-tourism, agriculture and new technologies meet.