The City Government of Legazpi is now busy preparing for its participation in the e-services Philippines 2008. The City will join 15 other Local Government Unit-participants in the Regional IT Hubs/Next Wave Cities Forum and Exhibition slated on February 11-12, 2008 at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia in Pasay City.
During this Forum and Exhibition that Legazpi City will be given a chance to present itself as an ideal and perfect location for ICT-enabled investments and projects to prospective investors both local and foreign. The past couple of years have seen a dramatic change in the IT landscape in the City. It has amended its Local Investment and Incentive Code to specifically include ICT Industry as one of its Priority sectors that shall be given incentives. It has also actively partnered with the private-sector developers specifically the Embarcadero Land Ventures towards preparing the city to be an IT Hub. Its latest project in a reclaimed area at the Legazpi Port, has been declared by the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) as an IT Park.
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