00:00new business center was inaugurated to enhance services and promote economic growth in the
00:05region. Plans are also underway to expand operations to nearby areas focusing on sustaining
00:12peace and exploring opportunities in emerging industries to drive further development.
00:19Philippine Information Agency Zamboanga Julián Tuazon tells us more.
00:24The Southern Philippines Development Authority has taken a significant step in enhancing its
00:31service delivery to clients in Zamboanga City. The inauguration of its new business center
00:36aligns with SPDA's goal of bringing its services closer to the people and fostering economic growth
00:42in the region. SPDA is a government-owned and controlled corporation that was established in
00:461975 through Presidential Decree Number 690 to drive economic development in the southern region
00:53of the Philippines. With its efforts to develop its real property assets and attain its primary
00:58mandate as a GOCC to generate revenues, the authority is looking into the halal feeds
01:03industry for poultry and emulating best practices from pioneering countries.
01:08We are planning to go to Malaysia to make a study of the halal feeds industry in Malaysia.
01:15Maybe we can emulate some of their successful examples or we can invite those companies
01:20operating and operating in the halal feeds industry to join as our partners.
01:27SPDA also plans to establish a new business center in the province of Basilan to stabilize peace
01:33gains. We are planning to buy a piece of property there in order to help stabilize the peace gains.
01:40There is a need to sustain in order that war trouble will never come again.
01:45With the new business center in Zamboanga City plans to expand its operations to Basilan and
01:50other upcoming projects, SPDA is set to make an impact in the southern Philippines and here
01:55in western Mindanao. From the Philippine Information Agency Zamboanga, Julianne Tuazon for Balitang Pambansa.
