BACOLOD City Mayor Evelio Leonardia signed Thursday City Ordinance No. 576, or an ordinance creating the Bacolod City Chinatown Center, at his office in the presence of council members and officers of Filipino-Chinese community.
Witnessing the ceremony were Vice Mayor Jude Thaddeus Sayson and Councilors El Cid Familiaran, Bobby Rojas, Dindo Ramos, and Em Ang, Planning and Development officer Lemuel Reynaldo, Bacolod police chief Senior Superintendent Ricardo De La Paz, and City Tourism Officer Imogene Kana-an. The Chinese community was represented by Bacoladiat Foundation president Leonito Lopue, vice chairman Crispin Chua and directors Terry Gochangco and Lily Go; 888 mall owner William Ong; BFCCCII president lawyer Ben Ortega; SNFCCCI president John Yap and directors Johnny Yap and Philip Yap; and Amity Brigade’s Enrique Dy. The city ordinance creates the Bacolod City Chinatown Center out of the Shopping Center, a commercial district established for the Chinese. It became a prominent commercial center but lost its luster to other business centers. The purpose of the ordinance is to facilitate the revival of the area into a prosperous commercial center run and operated by Filipino-Chinese. The revival of the Bacolod Chinatown shall be undertaken by way of a public-private partnership. Under the ordinance, the Filipino-Chinese investors are encouraged to finance the redevelopment of Shopping Center into a prosperous Chinatown Center. Seventy percent of these advances shall be returned to them in form of tax credits. The upgrading of the area shall be administered by the Bacolod City Chinatown Development Council headed by the city mayor as chairman and the vice mayor as vice chairman. Right after the signing of the ordinance, Leonardia convened the council. During its organizational meeting, the council created several committees, namely the Master Plan committee; the Incentives, Trade and Industry committee; the Infrastructure committee; the Security and Traffic committee; and the Public Relations committee. The council decided to hold its regular meeting every second Thursday of the month. (PR)
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