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Post by Registrar on Jan 7, 2021 17:55:06 GMT 8
Copied from Facebook: Known as the “Last Bastion of the Philippines during World War 2,” Corregidor Island is one of our nation’s well-known historical shrines. To preserve and support the immense historical value, cultural importance, and viability for further development of the former battlefield, the “Corregidor Comprehensive Tourism Master Plan Containing a Conceptual Development Plan of Corregidor Island including the Surrounding Islands” was developed in collaboration with the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority and other stakeholders like the Department of National Defense-Philippine Veterans Affairs Office, Corregidor Foundation Inc.; Department of Tourism, Department of Tourism Calabarzon, and the city of Cavite. The tourism master plan highlights a balance between historical preservation and commercial expansion to maintain Corregidor Island’s and its surrounding islands’ unique identity and to promote their sustainability. It also aims to establish Corregidor Island as a tourism enterprise zone (TEZ) to spur development within the area, its adjacent islands, and eventually, within the city of Cavite and nearby tourist spots. For environmental protection, the master plan preserves a large area of the island’s forest reserve and proposes the following infrastructure projects to sustain existing and future development in Corregidor: 1) providing alternative renewable sources of energy, 2) establishing water and wastewater facilities, and 3) developing a solid waste management system. The master plan includes three focal areas — the Military Park, the Island Center, and the Leisure and Recreation Area — to highlight each area’s existing and proposed development features. Taking into account the aspirations and visions of different stakeholders, the master plan envisions Corregidor Island to be the “primary sustainable national military shrine and sociocultural heritage tourism destination in the Philippines” by 2030. Restoration of the Mile Long Barracks Architectural design for the passengers' welcome pavilion and intermodal transport terminal Revival of Bario San Jose featuring pre-war architecture Elevated walkway in Treetop Adventure in the Topside area Rock Point camp site Corregidor Beach Complex Architectural design for the Cliffside Hotel Architectural design for a boutique hotel
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Post by EXO on Jan 8, 2021 8:17:02 GMT 8
I really shouldn't put the totality of my reaction to the Palafox Corregidor proposal into words, quite just yet. Politeness constrains me. But in short, though, I think it's a stinker!I saw it first on Facebook last night, and decided I should reproduce the FB post on our forum so that FB doesn't control our commentary. After all, Facebook is where the paid pro-advertiser trolls congregate. My first reaction was that this conceptualization is a genuflection to Chinese funded real estate brigands, entirely missing what Corregidor was, is and should stand for. Maybe it's not Palafox's personal fault, mind you, he was probably fed all sorts of bloviation by the flatterers who see opportunity for personal wealth creation arising from their potential involvement with a real estate goldmine. Though he has been a shameless booster for the bridge connecting Cavite to Bataan. Maybe he'd just flicked the brief to some young, inexperienced, history-ignorant town-planning student. You know, somebody who didn't know better.
The reality is that Corregidor is owned in trust for the heritage of the country, it was paid for in blood, and it is just plain wrong to sell off real estate development franchises to glib front-men yearning to line their pockets.
Incidentally, the toll-road would be funded by China and built by Chinese engineers.
Those "glossy" photoshopped images? They look more like they were for a brochure selling resort condos in the south of France, or the Cote d'Azur. What a crock! Already, let me select a few FB comments: Aly AdamsPlease do not TOUCH this historical building! This building isn’t falling because it is old, it is damaged with the wounds of war, it shows the history you claim to be preserving. My father, one of the few remaining members of the 503rd, brought wounded there after the jump and, I’m sure, this is where some of them died. Corregidor isn’t just a pretty place with pretty buildings. It is a place where people gave their lives. Please don’t disrespect those who fought and died here. There is no doubt the term my father would use if you “restore” the barracks would be sacrilegious. Ferdinand D. TolentinoWhy rebuild ruins of the mile long barracks? It’s beautiful as it is. If you do what you plan to do, it will look like just any other metropolitan area. Do you plan to make it functional? If not, huwag na. Maghanap na lang kayo ng ibang paggagastusan. Aco JoselitoEvery square inch of Corregidor is holy, sacred ground. Every building fragment strewn about, every slight depression on the ground, every seemingly insignificant mound tells a story. The open field in front of the mile-long barracks used to be a parade ground/athletic field. To this day, people still find relics around Corregidor like dog tags, parachute canopies, shrapnel and even powder charge. The Philippines already has a unique historical destination with Corregidor the way it is now. Who knows what “developing” Corregidor may destroy in the process? I very much doubt the accuracy of this so-called “pre-war architecture”. People who lived in Bo. San Jose were mostly poor folk who were on subsistence living. They were mostly labourers or servants who provided the needs of the servicemen and their families who lived there. Andre Leng-AyLiterally nobody asked for this to be restored. Clark JudyStabilize where needed for safety purposes, but please do not rebuild. Please provide a link to a map, including a .kml file we can overlay on Google Earth, showing the proposed changes. Prize of the day, or evening, goes to Danica Ponce whose comment on the Corregidor beach Complex is "The sharks are waving." Yes, and those sharks are the most deadly of all, the " Real-estate Sharks".
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Post by EXO on Jan 8, 2021 9:02:50 GMT 8
I am reminded about former days of grandiose development plans.
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Post by EXO on Jan 9, 2021 12:38:44 GMT 8
You gotta laugh, otherwise you'd cry.
If you see that guy who reckons 2021 will be better than 2020, poke him in the eye, will you?
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