MANILA......WOW!

[leestat_d_vamp]

Manila будет realy славным городом но я услышал что это будет опасным городом для иноплеменников

[Animo]

What did you wrote/say leestat?

[Animo]

[Animo]

[Animo]

Photos by tigs

[_zner_]

great photos animo..

[bedista]

Wow!

[Sinjin P.]

Bedista, why don't you try exploring the Philippine Forums? Maybe you have a lot to contribute and you'll learn a lot too from there

[JustHorace]

Bravo Animo! Tigs' and the other pics are spectacular!

Iglesia de San Sebastian, Manila (designed by Gustav Eiffel)


Convento de San Agustin


Philippine Center for Seamen


A mix of Spanish and Chinese culture
Relicario Nacional de San Miguel in Malacanang Park, San Miguel, Manila


Rush hour traffic along Ayala Avenue, Makati


Makati Skyline(left) and Manila Bayside(background, right)


Ortigas Center and Wack Wack Golf & Country Club

[oliver999]

one of the hugest skyline in asia.

[_zner_]

c/o SIR dudz

naia expressway/slex/skyway interchange update...taken last weekend

southbound...













northbound...

[aranetacoliseum]

is that U/C skyway is for NAIA-3?


i luv it!!!.....luks very modern with that huge U/C SKYWAY!!

BRAVO!!!

[pierre-laurent]

great tour! thanks for sharing

[animelover]

Makati, Ortigas looks very nice indeed. And Mandaluyong is catching up, I think.

[oliver999]

asia.top.5.nice.tropical.view.

[leestat_d_vamp]

wow! i don't think this country is poor. Lucky that your country looks so advance. I guess, its the money of americans you are spending.

[bedista]

what do you mean leestat?

[leestat_d_vamp]

Your roads, buildings, flyovers. Where does your country get the money to spend to all of these. As far as I Know, your country is really not doing well. I am taking up European Studies minor in Asian Studies. So I was really surprised to see all these developments.

[bedista]

Originally Posted by leestat_d_vamp

Your roads, buildings, flyovers. Where does your country get the money to spend to all of these. As far as I Know, your country is really not doing well. I am taking up European Studies minor in Asian Studies. So I was really surprised to see all these developments.

our country is not that relatively poor like the way most people would put it. the buildings that you see are not owned by the government. the buildings are from local and foreign corporations that are doing business here.
much of the government projects are still funded by the government. minor projects like roads, bridges etc., of course, are from government revenues (i.e. Tax collection). however, the government cannot fund all the projects all at once especially the major projects (i.e. airport, freeway, seaport, skyways, railways) so they seek for international assistance for some of the projects. the assisting party has two options to help the country. #1 is ODA (official development assistance) which are mostly done by countries like USA and Japan. the assisting nation or the transnational bank (i.e.world bank) would lend the government money to fund its development plans with certain conditions. basically, the terms and conditions of the ODA would depend on the agreement of the two parties. on the other hand, the second option would be the BOT ( build operate transfer). from the words itself, a foreign or local investor may invest on government projects and will have the right to operate it at a certain period of time depending on the agreement so that they could get their investments back and earn some profit. afterwards, the investor would transfer the facility to the government to continue the operation. one of the best example of a BOT are the expressways.

[leestat_d_vamp]

Wow! I'm really interested to make a study about your country. Good luck!