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5 Dec, 2013

Model cities to rise in typhoon-hit areas | Manila Bulletin

December 4, 2013 (updated) Manila, Philippines – The rise of model cities in areas hit by super-typhoon “Yolanda” could be the silver lining that the country can expect from government’s determined reconstruction efforts in Leyte, Samar, and even in Iloilo.

Negros Occidental Rep. Alfredo “Albee” Benitez, chairman of the House Committee on Housing and Urban Development, made this prediction as he lauded both national and international efforts to help the ravaged localities recover swiftly from the devastation.

“Properly done, in the next five to ten years, Leyte and Samar, and even parts of Iloil, will have the best cities in the world because they can design it from scratch,” Benitez told reporters during the “Ugnayan sa Batasan” forum.

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