COTABATO CITY — A PHP300-million China-Cotabato Friendship Technical School will soon rise in this city.
City government officials and representatives from the Chinese Engineering Construction Company (CECC) joined the school groundbreaking ceremony at Barangay Tamontaka Mother on Saturday.
The four-story school building, which would be constructed on a four-hectare lot, is a donation from the CECC firm that also plans to build an estimated PHP3.6-billion modern airport and seaport for the city.
Currently, the local government is awaiting the approval of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) for the proposed seaport and airport projects, which would be undertaken under the public-private partnership scheme.
Once approved, the city’s modern seaport would be built at the seaside of Barangay Kalanganan 2 while the new airport would be constructed at a vast plain in Barangays Tamontaka 2 and 3.
“Thousands are expected to be employed as graduates from the technical school would be hired for the modern airport and seaport projects,” Mayor Frances Cynthia-Sayadi said.
For his part, Yi Bin Liu, head of the CECC group, expressed elation over the development partnership with the city.
The technical school project is expected to be completed by December this year. (Noel Punzalan/PNA)
