By Myris Lee
President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, May 23, led the inauguration of the new 20-story head office building of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) in Brgy. Ugong, Pasig City.
In his speech, Duterte said he is hoping that the new MMDA building would motivate the officials and personnel to continue working hard for a “sustainable, resilient, dynamic, and most of all, people-centered” MMDA which was the building design theme.
“In the coming days, we shall see just how helpful this project is in helping the agency achieve its goals. It is my hope that the momentum that we have gained through this project, as well as in our other previous projects, will motivate other government offices and institutions to invest in similar undertakings,” Duiterte said.
MMDA chairman Romando Artes said MMDA personnel will start to report into the new MMDA headquarters this year.
The new building has a centralized data system, improved Metrobase Operations Center, a corporate auditorium, a roof deck, and helipad.
“We started with an idea, and now we stand in the actual building of our lifetime dream. A state of the art government facility, catering to the needs of our employees as well as the clients and partners of Metro Manila. We now have a safe, structurally sound, sustainable, and productive headquarters we can call home,” Artes added. – gb
