TWO TAIPANS IN MALL WAR
With the $20.5-M acquisition of the Tumon Bay Mall, Lucio Tan has re-established himself, as among the island’s big investors and put the Chinese-Filipino billionaire in direct competition with mall tycoon, Henry Sy. Besides Micronesia Mall which is currently undergoing expansion and the largest in the Western Pacific region, Tan’s investments on Guam include the […]
PHL Construction Industry Explores Business Opportunities in Lao PDR
The Philippine Overseas Construction Board, headed by its Chairman and President of DMCI Holdings, Inc., Mr. Isidro A Consunji, conducted a construction mission to Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) from September 15 to 17. The mission was supervised by Ms. Sonia Valdeavilla, officer-in-charge of the Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines. The twenty-member delegation […]
More Japan Firms Moving to Philippines from China
As if the “war” between China and the Philippines will never end. Japan, through the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCIP) in the Philippines, recently announced that some 200 Japanese companies have begun relocating their manufacturing business from China to this Asian country as early as last year. JCCIP executive director Nobuo Fuji said that […]
