'Proposed Manila Bay reclamation projects of foolish economic value'
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The proposed reclamation projects in Manila Bay are “foolish, stupid, and criminal,” lawyer Tony La Viña, who is also the council chair for Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA), said Tuesday. “No doubt may economic value ‘yan, but it’s very foolish economic value … At some point, we will all pay the price for that,” La Viña said in an interview on GMA News TV’s “Balitanghali.” A former Environment and Natural Resources undersecretary, La Viña said the reclamation projects pose physical threats such as flooding the surrounding residential areas – considering the topographic condition on the shores of Manila Bay.
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'Proposed Manila Bay reclamation projects of foolish economic value'. (2019, February 8).
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