Regional Development with ICT Economic Corridor Approach in Mega Manila in the Republic of the Philippines STUDY REPORT September 2004 Engineering and Consulting Firms Association, Japan Nippon Koei Co., Ltd. Table of Contents Executive Summary Abbreviations CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION............................................................................................ 1 1-1 Background .................................................................................................................................. 1 1-2 The Study Area............................................................................................................................. 1 1-3 The Objectives of the Mission..................................................................................................... 2 1-4 Scope of Work of the Mission ..................................................................................................... 2 CHAPTER 2 PRESENT CONDITIONS OF THE STUDY AREA ..................................... 4 2-1 Demography................................................................................................................................. 4 2-2 Socio-Economy............................................................................................................................. 4 2-3 Industrial Estates and Economic Zones..................................................................................... 5 2-4 Urban Centers.............................................................................................................................. 7 2-5 Transport Network ...................................................................................................................... 7 2-5.1 Road ............................................................................................................................................ 7 2-5.2 Rail .............................................................................................................................................. 8 2-5.3 Maritime Transport...................................................................................................................... 9 2-5.4 Air Transport ............................................................................................................................. 10 2-6 Industries.................................................................................................................................... 11 2-7 ICT Network .............................................................................................................................. 12 2-7.1 ICT Operators............................................................................................................................ 12 2.7-2 ICT Network.............................................................................................................................. 12 2-7.3 Other ICT Services.................................................................................................................... 15 CHAPTER 3 RELATED GOVERNMENT POLICIES..................................................... 16 3-1 The Ten-Point Agenda ............................................................................................................... 16 3-2 National IT Policies and Strategies........................................................................................... 16 3-2.1 National IT Policy ..................................................................................................................... 16 3-2.2 Individual IT policy................................................................................................................... 17 CHAPTER 4 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA IN THE MEGA MANILA............................ 22 4-1 Development Issues.................................................................................................................... 22 4-1.1 Need for Integral Vision for Mega Manila ................................................................................ 22 4-1.2 Need for Balanced, Multi-Functional Regional Cities .............................................................. 22 4-1.3 Better Utilization of Local Resources in Regional Development.............................................. 23 4-1.4 Recognition of IT as a Central Tool for Regional Networking.................................................. 23 4-1.5 Use of IT Tools for Effective and Accountable Government Administration............................ 23 4-1.6 Need to Share Essential Information on Investment Promotion................................................ 24 4-2 Proposed Projects for ODA Funding........................................................................................ 25 4-2.1 Component 1: Regional Development with ICT Economic Corridor in Mega Manila............. 25 4-2.2 Component 2: Development study for the upgrading of local government administration by ICT....................................................................................................................................... 27 4-2.3 Component 3: The Enterprise Data-Base and Reference System for Japanese Firms Skills Inventory ................................................................................................................................... 28 List of Tables Table 2-1 Provincial Population in Mega Manila .................................................................................... 4 Table 2-2 Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP)............................................................................. 5 Table 2-3 Economic Zones in Mega Manila............................................................................................ 5 Table 2-4 Urban Population in Mega Manila........................................................................................... 7 Table 2-5 Air Transport Statistics........................................................................................................... 10 Table 2-6 Telecommunications Industry Structure................................................................................. 12 Table 2-7 Outline of Telecommunications Subscription........................................................................ 12 Table 2-8 Regional Distcibution of Telephone Lines............................................................................. 13 Table 2-9 ISP Subscription..................................................................................................................... 14 Table 2-10 Internet users and PC users.................................................................................................. 14 Table 3-1 IT Parks.................................................................................................................................. 17 Table 3-2 Typical Prof. ITs’ area............................................................................................................ 18 List of Figures Figure 1-1 Study Area - Mega Manila and Proposed IT Economic Corridor .......................................... 2 Figure 2-1 Railway Statistics ................................................................................................................... 9 Figure 2-2 Foreign Cargo Statistics ....................................................................................................... 10 Figure 2-3 Optical Fiber Network.......................................................................................................... 15 Appendices Appendix A The Mission Schedule Appendix B The Scope of Works for the Proposed Projects Appendix B-1 Terms of Reference for Regional Development with the ICT Economic Corridor in Mega Manila Region Appendix B-2 Terms of Reference for Development Study for the Upgrading of Local Government Administration by ICT in Central Luzon Appendix B-3 Terms of Reference for Consultancy Services for The Establishment of an Enterprise Data-Base and Reference System for Japanese Firms Skills Inventory EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. CONCLUSIONS 1.01 This mission proposes a comprehensive program approach under a tentative title, “Regional Development with the ICT Economic Corridor Approach in Mega Manila”, encompassing three components as below; • Component 1: Regional Development with ICT Economic Corridor in Mega Manila • Component 2: Development study for the upgrading of local government administration by ICT • Component 3: The Enterprise Data-Base and Reference System for Japanese Firms Skills Inventory These components are inter-woven with each other, and should be thus implemented with an overall coordination under a program approach concept. 2. INTRODUCTION Background 2.01 The Metro Manila area houses the national capital of the Republic of the Philippines (hereafter “RP”) and shelters approximately 10 million residents. The Government of RP recently emphasizes on decentralizing the economic functions from Metro Manila to the surrounding areas, including the Central Luzon Region and the CALABARSON (Cavite, Laguna, Batangus, Rizal and Queson provinces) area, denoted as a whole as the Mega Manila. The Mega Manila commands an area within approximately 100 km of radius from the National Capital Region (NCR), and accessible within 2 hours if effective road networks were provided. 2.02 It is thus envisioned that an overall master plan for regional development of the Mega Manila region needs to be formulated by promoting linkages of the existing urban centers within the region,