DAVAO CITY — The Philippines should start strengthening trade with other Asian countries other than its current markets, China and Japan, a central bank consultant said here early last week.
Vicente B. Valdepeñas Jr. noted that Singapore trades with China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, and Malaysia. Malaysia, he added, also has significant trades with Thailand, besides Japan and China. “The Philippines links only with Japan and China [as major Asian trade partners], period,” he said during a Bangko Sentral road show on external competitiveness held here. “You don’t wonder why these two countries [Singapore and Malaysia] are huge exporters, because they have huge linkages with [the rest of] East Asia.” He added that the local school curriculum should include Mandarin, to provide the long-term foundation for stronger links with China, which will be the economic superpower in Asia in the next 50 years. He added that, in order for the Philippines to improve its export competitiveness, it must constantly update export planning and management skills; improve product design according to global trends; benchmark export delivery with best practices worldwide; keep track of competitors’ export performance; and develop more creative instruments for financing exports. –Businessworld
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October –
Monthly Observances:
Industry and Commerce Safety Month
National Statistics Month
Local Government Month
Consumer Welfare Month
Cooperative Month
National Quality and Productivity Improvement Month
National Health and Wellness Tourism Month
National Indigenous Peoples Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Elderly Filipino Week
Week 2: National Health Education Week
Local Government Week
National Mental Health Week
October 17-23:
National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty
October 18 – 24:
United Nations Week
Last Week:
Nurses’ Week
Consumers’ Protection Week
Week of the 4th Sunday:
Barrio Farmers’ Week
Daily Observances:
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Oct 5: National Teachers’ Day
Oct 10: Local Government Day
Third Thursday (Oct 14): Conflict Resolution Day
Oct 21: Tenants’ Emancipation day
Oct 24: United Nations Day
Oct 29: National Indigenous People’s Thanksgiving Day
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