A businessman questioned the plan of the Pasig City government to construct a city hall complex that would cost P9.6 billion.
In his letter to Mayor Vico Sotto, St. Gerrard Charity Foundation's Curlee Discaya questioned the necessity of building such an expensive city hall complex. Discaya said the money can better be used to improve health services and fund education programs.Discaya urged Sotto to revisit the project and consider trimming its cost down to a third of the total allocation or roughly P3.2 billion for a new project design, and use the remaining P6.4 billion for public services.
'Everyone who builds large buildings, whether architects or engineers, knows that the cost of construction does not exceed P70,000 per square meter even if the materials are of high quality and luxurious,' he said.Expressing support to Sotto's administration, Discaya offered to provide the local government with detailed and preliminary engineering design in case the mayor would consider pursuing a new project concept with lowered cost.
P9.6-B City Hall Project Pasig Mayor Urged
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