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Manila plans to move govt staff to new city

Published Tue, Jan 30, 2018 · 09:50 PM
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THOUSANDS of government workers will be moved from Manila to a new city that is being built in a former US military base, as Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's administration seeks to ease a traffic gridlock in the capital.

The government and private companies are investing more than 50 billion pesos (S$1.3 billion) to build an administrative centre in New Clark City.

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