VP Binay encourage Filipino architects to help gov’t promote urban development

MANILA Vice President Jejomar Binay on Thursday encouraged Filipino architects to help the government in promoting urban development in the country.

Binay, also the chairman of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC), made the statement during the 3rd Annual Convention of the United Architects of the Philippines (UAP) in Pasay City yesterday (April 18).

In rising to [the challenge to scatter urbanization across a wider area], the cooperation between private sector developers, the LGUs, and urban planners proves to be the road to redemption. This multi-sectoral approach should continue to be an integral component of all our policy and planning efforts, Binay said.

Let us strengthen this cooperation by joining our heads and our skills with those from other local and international organizations that profoundly understand urban development and housing in the light of modern demands, the vice president added.

The vice president also urged UAP members to make eco-friendly designs by utilizing green technology and most of all to develop housing even more affordable and sustainable.

We share common and noble desires for the nation -- to improve the lives of our countrymen and give them firm ground on which they can build the future they seek, he added.(PNA)

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VP Binay encourage Filipino architects to help gov’t promote urban development