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Pasig: The City of Extremes
By: Jossa Soler
When people talk about Pasig City, more often than not, they think about progress, development, the future. Indeed, this kind of thinking is inevitable since the second most important business and commercial district (next to Makati City) can be found in Pasig—Ortigas Center.
Pasig City is home to many huge corporations and conglomerates, with streets bustling with executives and shopping malls littered with multi-national stores.
Even young and starting businesses can find a niche in Pasig, establishing the city as a rising commercial center.
In this vision of utopia however, people should learn to make space for limitations because Pasig City is far from perfect. Pasig City is a city of extremes.
The duality of living in Pasig has not gone unnoticed by the government. In fact, in order to tip the balance between huge multinational corporations and tiny livelihoods, Congressman Roman Romulo has long been pushing for benefits for micro businesses.
It is one thing to theorize about change, but it is a whole other thing to implement it. So we decided to walk around and see change for ourselves.
But Pasig has remained a city of extremes and sufficient funds seem to be the key operative of businesses, not government intervention.
What causes this phenomenon when such a thing as the Barangay Micro Business Enterprises Act already exists? Is it lack of attention from the government? Probably not, since amendments to the act are currently underway, the government sure recognizes this problem.
Ignorance, indiffirence and inefficiency seem to be the most vital flaws in solving this problem.
No matter where we go, or who we ask, we seem to be getting the same answers.
And so entrepreneurship remains a problem for many, despite proposed help of the government. In order to solve this, focus must be given to three things: letting the people know about the agenda, making the people care about the issue, and ensuring the ease of going through the process.
Pasig City is a city of extremes, and with the way things are going it will remain so for a long period of time—unless we do something about it.
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Sources:
“Ortigas Nightline Picture.” <http://www.enotes.com/topic/Pasig_City,_Philippines>
“Pasig City Shanties Picture.”<http://www.travelpod.com/travel-photo/leinadra/my_manila/1164040800/100_2518.jpg/tpod.html>
“Executives Shaking Hands Picture.” <http://www.jobs-europe.com/>
When people talk about Pasig City, more often than not, they think about progress, development, the future. Indeed, this kind of thinking is inevitable since the second most important business and commercial district (next to Makati City) can be found in Pasig—Ortigas Center.
Pasig City is home to many huge corporations and conglomerates, with streets bustling with executives and shopping malls littered with multi-national stores.
Even young and starting businesses can find a niche in Pasig, establishing the city as a rising commercial center.
In this vision of utopia however, people should learn to make space for limitations because Pasig City is far from perfect. Pasig City is a city of extremes.
The duality of living in Pasig has not gone unnoticed by the government. In fact, in order to tip the balance between huge multinational corporations and tiny livelihoods, Congressman Roman Romulo has long been pushing for benefits for micro businesses.
It is one thing to theorize about change, but it is a whole other thing to implement it. So we decided to walk around and see change for ourselves.
But Pasig has remained a city of extremes and sufficient funds seem to be the key operative of businesses, not government intervention.
What causes this phenomenon when such a thing as the Barangay Micro Business Enterprises Act already exists? Is it lack of attention from the government? Probably not, since amendments to the act are currently underway, the government sure recognizes this problem.
Ignorance, indiffirence and inefficiency seem to be the most vital flaws in solving this problem.
No matter where we go, or who we ask, we seem to be getting the same answers.
And so entrepreneurship remains a problem for many, despite proposed help of the government. In order to solve this, focus must be given to three things: letting the people know about the agenda, making the people care about the issue, and ensuring the ease of going through the process.
Pasig City is a city of extremes, and with the way things are going it will remain so for a long period of time—unless we do something about it.
***
Sources:
“Ortigas Nightline Picture.” <http://www.enotes.com/topic/Pasig_City,_Philippines>
“Pasig City Shanties Picture.”<http://www.travelpod.com/travel-photo/leinadra/my_manila/1164040800/100_2518.jpg/tpod.html>
“Executives Shaking Hands Picture.” <http://www.jobs-europe.com/>