BAGAC, Bataan- The provincial leadership is now targeting to become the preferred location for eco-industrial zones, in a bid to become the highest human development index (HDI) in the Philippines by 2020.
But even before this objective has been crafted, Governor Abet S. Garcia had already laid a number of ground works aimed at uplifting the living condition of the people of Bataan, such as the creation of the Freeport Area of Bataan (FAB), now the biggest employment generation in the province; the soon to be developed more than 500 hectares of idle lot of Phil. National Oil Company in Limay town that was also pushed by the young governor when he was still a congressman to become another industrial hub, thereby expectedly will create thousands more of jobs; the putting up of the GN 600 mw power plant, that is now providing cheap electricity to the province and another one now being constructed, both cost $ billion dollar; the expansion of the Petron Bataan Refinery, among others.