Bataan gets first Techno Park; lures tech firms

MARIVELES, Bataan – After groundbreaking the first Techno Park in the province, the top provincial government official here disclosed Bataan is quickly getting the attention of tech-related companies which beckons more job opportunities for Bataeños.

An advocate of information technology in his projects, Governor Albert Garcia said the Techno Park in the Freeport Area of Bataan (FAB) is a sign that investors are looking to venture out of Metro Manila and locate in potentially rich developing areas.

The grandiose Techno Park—taking pride on its 2,000 sq. m. of office space; 8,000 sq. m. of commercial space, and 12,000 sq. m. of living space—is targeted to be completed by 2016.

Garcia said FAB serves as one of the province’s engines of growth, along with Subic Bay Freeport Zone and Hermosa Ecozone Industrial Park, among others, that jack up job opportunities for Bataan graduates and locals. “Our graduates in Bataan now have bigger opportunity to land jobs because of the first techno park in the province,” said Garcia during the recent joint public consultation on the development of the new Bataan Capitol and Government Center.

According to the Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB), leisure resort and amusement center-engaged company Grand Innovasia Concept Corporation (GICC) leased a three-hectare land where it will build the Techno Park. “GICC’s planned complex will be the first information technology park in the freeport. It will serve as GICC’s main operation center for BPO Online/Interactive Gaming activities in the country,” said AFAB in a statement.

GICC will also provide for the animation and set-up of internet server website; administer software development, payment system and toll free telephone operations; and supervise online/interactive gaming operations.

The park will be equipped with multi-purpose conference room, training center, gym, entertainment hall, food court, restaurants and outdoor amenities.Standard and deluxe living spaces will be built, complemented with laundry shop, convenient store, Internet café, canteen, salon, entertainment room and other amenities.