Hermosa mayor urges labor leaders to slow down union thrust

Mayor Antonio Joseph “Jopet” R. Inton has asked the labor groups inside the fast developing economic zone in Central Luzon to slow down on its activities of recruiting members which may impede the promising influx of foreign investors.

The first-class town is the home of Hermosa Ecozone Industrial Park (HEIP) with an estimated area of 162-hectares industrial estate component out of a 478-hectare mixed-use property development in the province of Bataan .

Mayor Inton has enumerated the strong desire of Asian and Middle East locators to participate in the diverging pursuits of their industrial and manufacturing plants in Hermosa, but the reported negative measures initiated by militant labor groups hampered the entry of foreign investors.

The municipal executive explained that local government had already presented and discussed new business opportunities attune with the growing intra-regional cooperation in Asia and the national policy of creating a stronger system of diverting economic strategies outside of Metro Manila.

At present, there are almost 10,000 industrial workers inside the Hermosa Ecozone working with major locators such as the Sumi Philippines Wiring Corporation, Bioteque Medical Phil. Inc., Orient Goldcrest Realty Inc., Bessup Inc., and PMG Prime Global Co. Inc.

Hermosa is strategically located and is accessible to Subic Bay Freeport which is only 15 minutes drive via Subic –Clark-Tarlac Expressway , and Clark Freeport, 25 minutes drive, the Freeport Area of Bataan in Mariveles town, which is one hour away and the Port of Orion, which is 30 minutes away, and Lamao port.