Boking wants Mabalacat folk priority in GGLC labor force

CLARK FREEPORT --- Mabalacat Mayor Marino “Boking” Morales has asked the officials of Kuwait Gulf and Links (KGL) to prioritize the hiring of Mabalacat residents once the 167-hectare Global Gateway Logistics City becomes operational.
Morales met with Dennis Wright, President of Peregrine Development International, recently at the Logistics complex designed to provide a world-class logistics and services hub in the Asia Pacific region. Wright said the logistics project is expected to generate 70,000 jobs for Filipinos.
“We are taking advantage of this great employment opportunity. I asked the GGLC officials to prioritize the hiring of Mabalaquenos,” said Morales.
The town of Mabalacat has a pool of English-speaking and highly talented workforce that can fill up jobs at the GGLC, according to Morales.
The development of a logistics and services hub in Clark is being supported by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo who graced the groundbreaking for the $1.025 billion Global Gateway Logistics City at the 2,500-hectare Clark Civil Aviation Complex .
The logistics project will complement the national government's grand plan to develop a logistics and services hub in the Subic-Clark Corridor and the development of the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA).
The agreement paves the way for the creation of some 70,000 jobs and would benefit the surrounding communities of Clark Freeport Zone as well as the Northern and Central Luzon. DMIA is being geared as the next Premier International Gateway and Logistics Hub.
The first stage of the project costs $25 million for the development of infrastructure such as roads, lights, fence, landscape, sidewalks, utilities, and access points. The second stage will cost about $1 billion for the construction of facilities and buildings.
The KGL project will be an aviation-related and dependent businesses including but not limited to warehousing, distribution, multi-nodal logistics, light manufacturing alongside complementary business operations and facilities to support aviation-related activities within the Civil Aviation Complex of the airport.
KGL will occupy at least 167 hectares of land within the civil aviation complex for the development of a combined use logistics hub and techno park. The project is located at the Industrial Estate Five near the Yokohama Tire Philippines and other Japanese firms in the area. KGL Investment Company is an international alternative investment firm engaged in private equity; venture capital and investment banking.
KGL is a global leader with over 50 years of experience in transportation, logistics, stevedoring, passenger transport, warehousing, supply chain management and port operations. KGL's current operations include Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Tunisia, Oman, Namibia, Morroco, Pakistan, Germany, Ireland, Cayman, Mauritius and Egypt.