The construction of three big-ticket railway projects in the Philippines, which was recently bared to have been withdrawn, under loan agreement with China will push through.
According to China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin, “the construction of more projects, including three railways, is well underway.”
“China welcomes President Marcos’ instruction to the responsible department on discussing with China on the projects,” he added.Wang made the pronouncement after Department of Transportation Usec. for Railways Cesar Chavez said that the loan agreements for three railway projects were considered “withdrawn” after China did not act on the funding requests by the previous administration.
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