SULU – Traders and businessmen, including farmers’ groups and cooperatives have met with Governor Toto Tan and representatives of the Department of Trade and Industry and discussed investment opportunities in Sulu province in southern Philippines.
Among those who who attended the meeting were former provincial board member Salip Aloy Jainal, Jolo Councilors Jasem Gonzales and Radz Anni, regional port manager Ibnohasim Undug, Radzma Julkarnain, former manager of the National Food Authority, Tuan Yahya Abdulla, and Sali Ahalul, including representatives of the Sulu Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Tan thanked those who joined the meeting, saying, the local economy is very good with more people now engaging in various trade. He said the revenues collected from these businesses will greatly help the government and fund infrastructure projects in the province.
He also called on businessmen to pay their taxes properly and religiously and for traders to comply with government requirements. “This is all about us helping each other so we may sustain economic progress and eventually benefit the province and its people,” Tan said. (Ahl-franzie Salinas)
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