Hong Kong University Students' Union (HKUSU) Exposure Trip : Philippines 香港大學學生會 藍帽子 周游列國 : 「尋找菲律賓的故事」

Metro-Manila Mandaluyong City :

South of Robinson Shopping Complex, and north of ShoeMart MegaMall, the ADB is an international (targeted at Asia) organisation giving out loan for development projects in its member-countries e.g. Philippines, China, Mongolia, Vietnam. It has a total of 1,966 employees (comprising Professional 676 and Supporting 1,290) of 46 Nationalities (including Ms Sophia HO from Hong Kong). The following is its library:

With reference to the HKUSU-LFS itinerary, the ADB has 5 projects for peasants, but none for cleaning up the Payatas refuse dumping ground, where the surrounding poor sort out the left-overs as scavengers in order to earn a living:

PROJECT	NAME	INITIAL	UPDATED
Agriculture and Natural Resources
27245-01	Southern Philippines Irrigation Sector	1 Jan 1997	5 Feb 1999
30087-01	Grains Sector Development Program	1 Jul 1996	29 Feb 2000
30087-02	Grains Sector Development Project	1 Jul 1996	29 Feb 2000
30540-01	Agrarian Reform Communities	1 Jan 1997	27 Jan 1999
30552-01	Infrastructure for Rural Productivity Enhancement Sector Project	15 Feb 1998	1 Mar 2000
Energy
29505-01	Transmission Interconnection and Reinforcement Project	1 Jan 1996	3 Mar 2000
31216-01	Power Sector Restructuring Program	1 Aug 1998	14 Oct 1999
Social Infrastructure
23229-01	Technical Education and Skills Development	1 May 1996	3 Mar 2000
25182-01	Secondary Education Development and Improvement	1 May 1994	23 Feb 2000
29082-01	Clark Area Municipal Development	24 Jan 1997	18 Nov 1999
30308-01	Pasig River Environmental Management and Rehabilitation Sector Development Program (Policy Loan)	24 Jan 1997	18 Feb 2000
30308-02	Pasig River Environmental Management and Rehabilitation Sector Development Program Loan (Investment Loan)	24 Jan 1997	18 Feb 2000
30551-01	Mindanao Basic Urban Services Sector (Facility Loan)	30 Jul 1999	28 Feb 2000
30551-02	Mindanao Basic Urban Services Sector (Implementation Support and Capacity Building Loan)	31 Jan 2000	2 Mar 2000
Finance Sector
32485-01	LGU Private Infrastructure Project Development Facility (TA Loan)	5 Feb 1999	3 Jan 2000
Others
30480-01	Metro Manila Air Quality Improvement Sector Development Program	1 Mar 1998	14 Oct 1999
30480-02	Metro Manila Air Quality Improvement (Air Pollution Control Facility)	1 Mar 1998	17 Dec 1998
30480-03	Metro Manila Air Quality Improvement (Investment Loan)	1 Mar 1998	13 Aug 1999
Old Loan Profiles
21040	Nonformal Education Project		22-Feb-00
27010	Women's Health and Safe Motherhood Project		22-Feb-00
PHI001	Integrated Community Health Services		1-Jan-95
PHI003	Early Childhood Development		25-Nov-97
PHI006	Second Irrigation Systems Improvement		9-Mar-95
PHI014	Fisheries Resource Management Project		4-Dec-96
PHI018	Western Visayas Agro-Industrial Development		Apr-97
PHI022	Subic Bay Area Municipal Development Project		1-Dec-97

The above table from: http://www.adb.org/Work/Projects/Profiles/

ADB policies on governance and corruption

Policy on Cooperation Between ADB and Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) details how the HKUSU can write to the ADB about improving ADB's program in areas such as Payatas and rural developments. The relevant ADB official is the NGO Coordinator Mr Gordon Wilkinson at [email protected]

This website is the 3rd draft designed and written for the HKUSU by Anthony C.H. CHUA 蔡誌慶, PhD Student in Law, HKU, and member of Trip001, on 10 March 2000 (then 26 March 2000, 8 Mar 2001) pending formal approvals from the Trip members and from HKUSU, and pending linkage/transfer to the HKUSU website. (please see acknowledgement section in FrontPage)