BACOLOD City- One of Korea’s leading e-vehicle manufacturers is on the loom as top executives of Tai San Hitech Company look to build its next factory here in Bacolod City.
Tai San Hitech Co. president Sung-Jin Kwon, vice president Tae-Soo Jeong, and Manila-based partner Min-Soo Kim were welcomed by Mayor Evelio Leonardia during their visit at the Bacolod City Government Center on Feb. 22.
Kwon said an acquaintance “strongly recommended” Bacolod as a prime candidate in their search for partners to house their manufacturing plant.
“I’m expecting that our electric tricycles will be successful here,” he added.
“This is my first time in Bacolod and I immediately felt that this city is very active. We can see what it has done so far; Bacolod is growing and developing into the future,” the Korean investor further said.
On his part, Leonardia assured the group that Bacolod will always be open to new opportunities that will help bolster the city’s credential as the Most Business-Friendly local government unit(LGU) outside of Metro Manila.
The meeting, he added, was also timely as the City Development Council continues to strengthen its Investment Promotion Program, a pillar aspect of the Bacolod Economic Recovery Plan that is aimed to rejuvenate commerce after it was momentarily hindered by restrictions and lockdowns caused by the ongoing coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
“It is so encouraging because this is coming at the right time when we are transitioning from a very tight COVID society. This will be a big thing for us and this is going to bridge the city to a post-COVID situation,” Leonardia said, as he once again reminded Bacolodnons not to be complacent despite the sharp decline of COVID-19 cases in the past weeks.
“The virus is still here, but we need to learn how to live with it,” the mayor said./PN
