Baguio to adapt Korean environmental program

BAGUIO CITY — City Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan said last week the city government will adopt Korea’s environmental program to turn Baguio like its sister city Taebec.

Domogan have just arrived from his foreign trip to Korea to attend a world environmental protection summit.

“There are many areas in Korea that are similar to Baguio, like its sister city Taebec, which was able to protect its pristine mountains and parks,” Domogan pointed out.

“Water conservation program and discipline of the people in Taebec were so impressive, I wished Baguio City could do the same,” he said.

It was learned that this City of Pines became a member of the Hall of Fame for being selected several times in a yearly competition as the “cleanest and greenest” urban area in the Philippines.

Domogan said that the Koreans are now benefiting with government efforts to protect and preserve its environment along with the future generations with respect to their reserved supply of fresh water.

Domogan, meanwhile, expressed his apprehension that with limited funds, the city government here could not pursue all the programs he desired to be implemented in the city to protect and preserve the environment.

“This is why we have to do our best to further improve our local sources of revenues so that we can raise the funds we need to pursue programs and projects, which could benefit our environment and people,” he said.