TARLAC

Koreans to start Tarlac tree project
BY GEORGE TRILLO

BAMBAN, Tarlac – Newly installed Bamban Mayor Leonardo Anunsacion received during his first day of office Korean businessmen who pledged support for his programs.

Korean businessmen Jay Rhim, president of Khee Ryoong Trading Corp. and Eric Hyung Choi, country representative of a big Korean conglomerate, were accompanied by veteran journalist Waldy Carbonell in their visit here and courtesy call on Mayor Anunsacion in his office here.

Both Koreans pledged to undertake a 10,000-hectare tree-farming venture in this town together with Green Philippine Foundation chairman Carbonell, a noted environmentalist and Hector Villanueva, Green Philippines vice president.

Carbonell and Villanueva convinced the Korean businessmen on the advantages of undertaking a reforestation project in the ancestral land of the Gayaman Aetas here.

Indigenous People’s Association head Abiling “Billy” Apostol lauded the project, saying the reforestation will not only improve the environment in the area, but will also provide employment to the Gayaman people.