Thank you so much, Professor Kuroda. Now is time for Question and Answer.
Ques- tions?
Question and Answer
Question 1 (Hon. P.J. Kurien, MP, India)
Thank you, Chairman for giving me this opportunity. This survey and the present
ation of Urbanization and Development in the Philippines was very impressive
an d very useful. It is certainly helping other countries to know what kind
of dev elopment is taking place in the Philippines. This is especially a general
probl em for Asia, that the urban population is on the increase, and this
certainly g ives a lot of pressure on the resources, and also pres-sure on
the governments. This has to be tackled. And when such changes are taking
place in the Philippin es, it is good for other countries in the Asian region
to study those changes a nd copy them for their benefit. But what are the
useful changes taking place th ere'? I'm sure this study and presentation
has been very helpful. We are quite impressed, and I thank you, Professor
Kuroda for this excellent presentation, o n behalf of my friends from India,
also.
(Hon. Colin Hollis, MP, Australia)
It was a very interesting paper, about the urbanization in the Philippines.
But I am not sure the Professor mentioned that the Philippines still is basically
a rural society, even insplte of the urbanization in Manila. But still, I
wondere d, if there is any evidence to say, in contrast to other countries
in Asia, whe ther the migration from the rural sector to the urban is greater
in the Philipp ines than in other countries. Because it seems to me that there
is still the bu lk of the population, still a large population living in the
rural areas of the Philippines. Is that right?
Professor Kuroda:
Are you talking about whether the migration into the big cities is continuing?
And as to the rural area also, is it still sending population into the cities?
