City limits

Article Abstract:

Asian city authorities are finding it hard to cope with the ever-increasing numbers of incoming residents from rural areas. Urban infrastructures are under increasing pressure to withstand heavy use and are beginning to fail. Migrating citizens are eager to live in cities despite facing squalid living conditions because they yearn for a better future. Private investors have joined forces with the government of Manila to pay for redevelopment projects.

Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development, Housing & Community Develop-Municipal, Cover Story, Asia, City planning, Urban planning, Community development, Metropolitan areas, Migration, Internal, Internal migration

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How to lose your shirt: competition pushes garment maker into wine trade

Article Abstract:

Philippine entrepreneur Clifford Lichaytoo started Bacchus International, to import French wines to the Philippines, when he found the bank was paying a higher return on his money than the family-run garment business. With a deli as the only close competitor, Lichaytoo's company supplies premium as well as lower-end wines to leading hotels in Manila. The company philosophy is to emphasize service and knowledge of the product in addition to supply.

International aspects, Wine industry, Wineries, Trading companies, Clothing industry, Philippines, Entrepreneurship

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