New congressman-elect of Biliran prioritizes concreting of circumferential road

By RODRIGO S. VICTORIA (PIA Biliran)
June 6, 2007

NAVAL, Biliran  –  It started as a campaign promise, but now the completion of the concreting of the circumferential road is now the top priority of Atty. Glenn A. Chong, the new congressman-elect in the Lone Congressional District of Biliran.

In an interview with Representative-elect Glenn A. Chong with PIA and a member of the private media here in his temporary office at the 2nd Floor of the A & C Town Center right at the business center of Naval, the capital town of Biliran province on June 1, 2007, the new congressman-elect who prefers to be called representative, said that what he made as a promise during the campaign will soon be a reality.

“I must stood for what I have promised to the people of Biliran” Rep-elect Chong boldly said referring to some of his promises to include the distribution of P200,000 in each of the 132 barangays for their own projects and activities.

The young representative who is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) made mentioned of further improving the educational status of the Biliranons as he stressed the importance of education as the great equalizer.

He informed that he will infuse pump-priming activities that will spur economic development in the province like the creation of an office that will oversee the possible business opportunities that can greatly uplift the economic condition of the people in Biliran.

Representative-elect Chong said that laying down the necessary infrastructure like the concreting of circumferential road can provide plenty of jobs for the Biliranons.

With the completion of the concreting of the circumferential road, a lot of opportunities will come to Biliran like the development of the province’s tourism industry and more investments will surely start to pour in, the idealistic representative said.

However, Rep-elect Chong admitted that the completion of the remaining 53 kilometers of unpaved circumferential road is a big challenge for him since it entails a big amount of money.

He said that the P70 million per year of Countryside Development Fund (CDF) within his three-year term is not enough to cover the whole amount to be spent for the completion of the project saying that as of now he is starting to find possible sources of funds so that  the project will be realized.