It appears that Philippines has the enthusiasm of building cars in the country, but the sad part about it is, it is not a Filipino company maker to call it. The no. 1 builder in the country is the Toyota Motors corporation, a Toyota Motors Japan subsidiary that assembles car components to cater the demand of the Philippine market and surplus abroad.
The technology, materials are all Japanese, and of course profit and revenues are channeled to Japanese earnings, not for the benefit of the country.
The intent of our goal is to acquire and start car manufacturing with technology that should belong to Filipinos. Technology transfers must be now, and should benefit the economy and profitability of the country.
For example, the recent Jeepney modernization program of the government should start our dream of car manufacturing and not for the continued patronage of Japanese auto companies.
The sweet story that we can make to realize car manufacturing should start with the Jeepney modernization program.
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