PARTNESHIP IN JEEPNEY MANUFACTURING

The approaching deadline of the president for the phase out of the jeepney system in our streets is fast approaching in the year of 2018. Knowing that the riding public will benefit truely for the program, the government as a whole will earn conforming international standards and global respect will be earned.

There is no question on the new and modern vehicles for production on the program, but the remaining question should be addressed fairly on the positive contribution to economy of those imported vehicles that will flood the country and the  local market that will further drain our foreign reserves that is now actually in ailing condition. In The Manila Times report that our foreign reserves is now on its 11 month low should make us alarmed and make means to avert the fall and use the modernization program of the Jeepneys as component against that fall. Otherwise, this program will kill more our international reserves.

The proposed idea is to to be self-reliant and conserve our international reserves, and the manufacturing of jeepneys, through good technology transfers needed at this time and in this generation, is already due.

We cannot proceed and lose more our foreign reserves by the expense of this program, yet , as we view the transformation of our mass transport system into a new level, it must contribute positively to the economy and growth, not the contrary.

The partnership of foreign carmakers to the country in the light of the jeepney modernization is the best time of opportunity to kill two birds with one stone.

Patnerships of foreign companies in China were the core reason of their main drive growth, that made them become the Factory of the World, that in the same manner, we should view the possibility of earning technology transfers on our advantage, and earn the growth by our own self-will, that later, after we've gained all the technologies around, gain by self-producing our modernized jeepneys.

The new jeepney models should not be viewed only as trendy and modern, rather, we should also check our pockets if any dollar is lost by that scheme. 

Why refuse technology and technology transfers?

 why refuse industrialization?

If foreign investments were the problems and reasons of our ill technology industries, why not through partnership and this segment of jeepney modernization make that step to offer foreign car maker  they cannot refuse?

To make the program viable, this specific partnership should be made specialized by the government to make the reality of jeepney modernization complete with meaning as the heart of our car manufacturing start, not on the contrary that Izusu and Mitubishi will get more the transaction and fortune.

We can outsource EU car makers, or other

Japanese companies to agree partnership and provide us the technology transfer agreement.