Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
7 June 2013

President Benigno S. Aquino III met with different businessmen and chief executive officers in a lunch hosted by the Ayala Corporation at the Myanmar International Convention Center.

In his speech, the President encouraged the businessmen to approach Cabinet Secretaries present in the event for possible investment opportunities. He invited them to visit the Philippines for vacation or business and on the 2014 World Economic Forum on East Asia which will be hosted by the country. He added with certainty that business owners will find it more fun to invest in the Philippines. He also mentioned the different economic names tagged to the Philippines such as “Asia’s Next Investment Hotspot”, “Asia’s Rising Tiger”, or the “Brightest Spark in Southeast Asia” brought about by the recent growth of the country’s economy.

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