P100M? allocated to R&D center--Angara By Anna Valmero

MANILA, Philippines--Senator Edgardo Angara said the plan to establish a local research and development institute similar to Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) is now in motion.

Angara who heads the Congressiohttp://ohm.ecce.admu.edu.ph/wiki/bin/edit/Blog/BlogEntryXXXXXXXXXXnal Commission on Science and Technology and Engineering (COMSTE), said the proposed local research and development institute has an allocation of P100 million in the 2009 National Budget.

A local delegation from COMSTE headed by executive director Gregory Tangonan is set to sign a memorandum of understanding in Taiwan with the ITRI and the Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines Inc. (SEIPI).

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