CANBERRA (12 November 2020) – Philippines Secretary of Trade and Industry Ramon M. Lopez will launch the Philippines’ new investment campaign, Make It Happen in the Philippines on 24 November 2020. #MakeitHappenPhilippines will promote the Philippines as the ideal investment destination leading efforts for a post-COVID 19 economic recovery.

On 28 October, Secretary Lopez led a soft launch of the campaign in Australia and New Zealand highlighting the Philippine advantage for investors such as large domestic market with rising incomes, competitive salary and steady wage increase, access to key markets and low labor attrition rates. The Secretary also discussed the strong value proposition of the Philippines in key industries such as electronics, aerospace, automotive, copper and IT-BPM.

President Rodrigo R. Duterte and Secretary of Foreign Affairs Teodoro L. Locsin, Jr. will deliver remarks in the launch on 24 November. Registration details are available at https://philippines.business/event-registration/. Follow @philippines.business in Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn. -- END