Intel to invest more in Philippines<\/p>\n
MANILA: Intel Corporation, the world's top semiconducter maker,
\nsaid Tuesday it plans to invest 4-5 billion pesos (US$78-98
\nmillion ) this year to expand its test and assembly plant in the
\nPhilippines.<\/p>\n
Intel Philippines general manager Robin Martin announced the
\nplan during a meeting with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who
\nhailed the company's bid to make its plant in Cavite province its
\nlargest and most advanced assembly.<\/p>\n
\"With all their different plants in the world, they have
\ndecided to make the Philippines their largest plant because they
\nare totally satisfied and impressed with the productivity of the
\ngreat Filipino worker,\" Arroyo told reporters after the meeting.<\/p>\n
The additional funding will bring Intel's total investments in
\nthe country to 67.6 billion pesos.<\/p>\n
Intel employs about 4,500 workers at its test and assembly
\nplant in Cavite, just south of Manila, and between 1,500 to 2,000
\nin Makati. -- DPA<\/p>",
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