Ramos invites Bill Gates

Mon, 06 Oct 1997 | Source: AFP

MANILA (AFP): Philippine President Fidel Ramos will invite Microsoft chief Bill Gates to invest in the Philippines when he meets him later this year, local newspapers reported here Saturday.

"In November, I shall also meet in Seattle, Bill Gates of Microsoft to talk on I.T. (information technology) and get him into the Philippines as a major I.T. player," Ramos was quoted as saying.

He made the remarks during a long-distance teleconference to a government symposium on information technology being held in the central Philippines.

Ramos did not specify on what occasion he would meet Gates. The President is scheduled to visit Canada in November for the annual leaders meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.

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