Ang Maynila… Noon at Ngayon

(Huling bahagi ng State of the City Address ni Mayor Joseph “Erap” Estrada noong Hulyo 23, 2014.)

“WE will rehabilitate and modernize Manila Zoo in partnership with the private sector and improve our sports complexes…

We will also improve Manila South Cemetery and build a columbarium therein. We will rehabilitate, repair and/or upgrade our barangay halls and offices.

We will make sure Manila is a business-friendly city, free from red-tape and unreasonable impositions. We will double our efforts to make Manila clean and green. We will implement our solid waste management plan.

We will continue to rescue abandoned and neglected children and reactivate the Manila Council for the Protection of Children.

We will request our City Council to enact the Code of General Ordinance, Local Investment and Incentive Code, Health and Sanitation Code, Environment Code, Gender and Development Code, and to create the Internal Audit Service Office to further strengthen our campaign against graft and corruption.

Papakiusapan natin ang ating donor, Global Goldgoal, Inc., na madaliin ang ipinangakong 10,000 solar-powered lamp posts. Umaasa ako na marami ang maikakabit ngayong taon.

We will revive and strengthen our twinning agreements with our sister cities around the world and promote our tourism. We went to Yokohama, Japan on the invitation of the mayor of Yokohama while the mayor of San Francisco visited us in Manila.

Patuloy tayong makikipag-ugnayan sa Korte Suprema upang ang Manila Hall of Justice ay masimulan na sa lalong madaling panahon para sa ating mga kagalang-galang na hukom at prosecutors.

Upon the recommendation of the head of the City Personnel Office, Vic Quintos, we will start a rationalization program to manage our personnel services budget to ensure a lean, efficient and effective team. Gusto ko ring ipaabot sa lahat ng kawani ng pamahalaang lungsod ng Maynila na ang 4th tranche ng kanilang salary increase ay ibibigay natin bago matapos ang taon…

Ilan po ito sa isasakatuparan natin sa susunod na taon. Sa kabila ng mabibigat na hamong ating hinarap at nalampasan nitong nakaraang taon, tayo ay nagtagumpay dahil sa pagkakaisa…

The best days of Manila are yet to come. Manila, forward ever, backward never!”