Camille Villar
MANILA, Philippines 鈥撀燙iting their significant role in nation-building, senatorial candidate, Camille Villar, cited on Thursday the invaluable contribution of the country鈥檚 top masterplanners and architects during their monthly gathering of in San Juan.
Villar noted how the esteemed architects and construction suppliers greatly help the Philippine economy during her speech at the monthly membership meeting of the United Architects of the Philippines and the United Suppliers of the Philippines.
Camille Villar
鈥淲e really see the need to strengthen this industry, in particular, to empower the professionals in this industry because your positive contribution ventures way beyond the beautiful and lasting buildings that you create, the ones that you helped built,鈥� she said.
鈥淚t also goes to making the lives of our kababayans better because the work that you do really provides more jobs for Filipinos and has an invaluable contribution to the economy, more than often people give you credit for,鈥� added Villar, who is running in the 2025 midterm polls.
Her campaign platform includes job creation, promoting entrepreneurship, and the improvement of health services and education.
Villar cited the organizations鈥� important contribution to infrastructure and urban development, and sustainability initiatives, adding these activities also drive the economy and provide jobs.
鈥淲e really see the value of your profession. We really see the value of your industry. We鈥檝e made it a point to advocate the concerns and the rights of, not only the architects and the engineers, but all of those in the construction industry,鈥� Villar said.
鈥淎s all of you know, one of the things that really propels our country and one of the things that we would like to address鈥s really providing jobs for many Filipinos. And one of the few industries that truly provides livelihood and jobs is the construction, real estate industry and all of its auxillary industries,鈥� she added.
In her speech, Villar spoke of how the construction business is very close to her heart as his father, businessman, Manny Villar, started from being a distributor of gravel and sand about 50 years ago.
Camille Villar also took the opportunity to thank the organization, especially Architects Aldrin Derrick Chua, United Suppliers of the Philippines president; Kenneth Chua, United Architect of the Philippines (UAP) president; Matthew Yap, UAP vice president for programs; and BhingBhing Ko, GiMM Programs Chairman (MetroXchange), for inviting her during their monthly meeting.
Along with the UAP, the USP is an organization of construction bigwigs, dubbed as the geniuses in redefining Philippine landscape.