THE PHILIPPINES
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Aquino Wants U.S. Base to Be Free Port: President Corazon Aquino has suggested turning Subic Bay Naval Base into a Hong Kong-style free port to cushion the impact on the economy of a U.S. military pullout. The base, a U.S. Seventh Fleet repair yard and ammunitions depot, could be “the nucleus of a growth center” in the Philippines, she said. Aquino said she has ordered a government panel to study ways of converting the 14,400-acre base from military to commercial use.
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