Ulrich M.A. Buchholtz
Schmidt Group Holdings LTD.
Malaysia II
“Back to a Bright Future”
Aired May 2013
Strategically located in the heart of some of the world’s fastest growing markets, the Philippines of today is trying, once and for all, to break away from its troubled past and embrace a bright future.
Halfway through the term of President Benigno Aquino III, this Southeast Asian archipelago is riding a wave of heightened economic optimism. The government aims to tackle major infrastructure and social challenges through a public-private-partnership scheme designed to infuse much needed capital into projects that have [...]
The Philippines Moves Forward
Aired December 2012
The world’s second-largest archipelago, the Republic of the Philippines is located in Southeast Asia. It is divided into three distinct administrative and economic regions.
The capital city is Manila.
A heightened sense of optimism and change is sweeping the Philippines. Once known as Southeast Asia’s economic laggard, the Philippines of today is trying to bring in the promise of clean politics and national prosperity. In 2010, Benigno Aquino won a landslide victory to become the nation’s 15th President. He inherited a nation [...]