PhilSCAT-II: Accentuating the Positives Between Phil - China Diplomatic Relations

By reading the newspapers and viewing the television, issues which in one way or another tackle some problems of the two supposed allied countries, are always around - the Spratley multi-national claim, the ZTN deal, Chinese Tourists' hostage drama, and what have you. And now, another hot issue on Scarborough Shoal is in our midst. Positive and development-oriented issues concerning these two countries seldom land in our dailies nor shown in TVs. That's understandable as both media and the general reading/viewing public want sensationalism. Yes, people in general wanted something that will excite them,hmmm. We at PhilSCAT, while observing our respective patriotism, opt to accentuate the positives. Everybody is trying to avoid the negative effect of those controversies in our work. Everybody seems to observe utmost professionalism if only to preserve friendly working atmosphere and diplomatic relationship among PhilSCAT people, Filipino and Chinese alike. As everybody at PhilSCAT now is dead busy preparing for the grand Opening of Phase 2 and the first Advisory Council meeting on May 22, 2012 at its headquarters in CLSU, Nueva Ecija, we have no choice but focus our efforts on our mandate of bringing "prosperity and goodwill thru mechanized hybrid rice and biogas technologies". PhilSCAT, an acronym for Philippine-Sino Center on Agricultural Technology, is the bilateral program on Agriculture and related fields between the Phils and the PROChina through their respective Department of Agriculture and the Ministry of Commerce. Its implementing agencies are the LongPing Hi-Tech Agriculture Co. Ltd. (for PROC) and the Central Luzon State University (for the Philippines). Other implementing partners are the PhilRice, PHilMech, ATI and DA-RFO III. Its current commodity scope for continuous development and eventual commercialization include hybrid rice, agri-mechanization and the biogas technologies. (KMD-PhilSCAT reports)