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We had very painful
expereiences in the war.
However, let us
forget the war.
Let's cooperate
happily mutually.
Japan is very rich.
We want you not
to conquer us again by the money.
This is not only
resident's fight over the construction of dams.
It is a fight that
we insist on the right of the decision making,
with your support
on our back.
Declare our right
to land.
Request beautiful
land and water.
It is a fight of
advancing development by an own decesion.
-Residents opposing
the Philippines San Roque dam construction-
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Residents protesting in front of
the Japanese ambassy (Manila
Sept.2002)
The San Roque Multipurpose Project
in the Philippines is a BOT (Build, Operate and Transfer) project
by a consortium of Japanese and US companies with total project
costs of $1.05 billion, and the JEXIM alone is going to provide
$500 million loans in total. The project consists of a 345MW hydropower
plant, irrigation, water quality management, and flood control projects.
This Communities of Ibaloy, indigenous people living upstream of
the dam, are strongly opposing the project, insisting that they
will lose their access to land as a consequence of the project.
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