The same thing in some areas in Philippines like southern tip of Palawan and in parts of Mindanao like Sultan Kudrat, Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur Provinces. When I was in Davao for a business trip, the tour guides even told me not to venture too far away by myself, as I told them I wanted to do hiking and biking there. My friend from Davao told me that the risk of kidnapping is high specially in Lanao del Sur, in fact several Japanese businessmen who developed areas in Davao, several of them have already received threats by brigands. Lanao Del Sur is beautiful area, but unfortunately there's a high MILF activity there....
@powastick ,
Just see how much potential and beauty there is in Lanao Del Sur! This province in Mindanao has a massive deposots in copper, tin, silver, not to mention the land is absolutely fertile for growing crops. Recently there has been a high presence of Japanese investments here through JICA, of which I had took part in some prior feasibility studies. The land is vast, the people are still mostly subsistence living and there is a strong potential to make this area into an economic power region, Japan is building schools here, as well as hospitals , through cooperation with Philippone Government. And from my experience the native people here who are majority Muslim--- they are very hard working . In fact my tour guides when I was there in Lanao several years ago were very knowledgeable , and courteous.
It's important to build industry here and create more jobs. The more it develops, the less people will have to resort to kidnappings. Same thing should apply for Sabah....
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