IT is not a secret that Thailand is one of the most tourist-friendly countries in Asia, making it one of the most preferred destinations for Europeans and Americans. Tourists would bring in their euros and dollars each time they visit Thailand making the baht one of the most stable currencies in the whole of Asia.
Baywalk’s gimik spots are a lot more decent compared to Bangkok’s rows of girlie bars, yet Baywalk attracts lots of foreigners and decent Filipinos alike who are seeking clean fun. Not many people are complaining but what [Manila Mayor Alfredo] Lim cannot accept is that the credit for transforming Baywalk from Lim’s era of mugger-infested, smelly Roxas Boulevard goes to [former Manila mayor Lito] Atienza.
Too much for Lim to bear. Watch the stubborn old man waste all of Baywalk’s worth. He simply doesn’t care.
– Tony Diaz, Karachi, Pakistan (via e-mail)
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October 1st, 2007 at 4:34 pm
Check this site for pictures of Lim’s version of Baywalk
http://tinyurl.com/yovg5h
September 6th, 2007 at 1:09 am
Oh please! Dont blame Mayor Lim for doing his job,the baywalk is a public place,it must be maintained a wholesome place for everybody to enjoy.There are plenty of places in metro manila for girls and booze.And for the foreign tourists,we are not promoting sex tourism in the philippines it is not our bread and butter unlike thailand.We dont need perverts posing as tourist in our country.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:10 pm
I agree with the fact that Lim’s decision to remove baywalk was a complete fluke.People who damns the projects of the past Mayor certainly has either political issues against him (since it seems like it is a damn if you do, damn if you dont situation) or they are short sighted. Lim and his supporters don’t seem to know the importance of development. I pity Manila now given the fact that the present Mayor serves his term without a vision except to ruin the projects of the past administration without actually thinking of its effects to his own consituents.
Also, if ever the people who worked in baywalk voted for Mayor Atienza is none of our business. With that kind of mentality, Manila’s growth will definitely decline…
August 23rd, 2007 at 11:59 pm
I certainly agree that there are several businessmen who provided much needed employment to our kababayans in the Baywalk complex. I would guess that they all campaigned for the former Mayor Lito Atienza during the last elections.
I would say that majority of those that were financially benefitting from the baywalk enterprise of Atienza were mostly his friends who were getting a free ride by not paying taxes and rentals to the city treasury. This certainly is very wrong. Instead of making a big issue out of it, Fred Lim just decided to demolish them. I certainly doubt how many of these businessmen would pay the city all the money they owe the city government. I guess most of them would be nowhere to be found by now.
August 23rd, 2007 at 2:01 pm
This is damn right. Probably it’s a matter of military/police pride in the side of Lim, but that will not in anyway justify the impact of what he’d decided to do with Atienza’s baywalk -what will now happed to the people that lost their jobs during that “clean-up’? -That is the greater issue beyond the lost potential income from tourists and locals, let us remember that this comeback mayor fronts that he desires to give jobless Manileños something that will improve their livelihood, yet, he took it away from some.