QC day commemorated Quezon's values with its progress
House Speaker Sonny Belmonte, Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista, and University of the Philippines - Diliman President Michael Tan pose together for a photo on Quezon City Day.
A deeper understanding on Manuel L. Quezon’s view on “justice and environmental conservation” was encouraged by the guest speaker from an academe.
The incumbent University of the Philippines-Diliman chancellor, Dr. Michael Lim Tan, said in vernacular that “these are the keys that will guide the continuous progress of the city of Quezon”.
As president, Quezon had many programs that has something to do with social justice, “from the Rice Share Tennessee Act of 1933… to the policy for the Filipino workers, including the minimum wage policy and the eight-hour work per day policy”, said Tan, who spoke for the 136th birthday of the late President Manuel L. Quezon at the Quezon Memorial Circle.
“Let us not forget that the city was established for the middle class, a place that was founded because of social mobility”, he added.
According to Tan, Quezon also envisioned his city to be a Green City, “to have a 480 hectare land that will unite a progressive urban and green nation”.
Fine weather and men in white barong filled the Quezon Memorial Circle upon commemorating the Quezon City day.
Being part of the academe that was transferred in Quezon City before the city itself was founded; Tan also discussed why Quezon established the city. President Quezon feared that the “old capitol of Manila was weak from naval attacks”.
“I believe that we will move forward, and that Quezon City would move towards city of Quezon,” said Tan to the audiences who were mostly representatives from the different districts in Quezon City and advocates of Manuel L. Quezon.###
