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Last week, Senator Lito Lapid filed SBN 2639 or AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 447(a){3)(iv) Of THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, REQUIRING ALL SIGNS, SiGNBOARDS,OR BILLBOARDS WRITTEN IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH TO BEAR CORRESPONDING FILIPINO OR ENGLISH TRANSLATION.
Section 1 of the proposed piece of legislation reads:
SECTION 1. The Local Government Code of the Philippines, Book III, Title 2, Chapter III, Article 3, Section 447(a)(3)(iv) is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 447(a)(3)(iv). Regulate the display of and fix the license fees for signs, signboards, or billboards at the place or places where the profession or business advertised thereby is, in whole or in part, conducted. SAID SIGNS, SIGNBOARDS, OR BILLBOARDS SHALL BE WRITTEN IN FILIPINO OR ENGLISH, OR, IF WRITTEN IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH, SHALL BEAR CORRESPONDING FILIPINO OR ENGLISH TRANSLATION";
In the Explanatory Note of this 3 page bill, Lapid asserts:
It should be remembered that, although these restaurants and shops are meant mainly to provide for the basic necessities of these foreigners, It is deemed irreverent that we Filipinos are left to wonder what these signages mean and what these businesses are for. I n effect, we are being alienated in our very own country, and we are left to figure out for ourselves what these establishments are.I'll make a guess here, but I think he is referring to the proliferation of signboards and billboards in Korean, Chinese, Japanese and perhaps even Middle Eastern language characters.
And it's not really a bad idea, really. Certainly, it'll be a boon to the billion peso billboard industry and makers of various types of signboards -- just imagine how many establishments will have to change their signboards.
But then again, does this even address an issue of true national importance?
3 comments:
I long ago concluded that Lito Lapid is not an actual person, but a cardboard cutout that the rest of the Senate pastes to a chair so they can collect their full budget.
wg ganun.. palibhasa matalino ka pro ubod nmn sama ng ugali mo!! buti nga c idol may nagawa ehh ikw puro ka ngawa!!!
boy parol laki ng inggit mo s idol ko ah,,tsk.tsk. mahrap yan tol nakakahawa yan! haha. pweh!
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