The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Tuesday deployed 186 personnel to manage traffic and assist delegates to the 27th ASEAN Ministers Meeting and Related Meetings of 2022 being held at the Shangri-La Hotel in Bonifacio Global City from Oct. 25 to 29.
In an advisory, the MMDA stated that traffic was expected to be heavy in the area during the event, but there would be no re-routing and road closures. It advised motorists to take alternate routes to avoid inconvenience.
The MMDA traffic enforcers would be assisting on traffic management, road clearing, emergency response “with ambulances and first responders pre-positioned at strategic locations along the venue and route, and monitoring of road situations at (MMDA) Metrobase.”
Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma said the country is hosting the event this year with labor ministers and senior labor officials from the 10-member states of ASEAN are expected to attend in attendance.
The delegates came from Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines.
The labor officials will also hold meetings with ASEAN Plus Three dialogue partners China, Japan and South Korea.
Laguesma, who will chair the ALMM, said the biennial meetings serve as a major venue to identify and advance areas of regional cooperation on matters affecting labor and employment.
The event this year mark a return to the face-to-face format, and will focus on the theme of moving beyond the pandemic and further promoting digitalized, inclusive and sustainable recovery and growth for workers.
Included in the agenda of the meetings is the review of the progress of various regional programs on skills development, digitalization, climate change and green jobs, industrial relations and the changing world of work, migration and social protection.
