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The Freeport Area of Bataan (FAB)

The Freeport Area of Bataan (FAB) is located within the Municipality of Mariveles in the Province of Bataan, Philippines with a total land area of 1,742.48 hectares. It is accessible by land, sea and air. The Freeport is under the administration of the Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB).

The FAB was originally designed as an Export Processing Zone. Its existing infrastructures include 11 Standard Factory Buildings (SFB) with three stories each, and a total working area of 8,352 square meters per SFB. It is currently home to over 50 locators engaged in manufacturing products for export ranging from tennis balls to yachts. AFAB also has two locators using their facilities for warehousing, one locator engaged in animal feeds processing and an enterprise currently constructing a clean coal power plant. These enterprises employ a total of 13,443 workers.

The objective of the AFAB is to revive the area and expand the Freeport. To accomplish these objectives, the Freeport seeks to attract more locators in the manufacturing, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), electronics industries and green industries, among others. It is also seeking investors to boost its tourism capabilities by refurbishing its existing recreational facilities. The AFAB is also targeting new investors to build hotels, entertainment establishments, duty free shops, resorts, team-building facilities, and sports facilities for hang-gliding, ATV riding and biking, among others, to encourage the influx of local and foreign tourists. It also hopes to attract a medical center to the Freeport with a view towards medical tourism. Finally, it aims to encourage universities and colleges to locate in the area, to create and sustain a talent pool that can service the human resource needs of the locators.

The Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan

The Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan or the AFAB is headed by an Administrator who sits as Chairman of the 9-member AFAB Board of Directors. Each Board member represents a sector that is vital to the growth and development of the FAB.

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