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The project proponent Mr. Eduardo Manuel, is an environmental conservationist and a licensed SCUBA Diver, who also owns a diving school located at Santo Sepulcro Paco Manila. The Pasig River Ferry Transport 2000 project was an improvement of the earlier service provided by the Magsaysay Shipping Corporation. During the course of the operations of the Pasig River Transport 2000, its service offered a fresh solution to worsening traffic problem of the metropolis, but sadly the local government units involved in the project, fell short in its cooperation with the project proponent, which made it difficult to effectively provide the supposedly solution to the traffc problem of the Cities in the Metro Manila areas. During this time there was another business entity who were also interested to offer the same service, the Maharlika Transport, backed by the Uniwide Group of Company (Uniwide Sales, at present they are now the Puregold chain of groceries/superstores) of the Gao family. The two companies had a media battle as the Gao Group submitted the same project to the Philippine Marina and the DOTC. During that same time the two battling companies had a media battle which worked to advantage of the project as it stirred the interest of the public, and the local government unit involved with the project. Later that same year of 1996, the media battle was won by the PR Group of the Pasig River Ferry Transport 2000, headed by Ms. Maria Rebecca Bacalan-Chica,an independent PR Practitioner,and was also the VP for Operations of the Starcraft Ferry Corporation, the project was awarded to the Starcraft Ferry Corporation, the boat manufacturer and operator of the Pasig River Transport Service. Barely a year of operation the company seized its operation due to losses in income, as the local government units involved with the project wasnt not able to deliver on their committments in doing their part to make the project work.