US plans to build boat repair facility in Philippines' Palawan island


The planned facility on Palawan will be used to repair and maintain several small Philippine military watercraft and will include two interior rooms for equipment storage or conference use. - PDI

MANILA: The US is planning to build a boat maintenance facility at a Philippine naval detachment near the disputed South China Sea.

The US Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command issued last week a public solicitation for the design and construction of the new facility at Oyster Bay in the western province of Palawan, Washington’s embassy in Manila said in a statement on Wednesday (July 15).

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