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Article: Quezon City's 66th Founding Anniversary.(Opinion & Editorial)
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- Manila Bulletin
- Article date:
- October 12, 2005
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QUEZON City is an example of a grand vision that was made into a reality. President Manuel L. Quezon dreamed of a city that would be the Philippines' seat of government and the showplace of the nation's culture and spirit. The National Assembly passed Act No 502 and President Quezon signed it on October 12, 1939, thus creating from the vast cogonal lands of the Tuason Family's Diliman Estate the city that now bears his name.
In six decades and six years of existence, Quezon City has become a showcase of growth and development for the rest of the country. The tremendous economic progress earned for Quezon City an award from the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and ...