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Article: MLQ picks site of 'New Metropolis'; 61st Anniversary of Quezon City.(Opinion/Editorial)
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- Manila Bulletin
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- October 13, 2000
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(Editor's Note: The following article is an excerpt from Dr. Isabelo T. Crisostomo's forthcoming book, Mayor Ismael A. Mathay, Jr. of Quezon City: His Story, marking Mathay's third and last term as chief executive of Metro Manila's largest city. Dr. Crisostomo is a noted journalist and presidential biographer.)
DETERMINED to establish a modern community for workers in the Manila area patterned after the Mexican model, Quezon consulted his friends for their suggestions. Alejandro Roces, publisher of the T-V-T chain of newspapers (Tribune, La Vanguardia, Taliba) based in Manila, advised him to buy a large estate not far from Manila, to be subdivided and sold to the ...