Why Invest in La Union
Strategic Location and Accessibility
La Union has been a springboard to the vigorous South East Asian Economies. Once the airport the is upgraded, San Fernando City is less than an hour away from Hongkong and Taiwan, less than 3 hours away from Singapore, and less than 3.5 hours away from Korea and Japan. La Union is about 2,800 km from Jakarta. Also, the province is proximal to the trading centers in Luzon such as Baguio, Laoag, Vigan, Dagupan and Urdaneta.
Excelled Peace and Order
La Union is proud to have held its record as one of the healthiest, cleanest, greenest and most peaceful provinces in the country. It maintains among the lowest crime and malnutrition rates and practices a sound environment policy. Peace and order and political stability are among the proud traditions and legacy of La Union.
Skilled Manpower
With a population of over 712,000, La Union brags of one of the highest literacy rates in the country at 98%. It has 20 higher educational institutions, 104 secondary schools, and 390 primary schools. La Union’s skilled and educated labor force of about 467,000 is noted for its Ilocano trait of hard work. Slightly over half of its labor force is employed in the agricultural sector, 12% in industry and 35% in service sector.
Adequate Infrastructure
The Poro Point Special Economic & Freeport Zone, former Wallace Air Station, is a premiere economic growth center in Northern Luzon. It is fully equipped with adequate infrastructure such as industrial part, seaport, and airport facilities making it an ultimate investment destination. Upgrading of San Fernando Airport’s navigational equipment and improvement of airport facilities are priority. La Union boasts of well-maintained roads, abundant supply of water and power, highly developed communication facilities, and presence of sufficient print and broadcast media.
Thrive in La Union
Over the past few months, the global pandemic has forced the entire nation to face an unprecedented situation. This has caused the economy to drastically decline worldwide leaving a number of companies to file for bankruptcy and rendering employees jobless. However, like all leaders in the world, the PGLU has strongly strived to mitigate the negative impacts while focusing on safety and recovery. With the utmost priority to protect public health and gradually adapt to its socio-economic changes, recovery plans have been set up.
Moving forward and shifting the focus to recovery by mitigating and addressing the impact of the pandemic to the most vulnerable sectors of the community, the OPG-LEEIPU is mostly concerned with the steadfast economic recovery plan and hopes to create sustained and aggressive growth. The priority is to design policies and run programs/projects to ease access to all available mechanisms towards achieving increase in investments and opportunities to residents of La Union without compromising health and safety protocols.