Mayor Khonghun delivers SOMA

By Alyanna Marie Valencia

Tuloy- tuloy ang pagtulong, tuloy- tuloy ang pagsulong tungo sa Subic City, a
statement stressed by Mayor jay Khonghun in his state of the Municipality Address
(SOMA) held at Subic Central School last August 6.
The event was attended by approximately 1000 individuals who are composed of
representatives of numerous businesses in Subic, government workers, Singaporean
representatives, town policemen, barangay health workers and municipal workers,
Sangguniang Bayan members and General Parent-Teachers Association (GPTA)
officers from different schools.
The speech delivered by Mayor Khonghun mainly focused on the progression of
Subic and his accomplishments this year, highlighting projects pursued to maximize
public service.
Hindi lingid sa ating kaalaman na ang bayan ng Subic ay isa sa pinakaprogresibong
lugar na hindi lamang sa lalawigan ng Zambales kundi sa buong Gitnang Luzon at
kung hindi man, maaring sa buong bansa, said Khonghun.
Projects emphasized by Khonghun in the field of agriculture were purchasing of
modern equipment in farming, extensive research in proper caring of plantation,
Demo farm for community breed banking, refresher courses for pest and disease
management, and Technology Clinic and Information campaign which provides
introductory course on low cost fertilizer usage via internet encoding.
Khonghun also featured various social services administered by Municipal Social
Welfare workers such as the supplemental feeding program, medical, burial,
financial and transportation assistance, social pension for senior citizens, Food for
Work program, Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, and the emergency shelter
assistance.
The prominence of the renovations made in the field of education were also
recognized such as the establishment of new schools in remote areas of Naugsol
and Cabitaugan as well as the launching of special programs and curriculums.
Natutuwa ako dahil lalo pang dumarami ang mga estudyante bawat taon at ang
maaaring dahilan ay nagkaroon na sila ng daan para sa libreng pag-aaral na may
katumbas na kalidad kumpara sa ibang lugar, Khonghun stressed.
Khonghun also stressed the noteworthy achievements that Subiqueno students
reaped such as high processing in the rates Certified Public Accountant Board
Examination of Kolehiyo ng Subic graduates, the Merit Awards of Shara Sta. Juana,
Mark Jester Dela Rosa of Josephine F. Khonghun Special Education Center in king of
Math and Pan Asia Pacific Math Competition Grand Finals, and the 3 rd place in the

secondary level of the 2014 loth Asia Cup Stars of the Olympic Math Finals and Merit
award in the 2014 Held Cup Inernational Olympic Mathematics of Russell Sanchez
also from JFK SPED.
He also distinguished the present and future plans for infrastructure projects which
includes the reconstruction of public market, dredging of silted river for flood
control, construction of foot bridge, renovation of two-unit classrooms and
concreting of road with box.
The speech was very remarkable. It gave me a different point of view regarding the
town of Subic since it denoted abundant amount of various accomplished projects
and achievements made in Khonghuns term as Mayor, said Ma. Consuelo Damaso,
Grade 6 adviser of JFK SPED.