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 The Ang Nayong Pilipino Foundation Inc. (NPFI), simply known as

the Nayong Pilipino Foundation(NPF) or Nayong Pilipino is a non-profit
organization based in Manila, Philippines.

 The Nayong Pilipino Foundation Inc. (NPFI) was established primarily for
the promotion of research development project on social sciences,
humanities and other related fields. It was registered with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on May 7, 1969, as a non-stock, non-profit
corporation.[2] Then-President Ferdinand Marcos issued Presidential
Decree No. 37 establishing the Nayong Pilipino Foundation on November
6, 1972. Within the same year, the organization was given a 45.9 hectares
(113 acres) of land in Pasay, a portion of which stood the Nayong Pilipino
Cultural Park.
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Nayong Pilipino Foundation
 It’s purpose is to faithfully represent the various cultures, arts, and industries of
the Filipino people; it is the replica of the various regions of the Philippines.

 The purposes and objectives of the Nayong Pilipino are as follows:

 (a) To promote, encourage, espouse and/or initiate research and development

projects on social sciences and humanities and related fields;

 (b) To formulate a comprehensive social welfare program for the upliftment,

improvement and amelioration of the social and economic conditions of the
unfortunate destitute members of our society with the end in view of availing
maximum utilization of their potentialities in the solution of the country's
problems;

 (c) To encourage and facilitate the active participation of the domestic and
foreign sectors in furnishing financial, technical and other forms of assistance for
the Foundation's social welfare programs;
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 (d) To promote and encourage the dissemination of the results of its researches and
studies in social sciences and humanities and to encourage their practical application
to problems of the masses;

 (e) To establish, set up and/or maintain scholarships or professional chairs in order to

foster, promote and encourage the study and improvement of fundamental or pure
research, applied research, developmental work and/or economic evaluation in the
fields of social sciences or humanities;

 (f) To establish parks and recreation centers for the promotion of tourism in this
country; and

 (g) To construct, improve, enlarge or equip or to cause the building, improvement,

enlarging or equipping of buildings, libraries, laboratories, workshops or other
educational accessories, required for scientific research; to establish, maintain, or aid
others to establish or maintain institutions doing research of all kinds in the fields of
social sciences and humanities.
z The Nayong Pilipino Foundation established presence at the Clark
Expo site in Pampanga in 2006. The NPF was designated as the
manager and operator of the Colonial Plaza and the Chosen Island
segments of the exposition site. However the attraction was later
became dormant.

 The Nayong Pilipino Foundation entered into an agreement with the

National Parks Development Committee (NPDC), a Department of
Tourism-attached agency in December 2012. The two bodies agreed
upon the development of the Orchidarium in Rizal Park in Manila by
the NPF which will also manage the garden. The NPDC in the same
agreement allowed the NPF to use the Orchidarium as the host of
NPF's administrative offices. The NPF moved its administrative office
to the Orchidarium on January 10, 2013.
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 Development of Entertainment City

 The organization planned to set up a cultural park at

the Entertainment City in Parañaque under a private-public
partnership (PPP) model as approved by the National Economic
and Development Authority(NEDA). However such plan was
scrapped when the board which made the proposal was
replaced by another composed of appointees of
President Rodrigo Duterte[6] with Patricia Yvette Ocampo as
chair.
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 The NPF under that board entered into an agreement with Landing
Resorts Philippines Development Corp., a locally based subsidiary of
Hong Kong-based Landing International Development Ltd. which is a
holder of a provisional license to operate a casino issued by
the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation. Under the deal,
the NayonLanding, a mixed-use development consisting of a casino, a
resort, a cultural park and an indoor theme park will be built. The
groundbreaking for the complex took place on August 7, 2018. The
following day, the members of the whole board were dismissed from
their post by President Duterte over alleged irregularities on the lease
contract.