KCSM Asia Insight August 24, 2017
Marks a year in office, they are here with a list of demands. The protesters include representatives of the countrys 9 million or so shanty dwellers. Near manila lies North Triangle, site of one of the biggest shantytowns. On just 20 heck tares of land, some 20,000 hopes house an estimated 40,000 people. Such ghettos began in the 1960s as people from rural areas came to the city in search of work. Without documentation, they settled wherever they could. In 2007, the government launched a major urban Redevelopment Program in san row kay, bringing widespread land clearances. There is a rehousing...