The proposed Administrative Capital City Planning Act of 2016 calls for the creation of an administrative capital city planning commission to conduct the study. Relocation of capitals had been done by several countries, he said, citing Malaysia, which built a new administrative capital to decongest Kuala Lumpur. BACOLOD CITY—Negros Occidental Rep. Alfredo Abelardo Benitez has filed a bill seeking a study on the feasibility of relocating the capital and seat of government of the Philippines outside Metro Manila. “Overpopulation, traffic congestion and high vulnerability to natural disasters have made Metropolitan Manila or the National Capital Region a pariah among world cities,” Benitez said in his explanatory note to the measure. ADVERTISEMENTHe cited the data from the Philippine Statistics Authority that showed 11.9 million people were living in Metro Manila in 2010.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 17, 2016 16:52 UTC