The 100-day countdown to the opening of the 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) started on Thursday with the planting of 100 trees in areas around the New Clark City Athletes’ Village in Clark Freeport, Pampanga.
Spearheaded by the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), the activity was dubbed “100 Trees for 100 Days.”
Employees, as well as personnel of business partners, Philippine SEA Games Organizing Committee (PHISGOC), Capas local government unit and police, and the Philippine Army planted narra, bignay and dita trees.
Arrey Perez, the BCDA vice president for business development and PHISGOC deputy director general for the Athletes’ Village, said the activity symbolizes the planting of hope.
New Clark City is being developed to become the country’s first smart, green and resilient metropolis where new and world-class sports complex that will be used during the SEA Games.
Some facilities include the 20,000-seater Athletics Stadium, the 2,000-seater Aquatics Center, and the 525-bedroom Athletes’ Village.
