Recently a photo of “mini-footbridge”
that was built by MMDA (Metropolitan Manila Development Authority) in Manila
has become viral and has earned the anger of the netizens for supposedly being
an example of government useless projects.
“But it pays to see the bigger
picture”, MMDA said and clarified that the structure shown in the
picture was part of the park, that was designed to familiarize children with the
traffic rules and safety installations of the roads.
The park was built year 2012 on
Adriatico Street, Malate, Manila (not near Quirino Grandstand, as the online
rant said), “the structure aims to teach younger
generation the importance and ways of obeying traffic rules and regulations.”
“That authentic purpose of the
structure is far from idiocy. Social media supposed to share facts and
relevant, useful information. It should not be used to mislead and delude our
countrymen or generate improper anger. As one campaign reminds us: ‘Think
Before You Click,’”
The said statement addressed to netizen
said based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, who posted photo of the mini—footbridge on September
17 and called it “weirdest project in the world.”
“Only in the Philippines, we did not
only waste money, but it made us look dumb in the international engineering community,”
The post has more than 6,000 shares.
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