Naval Modernisation in South-East Asia by Geoffrey Till Jane Chan

Author:Geoffrey Till, Jane Chan [Geoffrey Till, Jane Chan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781135954017
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Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2013-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

Lack of social acceptability

Finally, lack of social acceptability impedes naval modernization in the Philippines. As a developing country that continues to face the challenge of limited financial resources amid growing social needs, putting more money into defence is considered unacceptable in a society with a government that has a very poor performance in the delivery of social services. Using taxpayers’ money for military modernization at the expense of better services for health, education and housing does not make sense to the Filipino people, at least 60 per cent of whom live below the poverty line.

While a strong military is indeed a source of national pride, which is more ideational and intangible, there is a greater practical desire and stronger material needs from the Philippine society for the government to accord higher budgetary priorities to education, health, housing and other social services.

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