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RoK?s Samsung to build a chip plant in Philippines

? The Republic of Korea (RoK)?s Samsung Electronics is to invest one billion USD in a microchip manufacturing facility in the Philippines, news reports said.

The facility will be built on a 30-hectare site in the Clark Special Economic Zone north of Manila with construction starting ?within the year.?

At present, Samsung has two operations in the country, Samsung Electronics Philippines Manufacturing Corp. and Samsung Electronics Philippines Corp, according to news reports. ?

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