Vice Presidential candidate for the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano, Milagros Ortiz Bosch told the Listín Diario that a government of the PRD would continue the cyberpark effort begun by President Fernández. President Fernández just returned from an 11-day tour to the US and Taiwan where he spent many hours selling the idea of setting up a high-tech park in Santo Domingo. He brought back promises of support and of future exploratory visits from Silicon Valley businessmen, a commitment for technical and professional support from an association of 27 Dominican high-technology professionals in Silicon Valley, and support for the installation of a high-tech institute on the premises of the cyberpark from the University of California (Berkeley and Stanford), as wel as US$15 million in donations from Taiwan. Milagros Ortiz praised the efforts of President Fernández to secure investments for the high tech park whose construction begins this month near the Las Americas International Airport. She said a government head by PRD presidential candidate Hipólito Mejía would continue the effort. She highlighted the PRD believes in continuing projects, mentioning that the PRD government of Antonio Guzmán completed many works that had been started in the government of then President Balaguer, such as the dams and Haina I and Itabo II power plants. The PRD’s leading opponent, Danilo Medina of the PLD (President Fernández’s party) has based his campaign on promises that he is a guarantee of the continuity of the works and programs begun by the present government.
