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Manila: Southeast Asia
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The City of Manila is the chief seaport of the Philippines. North Harbor and South Harbor experience busy periods during long holidays such as Holy Week, All Saints Day and the Christmas holidays. The Port of Manila serves the city's commercial needs, it ... one of South East Asia's more major ports.
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Theater - Manila is home to the most vibrant theater scene in Southeast Asia. Manila's premiere English speaking theater group, Repertory Philippines, performs plays and musicals throughout most of the year. Numerous actors from Rep have appeared in London's West End and Broadway. Other English speaking theater troupes based in Manila are Trumpets, Atlantis Productions, New Voice Company and Actor's Actors. Government funded Tanghalang Pilipino and the Philippine Experimental Theater Association perform classics and original Filipino works in the Filipino language.
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The original Austronesian settlers of Manila were the Tagalogs. Throughout the centuries, there has been a constant migration of Visayans, Bicolanos, Ilocanos, Moros, Kapampangans, Chinese, Japanese, and Spaniards. The Chinese and Spanish currently control most of the economy. There are ... Americans, Arabs, Indonesians, South Asians, and Koreans in Manila. Intermarriage between ethnic groups is not uncommon in the Philippines.
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Manila will be Hawaiian's first gateway into Asia. The new service will make Hawaiian the only U.S. carrier providing nonstop service between Manila and Honolulu and will more than double current capacity on the route. Approximately 170,000 people traveled between Manila and Hawaii last year.
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Located in Manila, the SM IMAX Theatre is an anchor attraction at the SM Mall of Asia, and attendance has already surpassed 175,000 individual ticket sales. Hollywood movies that have been digitally re-mastered into IMAX's format have consistently performed very well, with moviegoers paying as much as a 100 percent premium for select shows.
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Ortigas Center is the second most important central business district in Metro Manila. Situated between Mandaluyong and Pasig, it is home to HQ of major Philippine companies such as San Miguel Corporation and Meralco. The Asian Development Bank ... has its headquarters in Ortigas.
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