The US is planning to build a boat maintenance facility at a Philippine naval detachment near the disputed South China Sea.
The US Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command issued last week a public solicitation for the design and construction of the new facility at Oyster Bay in the western province of Palawan, Washington’s embassy in Manila said in a statement Wednesday.
The planned facility will be used to repair and maintain several small Philippine military watercraft and will include two interior rooms for equipment storage or conference use, according to the statement.
“The boat maintenance facility is not a military ...
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