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Amazon may set up shop in Manila: PEZA chief

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Michelle Ong, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/05/10/051018_amazon.jpg"/><figcaption>Amazon Fulfillment Center (YVR3) is pictured in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada April 30, 2018. Ben Nelms, Reuters/FILE PHOTO</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA - Amazon.com may set up shop in Manila, its second after the customer service facility in Cebu City that it launched recently, a government official in charge of foreign investments said Thursday.The Manila facility will likely open by mid-year, Philippine Economic Zone Authority chairperson Charito Plaza said.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/business/05/08/18/amazoncom-opens-first-customer-service-office-in-philippines">Amazon.com opens first customer service office in Philippines</a></li></ul>Some of Amazon&#x27;s workers in Cebu are home-based, Plaza told ABS-CBN News.The world&#x27;s largest online retailer said its Cebu operations would create 300 new jobs and up to 1,000 more by year-end.Amazon is betting on customer service in the Philippines as government and industry officials prepared to shift over 1 million BPO workers to higher skilled roles that will not be replaced by artificial intelligence.

Amazon.com may set up shop in Manila, its second after the customer service facility in Cebu City that it launched recently, a government official in charge of foreign investments said Thursday.

Amazon.com may set up shop in Manila, its second after the customer service facility in Cebu City that it launched recently, a government official in charge of foreign investments said Thursday.

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Amazon may set up shop in Manila: PEZA chief

Michelle Ong,

ABS-CBN News

Published May 10, 2018 11:42 AM PHT

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