Having a total land area of 18.50 square kilometers, Pasay City is considered to be the 3rd smallest city in the National Capital Region and the attraction center. Bordered on the north by the City of Manila, on the south by Paranaque City, and on the northeast by Taguig and Makati City and Manila Bay on the west, Pasay was once a farming community specifically in the barrios of Malibay, San Isidro and San Roque. Fishing is another source of livelihood of Pasay residents until the Roxas Boulevard was constructed. Although considered to be relatively small in size, Pasay City houses the country’s important government offices some of which are the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), the Senate of the Philippines, the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Department of Trade and Industry as well as the main office of the Philippine National Bank.
For residents of Pasay, the city’s land area does not really matter as even before Pasay was made into a city, the town was a great income earner for Metro Manila. The steady improvement and progress of Pasay resulted to an income that far exceeds the set income limit for an ordinary town. Pasay therefore became a city. The Pasay City government as well as the people has a lot to be proud of as this modest sized city is the location of the edifices that symbolizes the Philippines’ cultural heritage.

The Cultural Center of the Philippines which is directed by law to be preserve as a historical and cultural landmark, enhances and promotes the Filipinos’ national legacy, the 10,000 capacity Folk Arts theatre, the Coconut Palace that showcase the indigenous materials of the seven regions of the country, the Philippine Museum of Ethnology, the GSIS Museum and Archive, the Philippine International Convention Center, the Manila Film Center, the World Trade Center…all these are located in Pasay City. Also found in this city is the School for the Deaf and the Blind. It is also worth mentioning that residences of Claro M. Recto and President Manuel L. Quezon are in this city.

Much has been said about the places that promote the country’s and the Filipino people’s cultural heritage. Pasay City also caters to the fun loving people…old and young alike. The Cuneta Astrodome that has been the venue of many important sports competitions is situated in Pasay City. Theme Parks attraction like the Boom na Boom and Star City provides the whole family with a whole day of shopping and entertainment fun.

There are malls and malls and more malls but Pasay City has something new to offer people with unaccountable desire to shop…the SM Mall of Asia. Constructed on a 19.5 hectares of reclaimed area west of Roxas Boulevard, this gigantic mall that touts to have 150 restaurants, 600 shops, Olympic size skating ring and the very first IMAX theater in the Philippines is considered to be the 7th biggest shopping mall in the whole world. SM Mall of Asia is the venue of Lovapalooza, the Philippines’ most romantic kissing festival. Smooching couples all over the country gather in the north open lot of SM Mall of Asia, Pasay City to join in the Philippines’ bid to win back the world record of the most number of simultaneously kissing couples.

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