New CICT chair to report in October

By Erwin Oliva
INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines -- The newly appointed chair of the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) will report next month, an executive of the agency told INQUIRER.net Friday.

For more than a month since President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo named Ray Anthony Roxas Chua as the new chair of the CICT, he has not yet reported to his government post.

"I was told that he will report next month," said CICT Commissioner Tim Diaz de Rivera, currently acting as officer-in-charge of the agency.

Diaz de Rivera was also told that Chua is currently in the United States taking care of some personal business.

Arroyo announced Chua's appointment on August 3, 2007 in Cebu.

Chua will replace former CICT chairman Ramon Sales who took an indefinite leave that led to his resignation for health reasons on June 2007.

Chua is a graduate of Wharton and is in his early 30s. He was appointed by Arroyo because of his background in computer science. He is also affiliated with the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce Industry Inc.