THE PASKUHAN VILLAGES NOW TO BE KNOWAS THE PHILIPPINE CHRISTMAS VILLAGEWAS RE-OPENED BY HER EXCELLENCY AMELITA M.RAMOS FIRST LADY OF THE REPUBLIC OF PHILIPPINES DURING FLORIKULTURA 98'THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL HOSTICULTURE EXCIBITION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA ON 11 JANUARY 1988 IN SAN FERNANDO PAMPANGA THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE WAS ENDERTAKEN BY THE PHILIPPINE DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM SECRETARY MINA T.GABOR AS ITS CONSTRIBUTIONTO THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE LOCAL HORTICULTURE INDUSTRY AND FOR THE REVIVAL OF BUSINESS, COMMERCIAL,AND TOURISM ACTIVITIES IN PAMPANGA.THE NEW PHILIPPINE CHRISTMAS VILLAGE FEATURES THE "GARDEN OF WORLD" WITH TWENTY TWO (22)SPECIALLY THEMED COUNTRY GARDENS SHOWCASSING THE WORLD'S BEST VARIETY OF TROPICAL PLANTS, FLOWERS,AND FOLIAGE.THE "GARDENS OF THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE FOLLOWING:ASIA PACIFIC(AUSTRALIA,CHINA,INDIA,JAPAN, KOREA,INDONESIA,MACAU,MALAYSIA,THE PHILIPPINES,SINGAPORE,THAILAND);EUROPE(ISRAEL,ITALY,MONACO,PORTUGAL,SPAIN, THE HETHERLANDS,THE UNITED KINGDOM);THE AMERICA'S(MEXICO,HAWAIIAND CALIFORNIA);AND SOUTH AFRICA'S