MANILA, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte hailed China on Tuesday for helping his administration's war on illicit drugs by offering to build a rehabilitation center that can house 1,600 drug dependents.
"China offered to help. It's about to be completed," Duterte announced during an oath-taking ceremony at the Malacanang presidential palace.
He said the new facility, which he describes as "an apartment-style, similar to a condominium," is being build inside a Philippine Army camp in Nueva Ecija, north of Manila.
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