BACOLOD CITY – The city council unanimously passed a resolution on Wednesday, Oct. 16, congratulating businessman Ricardo “Cano” Tan for his rooster-shaped building that entered the Guinness World Record.
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The resolution, authored by Councilor Jason Villarosa and co-authored by Councilor Celia Flor, stated that on Oct. 14, the Guinness World Records awarded Tan, a Bacolod resident and former councilor here, a certificate for building the largest chicken structure in the world at his resort, the Campuestohan Highland Resort in Talisay City, Negros Occidental, adjacent to this city.
TAN (Screengrab from Tanyag News and Features video)
The resolution said that the Rooster Hotel creates employment in favor of citizens of Bacolod City, producing a healthy divergence of recreation, employment, and tourism. The building has 15 rooms and stands 115 feet tall.
The building was built to commemorate and boost the morale of individuals who lived through the hardships during the fall of the sugar industry in the 1980s, especially those who worked in the farms, the resolution said.
During those times, farmers and landowners transitioned to raising roosters as well as livestock to sustain basic needs while braving difficulties, it added.
The resort draws tourists around the country benefitting the province, and most especially Bacolod City which serves as a starting point for tourism, the resolution said.