tralato popation in the philippines is steadily growing. there won't be concern about labor for many decades. >> reporter: another advantage of the philippines is the use of english as an official language. this factory is operated by electronics giant toshiba. managers are able to give direct instructions to their local employees without relying on an interpreter. >> translator: i speak in simple english. that's good enough to teach them. >> reporter: some companies are going beyond the simple relocation of factories. shipping companies have placed hundreds of people at its office in manila. the job is to prepare documents in english, certifying the consents across the world. each team is in charge of a particular country. the company began concentrating this operation in the philippines seven years ago. every month the manila office handled more than 60,000 documents for 24 countries. >> translator: cutting costs is our top priority. the philippines is becoming our main base for administrative work. >> reporter: the philippines used to be