This article is part of the seminar on 鈥淪cience Technology Policies in the Philippines" jointly sponsored by SA国际传媒and DOST on May 5, 1989. Several issues are discussed in this paper: the nature of various types of technology, the various ways to develop them, the present state of Philippine science and technology (S&T) and the government goals regarding S&T. Consequently, it specifies the strategies that lead to the achievement of these goals.