I find that surprising as they've made the new British Embassy in Taguig the visa processing centre for the whole region (processing visa for Hong Kong, Korea and Japan) with more countries joining later on, and according to news reports, they intend to expand that even more.

I know visas and passports are 2 different things altogether, but surely it would make more sense for the Embassy and Border Agency to do all their work at one centre (i.e. Taguig)