President Benigno S. Aquino III on Tuesday inducted into office the new set of officers of the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII) at the Rizal Hall of Malacañang Palace.
Taking their oath before the President were Angel Ngu, president; Henry Lim Bon Liong, executive vice president; Domingo Yap, David Chua, Alex Yap Cho Ty, William Gosiaco, Michael Tan, Victor Lim, Delfin Letran, Mary Go Ng, Cecilio Pedro, Charles Chante, George Hock Huy Chiu, and William Yap Castro, vice presidents; Jeffrey Ng, treasurer; Tai Lian, auditor; and Fernando Gan, corporate secretary and secretary general.
The other members of the FFCCCII’s set of officers for 2015-2017 who were sworn into office were Lucio Tan as chairman emeritus; and Alfonso Siy, Ambassador Domingo Lee, Jimmy Tang, Vicente Yu, Sr,, Robin Sy, Francis Chua, Dr. John Tan, Alfonso Uy, and Tan Ching as honorary vice presidents.
During the oath-taking ceremony, Ngu also presented to President Aquino a scale model of a two-classroom school building, to be constructed under the FFCCCII’s “Operation: Barrio Schools”.
“Operation: Barrio Schools” is the FFCCCIII’s longest running and biggest private sector-led development program focused on educational infrastructure. As of this month, some 4,933 school buildings or 9,866 classrooms have been turned over to public schools nationwide, benefiting nearly one million school children.
The FFCCCII was established on March 29, 1954 and was inspired by the late President Ramon Magsaysay’s appeal to the leaders of the Filipino-Chinese community to organize into a cohesive organization that could render greater support to the government.
A non-stock and non-profit corporation, the FFCCCII is the largest organization of Filipino-Chinese businessmen from all over the country. PND (jm)
