PALIGA NG BAYAN 2014 DRAWS FILIPINOS FROM ALL OVER FUJIAN
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- Top left Photo: Group Photo with Filcom from Fujian Province during the 2014 Paliga ng Bayan
- Top right photo: ConGen Flores poses with the overall champion Green Team
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The Filipinos in China (FINCH), the Filipino community organization based in Quanzhou City, successfully held a sportsfest on 21 September 2014 at the SM indoor sports facility in Jinjiang City, Fujian. Some 160 Filipinos from Quanzhou, Shishi, Jinjiang, Fuzhou and Xiamen cities attended the event.
In his remarks, ConGen Flores expressed appreciation to FINCH for organizing the event and for bringing together Filipinos from all over Fujian, thereby forging unity, friendship and camaraderie among the participants and their friends. ConGen Flores posed three challenges to FINCH and the Filipino Association in Xiamen (FAX): Firstly, for the short term, for the two organizations to continue and sustain the good work by helping to unite and galvanize Filipinos in Fujian Province. Secondly, for the mid-term, for FAX and FINCH to join and support the Consulate General’s activities, and to organize collaborative activities as part of the double celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the establishment of the Philippine Consulate General in Xiamen and the 40th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Philippines and China in 2015; and thirdly, in the long term, for FAX and FINCH to consider uniting and integrating as one organization of OFWs in Fujian because “by being united more can be achieved”.
The Green Team was the Overall Champion with 21 points and victories in Basketball (men), Badminton Single (men), Tug-of-war, Rope Race and Sack Race. A close second with 19 points is the Blue Team which won in Mixed Double Badminton, Basketball (women), Badminton Single (women), Volleyball (women) and Eggplant race.
PCG Xiamen, headed by ConGen Flores, extended its full support to the event with some of its personnel joining the tournament, which included basketball, volleyball, and badminton games both for men and women. There were also parlor games and dance competitions. END.
