SISTERHOOD PACT. Gov. Erico Aumentado
and Jiangxi Gov. Huang Zhiquan is shown in this file photo
during the signing of an agreement of friendly relations
on May 2006 in Nanchang, China witnessed by Pres. Gloria
Arroyo. |
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Three
ranking officials of Jiangxi Province, China will be
arriving here this morning to lead an official delegation
to commemorate with local officials the First Bohol-Jiangxi
Friendship Day.
A
red carpet welcome awaits the arrival of the Chinese
delegation headed by Ye Lei, deputy director general
of the Jiangxi Provincial People's Government; Fu
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Pengpeng,
deputy director general of foreign affairs; Zhu Jincheng also
of the Chinese foreign affairs office, Jiangxi Provincial People's
Government.
Accompanying
the VIPs are Ambassador Carlos Chan, Philippine special envoy
to China; Philippine consul-general to China Emelinda Lee-Pineda;
and Li Peiming.
Special
envoy Chan's delegation will also include 11 Chinese businessmen.
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The
group will arrive aboard a PAL flight from Manila this
morning. They will be met at the city airport by Vice
Gov. Julius Caesar Herrera and Provl Administrator Tomas
Abapo Jr.
The
Bohol-Jiangxi Friendship Day grand program will be tomorrow
at the Bohol Cultural Center at 10 a.m. This will be
preceded by a flag raising ceremony of both provinces
at the Rizal Park at 8 a.m. tomorrow.
There
will be a singing of the national anthems of the Phippines
and the People's Republic of China, to be sung by the
Capitol Choir and the Bohol Wisdom School Choir respectively.
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Some
30 groups will also perform for the guests in a street dance
tomorrow to showcase the first international treaty of friendship
entered into by Boholano chieftain Datu Sikatuan and the Spanish
conquistador Miguel Lopez de Legazpi.
The
main highlight of the celebration is the inauguration of the
Loboc Riverbank Lighting project donated by Ambassador Chan.
A floating dinner fellowship will climax the affair tomorrow
evening.
THE
PACT
Bohol
and the province of Jiangxi inked an agreement of friendly
relations on May 8, 2006 in Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi.
The agreement was signed by Gov. Erico Aumentado and Jiangxi
Gov. Huang Zhiquan.
On
May 16, 2006 a provincial ordinance was adopted declaring
the 8th day of May and in the coming years thereafter as the
Bohol-Jiangxi Friendship Day.
The
agreement signed with the principle of equality and mutual
benefit for both provinces.
Both
sides agreed to conduct exchanges and cooperation in the fields
of economy, trade, science and technology, culture, education,
sports, public health and others with the view of common prosperity
and development.
The
Chinese delegation will be here Friday.
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