On the 9th of June, the 2024 Lakad Magkaibigan, a fun-walk co-organized by the Chinese Filipino Business Club, Inc., Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII), Manila Chinatown Development Council, and various Tsinoy community groups, was launched in Manila, Philippines. Esteemed personalities including Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian, Manila City Vice Mayor Yul Servo Nieto, and 10,000 people from all over Metro Manila joined the event to celebrate the 23rd Filipino-Chinese Friendship Day.
CFBCI President Samuel Lee Uy lead more than 200 people in Lakad Magkaibigan including his fellow CFBCI officers, members, and scholars of the Pagharap sa Pangarap College Scholarship Program. Even their families and friends joyfully participated in the fun-walk to express their support in promoting patriotism and the longstanding friendship between the Philippines and China.
At five o’clock in the morning, two groups departed from San Lorenzo Ruiz Plaza and San Fernando Petron Gas Station, and met at the historic “Filipino Chinese Friendship Bridge” which connects Binondo and Intramuros. As the two groups united, firecrackers were lit while everyone proudly waved their Philippine flaglets. They walked together blissfully towards the finish line at the Bonifacio Shrine where a wreath-laying ceremony was held. In his speech, Ambassador Huang Xilian emphasized that everyone shall partake in preserving the precious and mutually benefiting relationship between the two countries.
Despite the large number of participants, the Lakad Magkaibigan was a well-organized event. CFBCI wishes a long-standing friendship between the Philippines and China!
菲華工商總會訊:為慶祝菲律濱一百廿六週年獨立節及第廿三屆菲中友誼日,本會聯合馬尼拉華人區發展委員會、菲中愛心基金,於六月九日(星期日)共同舉辦「友誼萬人步行」(Lakad Magkaibigan)。中國駐菲大使黃溪連、馬尼拉市副市長尼耶道(Vice Mayor John Marvin Yul Servo Nieto),及菲中愛心基金的三十個單位領導、學校師生和描籠涯民眾,逾萬人熱情參與,場面隆重而盛大。
本會理事長黃書瑋親自率領二百多人參加「友誼萬人步行」活動,與會者除了有本會領導同仁、「點亮未來」受助生及其親朋好友外,也有領導動員了公司員工一起參與這場不僅促進愛國情操,同時彰顯了華人與菲律濱同胞之間的深厚友誼的重大意義活動。
活動於清晨五時,兵分兩路,華社各團體代表隊伍在岷倫洛天主教堂前花園口廣場集合,各描籠涯代表隊伍在San Fernando Petron加油站集合,於五時卅分準時從「菲中友誼橋」兩邊一起出發,在橋中央會合,一同合影及燃放鞭炮,再前往終點站馬尼拉市政府旁的文尼法壽紀念公園(Bonifacio Shrine),在那裡舉行升旗典禮,然後由中國駐菲大使黃溪連、馬尼拉副市長尼耶道及主要團體領導代表向民族英雄文尼法壽(Andres Bonifacio)獻花致敬。接著由商總理事長施東方博士、馬尼拉市副市長尼耶道及中國駐菲大使黃溪連分別致詞。
黃大使在致詞中對第廿三屆中菲友誼日和菲律濱第一百廿六週年獨立節致以熱烈祝賀。他表示,大家剛剛一同走過的岷倫洛—王城區(B-I)大橋,象徵著中菲兩國千年傳統友誼,兩側的中菲友誼園是專門為紀念中菲兩國人民攜手並肩抗擊新冠疫情而設立的,體現了兩國人民千百年來和睦相處、守望相助的優良傳統。我們在此緬懷菲律濱民族英雄,也要紀念包括華僑抗日遊擊支隊在內的菲華抗日遊擊英雄,他們為菲律濱的民族獨立解放浴血奮戰,做出了重要犧牲和貢獻。今天的「萬人友誼步行」,反映了中菲兩國廣大民眾希望增進相互了解、傳承傳統友誼的共同心聲。
希望今天的活動有助於將這些聲音傳得更遠、更廣。黃大使呼籲:中菲傳統友誼彌足珍貴,值得雙方共同珍惜與精心照顧。讓我們牢記中菲建交初心,順應兩國人民共同心聲,攜手同行,為中菲關係健康穩定發展貢獻力量、保駕護航。
本會出席「友誼萬人步行」活動的其他領導同仁有:副理事長楊良田、林天德偕夫人侯月娥、陳華民,常務理事洪海濱、留牡丹、莊南文、侯逸蘭偕公子許偉城、顏漢龍及理事許啟敏,許純維,楊錦程等人。
當天「友誼萬人步行」活動雖然參與的人數眾多,但過程井然有序,歷時一個多小時,最後順利圓滿成功。祝國慶節快樂!祝菲中友誼源遠流長!
圖片說明:本會兩百多人參與「友誼萬人步行」活動圖片。
上左圖:(左起)副理事長林天德,理事長黃書瑋,副理事長楊良田率領本會Group B隊伍到達終點站文尼法壽紀念公園。
上中、右圖:在菲中友誼橋中央揮舞國旗合影。在終點站文尼法壽紀念公園合影。
中中、右圖:本會龐大的隊伍浩浩蕩蕩地前進。(左起)顏漢龍,留牡丹,許啟敏,莊南文,許純維,楊錦程,洪海濱,許偉城,侯逸蘭。
下左圖:菲中愛心基金三十個單位領導與中國駐菲大使黃溪連及馬尼拉市副市長尼耶道手勾手,象徵菲中友誼堅定不移。
下中圖:理事長黃書瑋與黃溪連大使合影。
下右圖:本會部分出席領導與馬尼拉市副市長合影。(前排左起)留牡丹,侯逸蘭,(後左起)楊錦程,許偉城,黃書瑋,副市長尼耶道,陳華民,洪海濱,許純維,莊南文,馬尼拉華人區發展委員會主席蔡臻蔚。