Malacañang - July 6, 2005
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo inducted on July 5 Tuesday night the
2005 officers of the Anvil Business Club (ABC), an influential and
dynamic organization of young Filipino-Chinese entrepreneurs and
professionals at the Rizal Hall in Malacañang Palace.
Inducted were George Siy, chairman; Wilson Lee Flores, president; Roy
Chua, executive vice president; Kenneth Hung, corporate secretary;
Daniel Ching, assistant
corporate secretary; Jeffrey Cobankiat, treasurer; Alvin Uy and William
Villanueva, sergeants-at-arms; and directors Michael Chenglay, Wilfred
Co, Bernard Go, Ronald Alan Ko, Jeffrey Ng, Eduardo Cobankiat, Charlton
Ng, and Robert Marie Sy.
Special awards were handed by President Arroyo, George Siy and Wilson
Lee Flores to seven outstanding officers Roy Chua for the new and
popular 2005 program on sports development and physical fitness
campaign,
Kenneth Hung for international relations and a major China trip project
in Fujian province, William Villanueva for the successful IT project,
Jeffrey Cobankiat for outstanding financial management in 2005, Bernard
Go for generous support of 2 international student math olympiads in
Bohol but using the name of Anvil, Jeffrey Ng for outstanding leadership
as Anvil co-founder and for hosting the memorable 2005 Chinese Lunar
New Year celebration, and Ronald Alan Ko for overseeing the dynamism of
the
Anvil Exchange Forum this 2005.
Among those present were the Singaporean Ambassador and her diplomats,
former Press Secretary Ricardo "Dong" Puno of ABS-CBN News, Tarlac 2nd
District Rep. Jesli Lapus, Employers Confederation of the Philippines
(ECOP) former president Ambassador Donald
Dee, and Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) chairman
emeritus Miguel Varela, the Presidents and officers of various chambers
like the British
Chamber of Commerce, the Taiwanese Chamber of
Commerce, and many other dignitaries.
Established in 1991, ABC promotes entrepreneurial courage, professional
excellence, leadership, Confucian values, and civic consciousness.
ABC officers and members include top leaders of associations or business
chambers in various industries such as garments, real estate,
supermarkets, electrical, steel, manufacturing, food, and banking, among
others.
Among Anvil Business Club's advocacies are the increase in the salaries
of government personnel, modernization of the educational system,
upholding the sanctity of contracts, use of benchmarks for monitoring
public projects, tourism promotion, long-term lease for foreign
investors, lower cost of
electricity and energy development, and programs to support local
production.
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