PHIL-CHI BIZ ORG CELEBRATES NATIONAL DAY

It was another evening of torrential rains and snarled traffic jam in the metropolis, but Typhoon Lando's wrath didn't stop the delegation from the Association of Young Filipino-Chinese Entrepreneurs (Anvil Business Club) in gracing the Philippine Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry's (菲律賓中國商會) commemoration of China's 66th National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival at the Golden Bay Fresh Seafood Restaurant.
Attended by noted business and government personalities – among them Congressman Ferdinand Martin Romualdez of the 1st District of Leyte – the affair saw lucky winners receive generous cash prizes as their raffle tickets were drawn by chamber officers and special guests. A sumptuous twelve-course lariat and free-flowing Hennessy Cognac (courtesy of Anvil member Rudy Ngo) were made available to everyone. Entertainment numbers from sultry singer-composer Diana Soto Dayao, up-and-coming belter Abegail Garza, and fast-rising crooner Jayson Alexander Kiong made the evening more colorful. Both Jayson and ABS-CBN Sports & Action talent (not to mention, former Starstruck V finalist) Roxanne Chan Montealegre superbly co-hosted the event.

The National Day of the People's Republic of China (國慶節) is a public holiday in the People's Republic of China to mark the 66th founding nationhood of the State; it is traditionally observed on October 1 of every year. The Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節), on the other hand, is a harvest festival celebrated by ethnic Chinese and is listed as an "intangible cultural heritage" and a public holiday in Mainland China.
Kudos to the Yeoman efforts of PCCCI's energetic Secretary-General Melvin Han Bing Tan, who made the entire evening very memorable.