PH Consulate General in HK Celebrates Buwan ng Wika 2018

Consul General Antonio A. Morales encourages some 100 attendees from the Filipino Community of the Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong’s celebration of Buwan ng Wika (National Language Month) at the Chancery Public Area on 12 August 2018 to revisit the Filipino language in keeping with this year’s theme “Filipino: Wika ng Saliksik” (Filipino: Language of Research). (Hong Kong PCG photo)

HONG KONG 28 August 2018 – The Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong celebrated Buwan ng Wika (National Language Month) with the Filipino Community at the Consulate General public area on 12 August 2018, with some 100 community leaders and representatives from various organizations in attendance.

Consul General Antonio A. Morales encouraged the attendees to revisit the Filipino language in keeping with this year’s theme “Filipino: Wika ng Saliksik” (Filipino: Language of Research), underscoring the need to encourage the use of the national language in works related to science, education, and media, among others.

He also reaffirmed the Consulate General’s commitment to conduct programs and activities geared towards Hong Kong Filipino youth in order to help them reconnect to their roots and improve their grasp and appreciation of Filipino language and culture.

Out of around 223,000 Filipinos in Hong Kong, some 17,000 are residents and dependents, including children and minors below 18 years of age.

The program featured cultural performances by the Consulate General staff singing three popular Filipino songs, the Federation of Luzon Active Groups with song renditions of Gary Granada’s “Tagumpay Nating Lahat,” and the Tinikling Group of Migrants with performances of regional folk dances “Binuyugan” and “Itik-Itik”.

One of the highlights of the program was a reading of national hero Dr. Jose P. Rizal’s “Sa Aking Mga Kababata” by Zachariah Oliver B. Sandoval, a young Filipino born and raised in Hong Kong. END

The Federation of Luzon Active Groups give a rendition of Gary Granada’s “Tagumpay Nating Lahat”. (Hong Kong PCG photo)

The Tinikling Group of Migrants performs the Ilocano folk dance “Binuyugan”. (Hong Kong PCG photo)

Consulate staff (from left) Liza C. Herrera, Romeo D. Dimaandal, and Jennifer T. Ramos sing Filipino folk songs at the Philippine Consulate Genera in Hong Kongl’s celebration of Buwan ng Wika (National Language Month). (Hong Kong PCG photo)

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