19 December 2013 - Consul General Julius Caesar A. Flores addresses a gathering of about 60 Filipino students and officers of the Filipino Association in Xiamen (FAX) in the evening of December 12 on the issues surrounding Violence Against Women and the efforts of the government to curb this social ill.  This activity was conducted within the premises of the Consulate General as a culminating activity in observance of the 18-Day Campaign to End Violence against Women, spearheaded by the Philippine Commission on Women.

The Consul General also took the opportunity to encourage the students to become ambassadors of goodwill for the Philippines by being the best that they can be in everything that they do.  The students are Filipinos nationals taking various courses at Xiamen University or Huaqiao University-Jimei (Xiamen) Campus.  Part of the activities in the evening of December 12 was a Christmas fellowship and salo-salo among the students, FAX officers and Consulate General personnel.  END