PH Consulate General Commemorates Cebu-Xiamen Friendship Day 2018
Consul General Julius Caesar A. Flores (left) turned-over the publications to Hon. Margarita Osmeña (center), Cebu City Councilor and Chairperson of Cebu City Sister Cities Commission (CCSCC) and is joined by a City Library staff (right) in a simple ceremony at the Cebu City Public Library on 19 October 2018 to commemorate Cebu-Xiamen Friendship Day 2018. (Xiamen PCG photo)
XIAMEN 12 November 2018 — The Philippine Consulate General in Xiamen commemorated the Cebu-Xiamen Friendship Day 2018 with a symbolic turn-over of publications donated by the Xiamen Municipal Library and Xiamen International Book Co., Ltd. to the Cebu City Public Library on 19 October 2018, under the framework of Cebu-Xiamen Sister City Partnership.
The publications were turned over by Consul General Julius Caesar A. Flores to Cebu City Councilor and Chairperson of Cebu City Sister Cities Commission (CCSCC)Margarita V. Osmeña, in a simple ceremony at the City Library. The publications will form part of the City Library’s dedicated Chinese Corner.
Councilor Osmeña welcomed the gesture of Xiamen City, which will contribute to furthering the knowledge of the Cebuanos of China.
The publications will enhance the City Library’s Chinese Corner that will allow the reading public to have a greater appreciation and understanding of China and contribute to the nurturing of Cebu-Xiamen partnership as well as Philippine-Fujian-China relations.
The Consulate General will also explore possible collaboration between Cebu and Xiamen City libraries as part of its cultural diplomacy thrusts. END
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Right photo: Located at Osmeña Blvd. Cebu City, the Rizal Memorial Library and Museum serves as a fount of knowledge among Cebuanos. Left photo: A dedicated Chinese corner of the City Library provides a valuable venue for the general reading public to obtain a greater appreciation and understanding of China. (Xiamen PCG photo)