PH Blooms with Awards at 2023 Hong Kong Flower Show

Philippine Consul General in Hong Kong Raly L. Tejada receives the Consulate’s award given by LCSD during the Prize Presentation Ceremony.

HONG KONG 17 March 2023 – The Consulate General of the Philippines in Hong Kong and two other delegates from the Philippines were awarded prizes for their participation at the 2023 Hong Kong Flower Show held at Victoria Park, Causeway Bay.

This year, the Consulate featured Lucban, Quezon’s Pahiyas Festival. The Consulate booth was adorned with everlasting flowers, which are popular and abundant in Baguio City. Flowering plants including the theme flower, “Hydrangea”, and other native elements representing the vibrant and colorful harvest festival were also part of the display.

Consul General Raly L. Tejada received the Consulate’s Merit Award for Unique Feature during the Prize Presentation Ceremony held on 11 March 2023. Other participants from the Philippines, namely World Flower Council (Philippines Chapter) and Blue Grass Project Philippines, also won Grand Awards for Design Excellence and Unique Feature, respectively.

The Filipino Community, led by the Tinikling Group of Migrants, Migrant Ilonggo Cultural Dance Troupe, Global Alliance HK, One Visayas HK and HK Connect, regaled the audience by performing various Philippine folk dances including “Binasuan”, “Sayaw sa Pamaypay”, “Gaway-Gaway”, “Sayaw sa Cuyo”, “Sakuting” and “Tinikling” during the cultural presentation last 12 March 2023.

The Hong Kong Flower Show is an annual event organized by the Hong Kong Leisure and Cultural Services Department and is estimated to attract around 600,000 visitors. With this year’s theme, “Bliss in Bloom”, over 400,000 flowers on display and seventy-two (72) exhibitors from ten (10) countries took part in the show, which will run until 19 March 2023. END

Hong Kong PCG’s flower display inspired by the Pahiyas Festival of Lucban, Quezon.

(From L-R) Executive Director, Charities and Community of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, Dr Gabriel Leung; President of the Legislative Council, Mr. Andrew Leung; and the Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism, Mr. Kevin Yeung posed for a photo at the Consulate’s booth after the opening ceremony.

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(Upper L-R) “A Whisper of Wind” by World Flower Council (Philippines Chapter) and “Rotors” by Blue Grass Project Philippines (Lower L-R) take pride in representing the Philippines in the 2023 HKFS.

Consul General Raly L. Tejada (3rd from the left) proudly takes a photo with the members of Filipino Community and PCG staff at the Consulate booth.

Members of the Filipino Community perform various Philippine folk dances and pose for a photo with Consul General Raly L. Tejada after the cultural presentation.

Cultural Team distributes Pahiyas bag tags to visitors as event souvenir.

Curious locals delightfully pose for a photo at the Consulate’s booth.