09 October 2014 - The Filipinos in China (FINCH), the Filipino community organization based in Quanzhou City, successfully held a sportsfest on September 21 at the SM indoor sports facility in Jinjiang City, Fujian. Some 160 Filipinos from Quanzhou, Shishi, Jinjiang, Fuzhou and Xiamen cities attended the event.
In his remarks, Philippine Consul General Julius Caesar A. Flores expressed appreciation to FINCH for organizing the event and for bringing together Filipinos from all over Fujian, thereby forging unity, friendship and camaraderie among the participants and their friends. Consul General Flores posed three challenges to FINCH and the Filipino Association in Xiamen (FAX): As a short-term goal, for the two organizations to continue and sustain the good work by helping to unite and galvanize Filipinos in Fujian Province; in the medium term, for FAX and FINCH to join and support the Philippine Consulate General’s activities, and to organize collaborative activities as part of the double celebration of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Philippine Consulate General in Xiamen and the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Philippines and China in 2015; and in the long term, for FAX and FINCH to consider uniting and integrating as one organization of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Fujian because “by being united more can be achieved.”
The Green Team was the overall champion with 21 points and victories in men’s basketball and badminton singles, tug-of-war, rope race and sack race. Coming a close second with 19 points was the Blue Team which won in badminton mixed doubles, women’s basketball women’s badminton singles, women’s volleyball and eggplant race.
The Philippine Consulate General in Xiamen, headed by Consul General Flores, extended its full support to the event with some of its personnel joining the tournament. END