PHILIPPINE EMBASSY, KUALA LUMPUR WELCOMES PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS
 FROM MINDANAO ON STUDY VISIT IN MALAYSIA

18 January 2007 — Chargé d’Affaires, a. i. (CDA) Antonio A. Morales of the Philippine Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia welcomed on 17 January 2007 a 23-member delegation from the Provincial Board Members from Davao del Norte and Zamboanga del Norte who are on a two-day study tour of Malaysia on 17 and 18 January 2007. 

Embassy officials gave to the visiting provincial officials a briefing on Philippine-Malaysia relations and on Malaysia's government, economic programs and socio-cultural systems. The briefing also included the situation of overseas Filipino workers in Malaysia. 

The delegation is scheduled to call on the officials of the Local Government Department, Ministry of Housing and Local Government, the Malaysian Parliament, and the University of Malaya. The delegation will also visit places of interest aimed at exposing the provincial officials to Malaysia's system of government, its policies, and vast achievements as a rapidly developing country. The delegation will proceed from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore. 

The members of the visiting delegation from the Provincial Government of Davao del Norte are Shirley Belen R. A-Ala, Meliton D. Lemos, Alan D. Zulueta, Macario A. Bermudez, Emelita A. Alvarez, Hemanie L. Duco, Jose L. Silvosa, Sr, Franklin D. Gentiles, Caspar R. Valera, Rogelio E. Israel, Nieljun Esdrelon, and Kim P. Quesada.  

The representatives from the Provincial Government of Zamboanga del Norte included  Joseph Brendo C. Ajero, Norbideiri B. Edding, Felixberto C. Bolando, Anecito S. Darunday, Ediomar M. Zamoras, Uldarico B. Mejorada, Cedric L. Adriatico, Fernando R. Cabigon, Arasam A. Ismael, and Feriormino S. Cabale. Ms. Vivian Suansing, Chief, Bureau of Local Government Supervision, Department of Interior and Local Government, accompanied the delegation.  END

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