The Bohol Chronicle
The cultural ties between China and the Philippines were strengthened with the visit of a well-known Chinese children’s choir to perform back-to-back with the world champion Loboc Children’s Choir last Friday at the Bohol Children’s Palace, a new intertainment venue donated by businessman-philanthropist Am-bassador Carlos Chan in Loboc town.
The Little Companion Art Troupe that the Shanghai Soong Ching Ling Foundation under Chairman Lu Ping and the Loboc Children’s Choir were one in singing the Filipino folk song Kaming Magmamani and the popular Chinese song translated as Smiles and Songs for the finale.
Gov. Erico Aumentado expressed deep appreciation for retired statesman Lu who had negotiated for the return of Hong Kong from Great Britain back to China for fulfilling his promise of bringing the art troupe here during their meeting in Shanghai in 2006.
Aumentado also thanked Ambassador Carlos Chan of Oishi fame who arranged the cultural visit. Philanthropist Chan is the Philippines’ special envoy to China and benefactor of the Loboc Children’s Choir, and Loboc town itself.
Chan donated Bohol the construction and state-of-the-art light and sound equipment for the Bohol Children’s Palace.
On top of the Loboc choir’s tours abroad, Chan also gave them international exposure by featuring them humming the Oishi jingle with footages of Bohol’s tourist spots as they endorsed Oishi products in television and print ads aired and published all across China.
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