Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
Eighteenth Congress 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. _______ 
Introduced by 
REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPH STEPHEN S. PADUANO 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Known by his friends to be a good person and a samaritan, Mr. Tang Yong, for 
over sixteen years has built his good reputation in the Philippines as a man of honesty, 
dignity, generosity, and readiness to extend all forms of assistance to all person around 
him, especially Filipinos.  
It is noteworthy that Mr. Tang Yong made numerous donations during his 16-year 
stay in the Philippines. Unfortunately, most, if not all, of them does not have any records 
as his intention was purely to help and not to monitor or expect anything in return. In 
fact, during the initial onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic alone, Mr. Tang Yong 
purchased and donated: 
i.
Thirty thousand sets of RT-PCR test kits and equipment to the local
government of Angeles City, Pampanga and Chinese General Hospital in
Manila amounting to four hundred thirty-four thousand nine hundred
dollars (US$ 434,000.00); and
ii.
Thirty-four thousand kilos of rice to Municipality of E.B. Magalona
amounting to one million five hundred thousand pesos (PhP1,500,000.00)
as part of the relief efforts for families affected by the COVID-19 community
lockdown.
In addition to the above, Mr. Tang Yong contributes to Philippine society and 
economy by providing thousands of employment opportunities to our countrymen 
through his many business ventures. Many Filipinos have long depended their livelihood 
and job to Mr. Tang Yong’s business genius. Mr. Tang Yong is a visionary in the field of 
business. Among others, he has investment in companies and projects involving Grab, 
Stock X, and submarine cables for internet data connectivity.  
During his 16-year residency in the Philippines, Mr. Tang Yong met his common 
law wife, Ms. Rochiel Calara Rueda (“Ms. Rueda”), a Filipino citizen, whom he has a 
child named David Yue Rueda Tang, also a Filipino citizen.  
Mr. Tang Yong has long embraced the Filipino culture, values, practices, and 
virtues having moved to the Philippines in 2005. He has built lasting friendships in the 
Philippines whom he most value. He is a respected individual in his circles compose of 
mainly Filipinos. His friends have long treated him as a Filipino having shown respect 
and courtesy in treating his Filipino compatriots.  
On top of this, Mr. Tang Yong has made it as his personal commitment to retire in 
the Philippines and continue to spend his days with his Filipino family. So much so that 
he invested in Citicircle Group, Inc., a company he jointly owned with Ms. Rueda 
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focusing on real estate property development, acquisition, lease, development, and 
management of real properties in the Philippines with an asset portfolio of over five 
hundred million pesos (PhP500,000,000.00).  
 It is without doubt, that in the eyes of his family, friends, and co-workers, Mr. 
Tang Yong is already a Filipino. What merely differentiates him from us is a piece of 
paper as legal proof that indeed he is one. After all, Mr. Tang Yong has spent half of his 
adult life in the Philippines. 
The undersigned sincerely believes and confirms that once granted Filipino 
citizenship, Mr. Tang Yong will be able to do more to help our constituents.  
More importantly, this humble representation is confident that Mr. Tang Yong will 
be an asset to our country. He is eligible and worthy of being conferred the honor of 
becoming our fellow countryman, a Filipino citizen. 
Thus, this humble representation seeks the support of this august body for the 
immediate passage of this proposed legislation.  
REP. JOSEPH STEPHEN S. PADUANO   


Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
Eighteenth Congress 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. _______ 
Introduced by 
REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPH STEPHEN S. PADUANO 
AN ACT GRANTING PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP TO TANG YONG 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Grant of Philippine Citizenship. – Mr. Tang Yong is hereby granted 
Philippine citizenship with all the rights, privileges, and prerogatives, as well as the 
duties and obligations appurtenant thereto under the Constitution and the laws of the 
Republic of the Philippines.  
SEC. 2. Oath of Allegiance. – Mr. Tang Yong shall enter upon the full enjoyment of 
his Philippine citizenship after taking his Oath of Allegiance before any officer duly 
authorized for this purpose. Thereafter, his Oath of Allegiance shall be registered with 
the Bureau of Immigration. 
SEC 3. Certification of Naturalization. – Upon registration of the Oath of Allegiance, 
the Bureau of Immigration shall forthwith issue Mr. Tang Yong’s Certificate of 
Naturalization.  
SEC. 4. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication 
in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.  
Approved, 
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