Republic of the Philippines 
House Of Representatives 
Quezon City 
Nineteenth Congress 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. _______ 
Introduced by 
REPRESENTATIVE MANUEL JOSE M. DALIPE 
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$ 434,900.00); 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.
iii.
Cash Donation of Philippine Pesos:  One Million (Php 1,000,000.00)
for the typhoon victims residing at the 3rd District of the Province of
Leyte, Philippines.
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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 composed 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 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 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. 
 
For the information of my honorable colleagues, Mr. Tang Yong’s 
application for the issuance of Filipino citizenship – House Bill No. 10565 was 
approved on third reading by the last Congress. Unfortunately, there was not 
enough time to for the previous Congress pass the said bill into a law. 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Thus, this humble representation seeks the support of this august body for 
the immediate passage of this proposed legislation.  
MANUEL JOSE M. DALIPE 
2nd District, Zamboanga City 


Republic of the Philippines 
House Of Representatives 
Quezon City 
Nineteenth Congress 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. _______ 
Introduced by 
REPRESENTATIVE MANUEL JOSE M. DALIPE 
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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