Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 6262

INTRODUCED BY: DEPUTY SPEAKER GWENDOLYN F. GARCIA

Though a national of Hong Kong {first as a tentitory of the United
Kingdom then as a Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of
China), Mr. Carlos Kwok-Hing Yeung has, for over 40 years, worked and lived
as if he were a Filipino.

In 1978, he first came to the Philippines, fell in love and wed a
Cebuana, Mariquita Salimbangon, and made Cebu not just his second
home, but the home of his growing family and the focus of his ventures as an
entrepreneur.

A partner of the highly successful diamond dealer Simplex Diam H.K.
Ltd. in Hong Kong, Mr. Yeung soon expanded his investments to the
Philippines through MSY Holdings Inc., of which he is Vice-Chairman, whose
affiliates are engaged in diverse businesses such as real estate development,
the hospitality business, health and fitness, and others: Agujo Land
Corporation, MFC Holdings Corporation, CY/FC Ventures Corporation, Cebu
Sutherland Construction and Development Corporation and Kandaya Fitness
Gymine.

MSY Holdings Inc. is responsible for building two distinct landmarks in
Cebu: the Kandaya Resort, a luxury beach resort in Daanbantayan, in
northem Cebu, and the MSY Tower, the premier business address at the Cebu
Business Park, Cebu City.

While his business ventures have created employment opportunities for
thousands of Filipinos, it is in the area of philanthropy that Mr. Yeung excels
‘and has touched tens of thousands of lives in Cebu and nearby provinces
since 1991. Through MSY Foundation, Mr. Yeung, together with his wife, Dame
Mariquita Salimbangon-Yeung, has funded the construction of health centers
‘and the conduct of medicalsurgica-dental missions in depressed areas in
Cebu Province, a medical assistance program for indigent patients,


assistance for the repair and reconstruction of public schools, financial
assistance to poor and deserving students in the primary, secondary and
tertiary levels; relief operations in times of natural calamity and support to
worthy religious, social, civil and cultural projects. Its flagship project,
Operation Smile, to help children with cleft lip and cleft palate, is now on its
19! year, and has given over 5000 children new smiles and a new shot at life.

In recognition of MSY Foundation's philanthropy, its Founding
Chairman, Dame Mariquita Salimbangon-Yeung, was recognized as a Papal
awardee of the Order of St. Sylvester. Mr. Yeung and his wife share a home in
Cebu City with their three children, who are all responsible and productive
citizens of this country.

Citizenship is a high privilege as well as an awesome responsibility: it
requires physical presence, integration into the community, investment in a
nation's future, a demonstrable compassion for your fellowmen, particularly
your future fellow citizens. If this be the standard, Carlos Kwok-Hing Yeung has
shown that he is and should be a citizen of the Philippines.

Hence, this bill to grant him citizenship.

JOLYN F. GARCIA


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 6262

INTRODUCED BY: DEPUTY SPEAKER GWENDOLYN F. GARCIA

AN ACT GRANTING PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP TO KWOK HING CARLOS YEUNG

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines
in Congress assembled;

Section 1. Mr. Kwok Hing Carlos Yeung is hereby granted Philippine
citizenship with all the rights, privileges and prerogatives, as well as the duties
and obligations appurtenant there to under the Constitution and the laws of
the Republic of the Philippines.

Section 2. Upon taking his Oath of Allegiance before an officer duly
authorized for this purpose, and the registration of the same with the Bureau
of Immigration, Mr. Kwok Hing Carlos shall enter upon the full enjoyment of his
Philippine citizenship.

Section 3. Upon registration of the Oath of Allegiance, the Bureau of
Immigration shall issue Mr. Kwok Hing Carlos his Certificate of Naturalization.

Section 4. This Act shall take effect immediately upon publication in at
least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,