Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS 
Third Regular Session 
House Bill No. _________ 
Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE JOEY SARTE SALCEDA 
AN ACT 
GRANTING PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP TO KUO-WEI SU 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
A Taiwanese national who have been residing in the Philippines for decades now who are 
deemed to be highly qualified as development investors because their hearts are inclined 
towards this country.  
Mr. KUO-WEI SU, was born in Taiwan, or the Republic of China.  Despite the fact that 
they have been accustomed to a life of ease in Taiwan, they chose to come to the Philippines 
in 1994.  Mr. Su has manifested their intense desire to become Filipino citizens and have 
learned to embrace and practice Filipino culture. In fact, all of their children studied their 
education in the Philippines. 
He migrated to the Philippines, with their business acumen, their personal wealth, and their 
dignity.  In 1994, they put up their first business establishment in the Philippines: the New 
Formosa Shabu-Shabu Restaurant in Mabini Street, Malate, Manila, with an initial capital 
investment of Two Million Pesos.   
At the height of the Asian Financial Crisis in 1997, the brothers, undeterred by the risk of 
sinking, invested another Twenty-Five Million Pesos worth of a new restaurant in Quezon 
City. 
While the rest of the Southeast Asian countries were still experiencing the drawbacks of the 
crisis and the Philippines was just surviving a political turmoil, the brothers continued to 
venture into economic investments in the country worth millions and billions of pesos, such 
as the Sung Yueh Construction in 2003; the MSK Group in 2005-2010; and the Weishin 
Subic Bay Corporation in 2007. The investments focused on infrastructure projects that 
created buildings and houses for the Filipino people.  In the years that followed the brothers 
created four more companies that caused other foreign entities to invest in the country, also in 
billions of pesos   thereby creating more jobs and uplifting the lives of the people. 
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It would be unfair, however, to equate the efforts of the development investors as merely for 
profit, because the brothers proved to be great philanthropists themselves when they created 
the Ermita-Malate Fire and Rescue Volunteer Association with Three Million Pesos donation. 
It must be noted that the associate development investors are prime advocates of the 
country’s green recovery program aimed at restoring our forest cover, protecting our endemic 
species, and ensuring environmental protection and climate change adaptation. This was 
proven by their support during the: a) 2017 LMP National Roll-Out of the Training 
Workshop on the Formulation of Local Climate Change Action Plan (LCCAP) in the 
Philippines; b) Federalism Malasakit at Pagbabago (under the League of Municipalities of the 
Philippines, Office of the 2nd District of Albay, Local Climate Change Adaptation for 
Development (LCCAD) in collaboration with the Department of the Interior and Local 
Government (DILG), Climate Change Commission (CCC), Philippine Information Agency 
(PIA), and the University of the Philippines Resilience Institute (UPRI), and the City 
Government of Legazpi. Their advocacy lies in the ability of the national and local 
governments to sustainably manage our natural resources and better environmental 
governance with support from the private sector. The initiative is to empower our 
communities to come together and cooperate.  
Amidst the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, and while other foreign investors are 
abandoning the Philippines, the loyal brothers, through their companies continued and 
increased their efforts in assisting the communities where they operate. Such efforts include: 
a) repair, beautification, installation of solar lights in the abandoned Asia Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC) Villas that generated jobs for residents of Subic and other provinces; b)
donated laptops to interns of the Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Training Institute
(ATI) for their online classes; c) through the MSK Group Work Inc. donated numerous face
masks to the City of Olongapo and other LGUs; d) donated 150 electric fans to the quarantine
and isolation facilities of the PNP front liners who were victims of COVID -19; e) donated
One hundred Fifty thousand Pesos to the New Cabalan National High School; f) constructed
a covered court and school fences in Pastolan Elementary School; and  g) donated 19 vehicles
(SUVs/trucks) for maintenance of peace, security and safety of the Subic Bay Freeport Zone
and neighbors.
Mr. Kuo-Wei Su clearly holds character traits of a true Filipino: loving, generous, 
respectful, ethical, loyal, optimistic, persevering and eager to help communities, among 
others. 
Having invested billions of pesos to this country, providing livelihood and jobs to our fellow 
Filipinos and having shown dedication, loyalty, and love to our beloved country and its 
people, the associate brothers would be of great addition to the Philippines and the Filipino 
community. It is high time for the Philippines to show how much we value KUO-WEI SU’s, 
contributions by granting unto them Filipino citizenships by virtue of this Legislative 
Naturalization. 
In view of the foregoing, the approval of this measure is urgently sought. 
JOEY SARTE SALCEDA 


Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS 
Third Regular Session 
House Bill No. _________ 
Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE JOEY SARTE SALCEDA 
AN ACT 
GRANTING PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP TO KUO-WEI SU 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
SECTION 1. Mr. Kuo-Wei Su 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. After the taking by Mr. Kuo-Wei Su of his Oath of Allegiance before an 
officer duly authorized for this purpose, and the registration of the same with the Bureau of 
Immigration, Mr. Kuo-Wei Su shall enter upon the full enjoyment of his Philippine 
citizenship. 
SEC. 3. Upon registration of the Oath of Allegiance, the Bureau of Immigration shall 
forthwith issue Mr. Kuo-Wei Su a Certificate of Naturalization. 
SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect immediately upon publication in at least two (2) 
newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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