Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

Nineteenth Congress
First Regular Session

House Bill No. _ 13 18 _

Introduced by Representative JOEY SARTE SALCEDA

AN ACT
GRANTING PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP TO LI DUAN WANG

EXPLANATORY NOTE
A Chinese national who have been residing in the Philippines for three decades now who

are deemed to be highly qualified as development investors because their hearts are inclined
towards this country.

Mr. WANG LIDUAN, a Chinese National from Fujian. Republic of China, has chosen to
move to the Philippines in 1991and has established good relations with his Filipino partners as
well as their employees. Mr. Liduan, has expressed his ardent desire to become a Filipino citizen
and has learned to embrace and practice Filipino culture. In fact, all of their children studied their
education in the Philippines.

At the height of the Asian Financial Crisis. 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 associate of Mr. Wang Liduan, continued to venture into economic investments
development 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.

Also, Mr. Liduan, is a member of the Board of Directors of Topmarket Property
Development and Management Inc., is formerly a subsidiary company of A.M Oreta and
Company (AMOCO) but is now under a new management. It is one of the top AAA builders in
the country, with over 65 years of experience in engineering and construction of well-known
structures. landmarks and institutions. Among these are some of the country’s world class such as
The manila Peninsula, Intercontinental Hotel. The Hilton and the Samal Island Resort. One of its
latest projects is the 3 Forty Fifth Residences located at Indo China Dr. Alabang Muntinlupa.

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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; and c) The regional consultation on the
creation of the Department of Disaster Resilience (DDR) of the 16 regions in the country under
the leadership of the Office of the 2nd District of Albay- Local Climate Change Adaptation for
Development in collaboration with the Office of Civil Defense (OCD). 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. Mr. WANG has been instrumental in providing
direction and support on Coffee Heritage Project (CHP)'s intensive research on the impacts of
climate change in coffee farms and production. Beyond Mr. WANG? inputs on establishing
organizational policy, his immense support on CHP"s different undertakings such as. “The
Heirloom Barako Coffee Project”, participation in the AVPA PARIS International Coffee
Competition. and numerous sustainability projects with indigenous peoples in different
communities from the Cordilleras to Bangsamoro region is nothing less than, unprecedented

‘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. Wang Liduan clearly possesses 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 WANG LIDUAN's,
contributions by granting unto them Filipino citizenships by virtue of this Legislative
Naturalization.

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In view of the foregoing, the approval of this measure is urgently sought.

JOEY SARTE SALCEDA

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

Nineteenth Congress
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 1318 _

Introduced by Representative JOEY SARTE SALCEDA

AN ACT
GRANTING PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP TO LI DUAN WANG

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

SECTION 1. Mr. Li Duan Wang 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. Mr. Li Duan Wang shall take the Oath of Allegiance to the Republic of the
Philippines before an officer duly authorized to administer the same. The Oath of Allegiance shall

be registered with the Bureau of Immigration.

SI

a Certificate of Naturalization to Mr. Li Duan Wang who shall thereupon enter into the full

©. 3. Upon registration of the Oath of Allegiance. the Bureau of Immigration shall issue

enjoyment of Philippine citizenship.

SEC. 4. 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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