Ropublic af the Philippines

Hause of Representutines
Quezon City, Mote Manila

Seventeenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No, 4 856

Introduced by Honorable Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and
Honorable Carmelo B. Lazatin II

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to grant Philippine citizenship to MAYLEEN TING, a 39-
year-old American Citizen business woman.

Mayleen Ting was born on June 14, 1977 to her parents Sylvia $.Y. Chen
and Elon Ting in Portland, Oregon, USA, thus making her an American citizen.
She and her family came to the Philippines on December 30, 1978 and established
their home in No. 27 Tanguile Road, Forbes Park, Makati City. In 1987, Mr. Elon
Ting established the Trust International Paper Company (TIPCO) in Mabalacat,
Pampanga. TIPCO specializes in the production of quality newsprint, printing and
writing paper and packaging, utilizing 100% recycled paper. Thus far, it is the
only paper manufacturer in the country that exports newsprint and printing and
writing paper, principally to the Asian region. From the time they set foot in the
Philippines, the Ting Family embraced the Philippines as their permanent
homeland,

Mayleen Ting enrolled and finished her primary and secondary education in
the International School in Manila from 1983 to 1993 and was granted a permanent
residency. Thereafter, she went to the United States where she took up and
finished Mechanical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.



Further, she got her Master in Business Administration at Stanford University
California. On the other hand, in 1991, spouses Ting were granted a Philippine
Special Resident Retiree’s Visa.

In January 2008, Mayleen Ting, together with her husband and daughter,
came back home to the Philippines to manage the companies her parents built. It
was an opportunity to apply and impart her knowledge and expertise. They
established residency at South 19-A Pacific Plaza Towers Condominium,
Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City. She now has three children two of whom were
born here in the Philippines.

Mayleen is currently one of the directors and consultants of TIPCO which is
now on its 40" year in service. Her work includes, among others, the development
and deployment of corporate strategy for existing paper business as well as for
diversification into adjacent and/or related businesses. TIPCO util 100%
recycled materials using advanced-technology machineries being mindful with the
environment preservation. It provides employment to at least 500 employees
greatly helping in the business climate and economic growth of Mabalacat City,
the province of Pampanga and the nation as a whole. Mayleen is also a director of
the ANDA Power Supply Corporation, Solenergy Systems, Inc., TIPCO Estates
Corporation, and Panay Electric Development Corporation. These are all
Philippine based companies. These contributions of the Ting family were given
recognition through a resolution by the City Council of Mabalacat. Pampanga
commending Elon Ting and the hardworking Mayleen Ting for their invaluable
services and recommending the grant of citizenship to Mayleen Ting.

Mayleen Ting has indicated her true and sincere intention to stay for good in
the Philippines and accomplish the dream she shares with her husband and her
parents, which is to serve the country they had leaned to love and embrace. With
her distinguished services, Mayleen Ting has proven her sincere desire to be one
of us. Granting her Philippine citizenship will definitely serve to benefit our
country,

In view of the foregoing, immediate approval of this bill is earnestly sought.
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GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO CARMELO B.'LAZATIN IL


Republic of the Philippines
House of Representatives
@uozon City, Metre Mila

Seventeenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No._4656

Introduced by Honorable Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and
Honorable Carmelo B. Lazatin II

AN ACT
GRANTING FILIPINO CITIZENSHIP TO MAYLEEN TING.

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

SECTION 1. Mayleen Ting is hereby granted Philippine citizenship with
all the rights, privileges and prerogatives appurtenant thereto.

After the taking and registration of the oath of allegiance to the Republic of
the Philippines, Mayleen Ting shall enter into the full enjoyment of Philippine
citizenship.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in
the Official Gazette or in two (2) national newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,