9TH JOINT MEETING OF THE FOUR PARTY MECHANISM HELD IN XIAMEN 04 October 2014 - Philippine Consul General Julius Caesar A. Flores attended the 9th Joint Meeting of the Four Party Mechanism last August 14 at Gulangyu Islet, Xiamen City The Four Party Mechanism is composed of the Xiamen Foreign Affairs Office (FAO) and the Consulates General of the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand in Xiamen. The meeting was presided over by Xiamen FAO Director General Hong Chengzong who was assisted by other FAO officers. Also present during the meeting were the Consuls General of Thailand and Singapore and their respective delegations. Xiamen Daily, a local media outlet, was also represented. The meeting assessed the results of the 4th Nanyang Culture Festival held in Xiamen from March 28 to April 04 and to get inputs and ideas from the Four Parties on how to further improve the conduct of the biennial Festival, in preparation for the 5th Nanyang Festival in 2016. Among the issues agreed upon by the parties were the streamlining of the activities during the festival to facilitate logistics; upgrading the festival; and finalizing preparations for the event at least six months in advance to give the participating countries ample time to organize their respective delegations. Upon the proposal of Consul General Flores, the parties also agreed to encourage participation by national leaders and other agencies from ASEAN, persuade more private institutions from the ASEAN to participate including schools and universities, and identify early on the products to be brought by each ASEAN country to avoid competition with other participating countries. Consul General Flores also recommended the holding of more activities that would encourage people-to-people interaction and foster understanding of Chinese and ASEAN cultures. He also informed the body that the Philippines could assist the Gulangyo Administration in having Gulangyo Islet included in the list of World’s Heritage Sites with a cooperation program of technical assistance and cultural performances. DG Hong lauded the great team work of the core group during the 4th Nanyang Cultural Festival that caught the attention of national authorities in Beijing. He said that he was also offered support by ASEAN embassies in Beijing for the next Nanyang Festival. END
Posted on: Sat, 04 Oct 2014 00:13:16 +0000
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