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The
30-member Japanese delegation led by Mr. Yujiru Fukuda of the Aishin
Koksai Koryu Kyokai confirmed their donation of one dumptruck and cash for
the building of one daycare center, during their courtesy call to Mayor
Evelio Leonardia today, October 15.
Mayor
Leonardia thanked the delegation, and gave Mr. Fukuda a symbolic key to
the city so that he can “open the door to Bacolod anytime”.
The Mayor also told the delegation that their previous donation of buses
and daycare centers are still being used by the city today.
The Japanese further gave 11 pieces of
reflectorized vests for traffic officers as a gift to the Mayor for the
traffic enforcers of Bacolod. The
traffic vests are donations to the city by Mr. Jojo Horii, son of Grace
Alonsagay Horii, Public Relations Officer of the Philippine Embassy in
Tokyo. Grace Horii said the 11 vests are part of the 200 that her son
promised to send to Bacolod. She
said, the rest will be sent as soon as she returns to Japan.
The Mayor showed the delegation a map of Bacolod
and offered to treat Mr. Fukuda and company to lunch tomorrow, October 16.
He also invited them to witness the Open Category MassKara Dance
Parade.
The Aishin Group together with the ODAN-J, a
society of Filipino workers in Japan, is guided by Grace Alonsagay Horii
and her sister Eleanor Fukuda who are friends of the Mayor and are
constantly guiding their Japanese friends on visits to the city. (PIO/CMO)
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