All the help is pouring in for the war torn city of Marawi.
From May 23 up to October the city has been a mute witness
to the intense and fierce fighting between the government troops and the
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria inspired Maute militants.
After all the smoke has been cleared all known
establishments in the city is barely recognizable, everything is left in ruins….it
was as if a nuclear bomb has exploded in the area. And it would need a major reconstruction
effort in the part of the government to kick the rebuilding of lives in Marawi.
Good thing private individuals/ groups are also doing their fair share of the load. *
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| the Liong Tek Go donates 70M for the Marawi City school rehab( photo from PCOO) |
Just
recently the Liong Tek Go Family Association gave a P7 million cash donation
for the reconstruction of school buildings destroyed during the armed conflict
in Marawi City.
The
President of the republic- Rodrigo Roa Duterte witnessed the signing of the
Deed of Donation between Tiong Rosario and Department of Education
Undersecretary Annalyn Sevilla in Malacañan Palace last December 12.
The Go Families' ancestors, starting from Tai
Bei Kong of Shanxi Province, China, took the first step to migrate sometime
from 618 AD in the Tang Dynasty, continuing through 1368 A.D. in the Ming
Dynasty and up to 1644 during the Ching Dynasty.
Some eventually found their way to the
Philippines where they settled, established their businesses, got married,
raised and educated their children. By 1908, the Go families in the Philippines
had grown substantially that it was increasingly becoming difficult to keep track
of who belonged to which family and how each were related. It was then, 100
years ago that the Go Family in the Philippines decided to establish the Liong
Tek Go Family Association, initially as a social club, to keep the families in
touch with each other. However, through the years, the Liong Tek Go Family
Association has slowly evolved to become not only a social club. *
The Go Families continued to grow and spread
through out the country so that by 1948, after World War II. the first Liong
Tek Go Family Association provincial chapter was established in Leyte, Samar.
Two years later, in 1950 another chapter was established in Cebu. In 1958, the
Liong Tek Go Family Association celebrated their 50th Golden Anniversary. On
February 21, 1964 a tragedy struck, the big Chinatown fire razed the
Association's two-storey structure to the ground.
By February 1966, the families had banded
together and raised enough funds to erect a new five-storey building. In 1969,
a Zamboanga chapter was established, followed in 1971 by a chapter in Davao
City, Cagayan de Oro in 1981, Iloilo and Surigao in 1990, Bacolod in 1991 and
Central and Northern Luzon Chapter in 2007 and the Bicol region chapter in
March 2008. This year the Liong Tek Go Family Association will celebrate their
100-year milestone. It continues to grow and thrive, hoping to bring in a more
dynamic younger generation.(Philippine-trivia website)
The Liong Tek Go Family also provides educational, medical and financial assistance to needy members of the Go family.
Report from PCOO
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