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MANILA, Philippines --- The largest organization of Filipino-Chinese businesses pledged on Sunday to pay for the repair of the fishing boat hit by a Chinese trawler in the West Philippine Sea on June 9, a gesture its president was quick to say was not an &laqFil-Chinese group to pay for repair of sunken fishing boat
MANILA, Philippines --- The largest organization of Filipino-Chinese businesses pledged on Sunday to pay for the repair of the fishing boat hit by a Chinese trawler in the West Philippine Sea on June 9, a gesture its president was quick to say was not an «admission of guilt» but mere humanitarian assistance. Henry Lim Bon Liong, president of the Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII), said the group would fund the «immediate rehabilitation» of the damaged FB Gem-Vir 1 so the 22 affected Filipino fishermen could «resume their livelihood.» «There's no admission of guilt of any party here,» Liong said at a press conference in Quezon City. "Our o...Keep on reading: Fil-Chinese group to pay for repair of sunken fishing boat Read more