PCG Attends the University of British Columbia (UBC) Lunar New Year

04 February 2025, Vancouver. Consul General Gina A. Jamoralin attended the University of British Columbia (UBC) lunar New Year celebration held on 31 January 2025 at the C.K. Choi Building lobby which houses the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs as well as the Institute of Asian Research.

(Left) CG Gina A. Jamoralin delivers her lunar New Year greetings; (L-R) Philippine Consul General     Gina A. Jamoralin, Lao Administrator Helen Gardener, Malaysian Consul General Mohd Afandi bin Abu Bakar, Consul General Thanapol Wang-Om-Klang and Korean Consul General Jongho Kyun. (Photo courtesy by PCG Vancouver)

She was joined by two ASEAN colleagues, Malaysian Consul General Mohd Afandi bin Abu Bakar and Thai Consul General Thanapol Wang-Om-Klang, as well as Korean Consul General Jongho Kyun and other Canadian guests, UBC officials and students.at the event

The Consuls General were asked to say a few words during the program. In her remarks, the undersigned shared that the Philippines will be chair of the ASEAN Summit next year and the Philippines is active in the forefront of maintaining prosperity, stability and dialogue within ASEAN and the Indo-Pacific region. She added that since Indo-Pacific issues are the area of study at UBC, Consul General Jamoralin informed the group that the Philippines will be celebrating the 9th year anniversary of the Arbitral Award issued by the Permanent of Court of Arbitration in The Hague on the issue of the South China Sea in 2016.

Professor Allison M. Macfarlane, Director of the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and Professor Kai Oswald, Director of UBC Institute of Asian Research, co-hosted the event. END

(top) Prof Allison Macfarlane and Prof Kai Oswald of UBC welcomed the guests to the UBC Lunar New Year celebration on 30 January 2025 at the CK Choi Building. (Photo courtesy by PCG Vancouver)