Press Release
PR No. ETA-08-2022
Jeddah PCG turns-over Coordinatorship of the Asian Consuls General Club to Singapore Consulate
Jeddah, 9 February 2022 -The Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah officially handed over the Coordinatorship of the Asian Consuls General Club (ACGC) to the Consulate General of Singapore in Jeddah in a turn-over program held earlier today at the Philippine Consulate Conference Hall.
Consul General Edgar Tomas Auxilian (left) officially hands-over the Coordinatorship to Singapore Consul General Mr. Chandra Kumar
In his message to the ACGC members during the turn-over ceremony, Philippine Consul General Edgar Tomas Q. Auxilian thanked all the ACGC member countries for the support they have given during the coordinatorship of the Philippines of the club, which ran from 2019 to 2021. The strong cooperation of ACGC members led to the successful mounting of its major activities such as the Asian Food Festival and Asian Film Festival. Consul General Auxilian extended his well-wishes to incoming ACGC Coordinator, Singapore Consul General to Jeddah Mr. Chandra Kumar, and assured the Philippines’ support to Singapore as ACGC Coordinator for 2022.
Consul General Edgar Tomas Auxilian presides a meeting with Consuls General and officers from ACGC member countries at the turn-over rites held earlier on 9 February 2022
Singapore Consul General Mr. Chandra Kumar also expressed appreciation for all the efforts of ACGC in organizing socio-cultural activities, and looked forward to lead the ACGC in its continuous conduct of activities that would promote the cultures of ACGC member countries and of Asia, in general.
ACGC Consuls General in attendance in the turn-over ceremony (from left to right): Consul General ‘Alauddin bin Mod Nor of Malaysia, Consul General Mohd Shahid Alam of India, Consul General Edgar Tomas Auxilian of the Philippines, Consul General Chandra Kumar of Singapore, Consul General Soradjak Puranasamriddhi of Thailand, and Consul General Tan Banglin of China
During the Coordinatorship of the Philippines of the ACGC, the club was able to mount the Asian Film Festival, with the screenings of Indian, Malaysian, Filipino, Pakistani and Indonesian films.
On 2 March 2020, the Philippine Consulate held the screening of Filipino film “Sonata” at the Philippine Consulate grounds. It was also during the Philippine film screening that the Asian Food Festival was held.
The ACGC is composed of thirteen (13) Asian countries namely, Bangladesh, Brunei, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. –END—
