MECO Golf: Winners-all event

MANILA, Philippines — The just concluded 1st Manila Economic and Cultural Office Fil-Tai Invitational Golf tournament was a winners-all games, chairman Silvestre Bello III said.

The three-course event concluded at the Pradera Verde Golf Club in Lubao, Pampanga Friday with the 48-man Taiwan delegation bagging the team award.

But Bello said: “The three days of friendly games is not about winning. Our games are about fostering closer friendly relations and enhancing greater partnerships. Our games are about further strengthening ties between the people of the Philippines and Taiwan.

“Our games are about fortifying the bridge connecting two neighboring countries,” Bello added.

Ambassador Wallace Minn-Gaw Chao of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in the Philippines and Bello hit the ceremonial tee-off at Summit Point Golf in Lipa, Batangas on Wednesday.