Tell your people Phl wants to move on, Noy asks HK head

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Presi ent A uino e presse hope that ong ong Chief E ecuti e eung Chun-ying ou te his peop e a out the Phi ippines’ esire to mo e for ar after the ani a hostage crisis

A uino met ith eung at the si e ines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Ba i In onesia on on ay efore procee ing here for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit an re ate meetings

The Presi ent sai he e p aine to eung the reasons ehin the Phi ippines’ refusa to issue a pu ic apo ogy on eha f of a erange in i i ua ho i e eight ong ong tourists he too hostage three years ago

e sai the act of a menta y unsta e in i i ua a one shou not ma e the ho e of the i ipinos an the Phi ippines ia e

The Phi ippine go ernment ha e - presse regret an e ten e its sincere con o ences se era times an ha gi en necessary assistance inc u ing compensation to the fami ies of the ictims of the hostage crisis

The go ernment a so too measures i e increasing the num er of tourist po ice units in the city to pre ent the same unfortunate inci ent from happening again

Presi entia Communications De e - opment an Strategic P anning ffice Secretary Ric y Caran ang sai high e e ta s ou continue ecause e ant to put the issue ehin us

Caran ang sai they ere optimistic that oth si es ou c arify things an ta e steps to mo e for ar

The Presi ent a so sai the Department of a or an Emp oyment D E is rea y to assist o erseas i ipino or ers ho might face another threat of a an on the hiring of i ipino or ers in ong ong –