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The family's retail business began during the 1970s, when a shop-restaurant was established by Doña Modesta Singson-Gaisano with husband, Don Jose Sy Gaisano, located at the ground floor in a rented house in Colon, Cebu. The establishment later became known as White Gold Super Store.
Chinese (Filipino/Tagalog: Intsik (Colloquial) / Tsino (Formal) / Tsekwa (Derogatory); Philippine Hokkien simplified Chinese: 咱人; traditional Chinese: 咱儂; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lán-nâng / Lán-lâng / Nán-nâng, Mandarin simplified Chinese: 华人; traditional Chinese: 華人; pinyin: Huárén)—generalized term referring to any and all ...
Alfonso A. Uy building, Central Philippine University Alfonso A. Uy (Chinese: 黄祯谭) is a Filipino-Chinese businessman that holds numerous businesses in Iloilo.He is the former and first President of the Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce & Industry who came from the Visayas and Mindanao.
His father first moved to the Philippines in 1914. His parents would start a cornstarch family business which would grow to be the Liwayway Group. [3] Together with his brother Manuel, Carlos Chan would diversify the Liwayway business in the 1970s by introducing the Oishi snack brand. [5] In the 1980s, Chan would expand the business to China. [3]
In 2004, Yonghe King was bought by one of the largest fast-food conglomerate in the Philippines Jollibee Foods Corporation, which is owned by Chinese Filipino Mr. Tony Tan Caktiong. [3] The original logo of the chain was that of a smiling face against a red background, which was strikingly similar to the Colonel Sanders logo used by KFC. [4]
Yap died on April 7, 2014, at the age of 88, [3] and was buried at the Manila Memorial Park in Parañaque on April 13, 2014. [2]On August 3, 2015, a facility inside the Philippine Red Cross Tower National Blood Center was named Don Emilio T. Yap Blood Apheresis Center in honor of his charitable works with the organization.
His paternal grandparents were Chinese Filipino. [5] He obtained a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Southern California in 1983. [3] After completing his studies in the United States, he returned to the Philippines and joined the family owned Alaska Milk Corporation (AMC). He became president of AMC in 1998 ...
Carlos Palanca Sr. (1869–1950), also known as Tan Guin Lay / Tan Guing-lay (Chinese: 陳迎來; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Gêng-lâi) or Tan Quin Lay, was a Chinese Filipino businessman and philanthropist in the Philippines during the late Spanish colonial era, American colonial era, and early post-independence period.