in the Philippines in his relation with the constituted government as well as with the community in which he lives in.

7. Petitioner is gainfully employed at Ve Ting Manufacturing Corporation in Valenzuela City and is not a burden to the Philippine Government and to the Chinese Government.

8. Petitioner is able to speak and write English and Filipino.

9. When they came of school age, petitioner enrolled his children in private schools recognized by the Department of Education Culture and Sports (now Department of Education) where Philippine history, government and civics are taught or prescribed as part of the school curriculum during the entire period of his residency here in the Philippines, viz:

(a) Stevenson Tan took his elementary and high school education at Chiang Kai Shek College (Manila) and graduated with a Degree in BS Manufacturing Engineering and Management on 22 May 1998 in De La Salle University-Manila; and

(b) Stephanie Jane Tan and Stephen Joshua Tan finished their elementary and secondary education at Philippine Academy of Sakya (Manila).

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Petitioner has none of the disqualification that could bar him from becoming a naturalized Filipino.

10. Petitioner is not opposed to organized government nor is he affiliated with any association or group of persons who uphold and teach doctrines opposing all organized governments.

11. Petitioner does not defend or teach the necessity or propriety of violence, personal assault or assassination for the success and predominance of his ideas.

12. Petitioner is married to only one wife and is not a polygamist or a believer in the practice of polygamy.

13. Petitioner has never been involved in any crime or convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude.

14. Petitioner is of sound and disposing mind and is definitely not suffering from mental alienation or incurable contagious disease.

15. Petitioner continues to mingle socially with Filipinos and evinces sincere desire to learn and embrace Filipino customs, traditions and ideals.

16. Petitioner is not a citizen or subject of a nation at war with the Philippines.

17. Petitioner is not a citizen or subject of a foreign country whose laws does not grant Filipinos the right to become naturalized citizens or subject thereof.

18. Petitioner is exempt from the requirements of filing a Declaration of Intention one (1) year prior to the filing of the petition for admission to Philippine Citizenship because he is a resident of this country for more than thirty (30) years before the filing of this petition.

19. Petitioner in good faith has the purest intention to become a Filipino citizen and to renounce absolutely and forever his allegiance and fidelity to any foreign state or sovereignty particularly to China at which time he is a citizen and that he undertakes that he will reside continuously in the Philippines from the date of the filing of this petition up to the time of his admission to Philippine citizenship.

20. In support of his petition, petitioner hereby attached the affidavits of his

witnesses whose names and addresses are set forth therein with reservation to present more during trial if necessary.

PRAYER

WHEREFORE PREMISES CONSIDERED, it is most respectfully prayed for that after due proceedings petitioner having all the qualifications and none of the disqualifications a decree be issued granting him Philippine Citizenship.

OTHER RELIEFS just and equitable under the premises are also prayed for.

SCE Law Attorney-at-Law

SOLIVEN CASTILLO and ESCOBEDO

Law Offices

Unit 404 Tower A, The Regalia Park Towers 150
P. Tuazon Blvd., Araneta Center Cubao, City

(Sgd.) ALEXIS M. ESCOBEDO
PTR No.: 4561246: 01.04.11: Q.C.
IBP No.: 844655:01.04.11:Sorsogon
MCLE III Compliance No. 016951
Pasig City, 01 June 2010

VERIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION OF NON-FORUM SHOPPING

I, SY SANTIAGO LAO, Chinese, of legal age and with residence at Room 201 Vicenta Building, 330 Nueva Street, Binondo, Manila, after having been sworn to in accordance with law, do hereby depose and state that:

1. I am the Petitioner in the aboveentitled Petition;

2. I caused the preparation and filing of the foregoing petition, I read the same and attest that the allegations therein are true and correct of my own personal knowledge and/or båse on the authentic

records at hand;

3. I have not commenced any other similar action or proceeding involving the same issue and subject matter before the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals or any other tribunal or agency. In the event that that we should learn that a similar action or proceedings has been filed or is pending before said agency or tribunal, we shall undertake to notify this Honorable Court within five (5) days from knowledge;

IN WITNESS HEREOF, we have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of March 2011.

(Sgd.) SY SANTIAGO LAO Affiant

(Sgd.) ATTY. RONALD SEGUNDINO C. CHING

NOTARY PUBLIC-CITY MANILA

ADMIN. NO. 2011-099 UNTIL DEC, 31,2012
ROLL NO. 54899

IBP NO. 809532/11-15-2010 MANILA
PTR NO. MLA. 9299771/12-29-2010 MLA.
MCLE Compliance No. III-0016300

I, FRANCIS ONG, of legal age, Filipino, married and with postal address at 2nd Floor Vicenta Bldg., Nueva corner Escolta, Binondo, Manila, depose.

1. I have known Sy Santiago Lao @ Santy Sy since 1990 or for a period of over 15 years;

2. That as to my own personal knowledge and belief Sy Santiago Lao is a person of good repute and morally irreproachable;

3. That in my opinion, petitioner have all the qualifications necessary to become a citizen of the Philippines and is not in any way disqualified under the Revised

Naturalization Law;

I, ZENAIDA ALEJANDRO, of legal age, Filipino, single, and with postal residential address at Morong St., Tondo, Manila, depose:

1. I have known Sy Santiago Lao Shanty Sy, since 2002 or for a period of over 5 years;

2. That as to my own personal knowledge and belief Sy Santiago Lao is a person of good repute and morally irreproachable;

3. That in my opinion, petitioner have all the qualifications necessary to become a citizen of the Philippines and is not in any way disqualified under the Revised Naturalization Law;

4. That I am not in any way related to him either by consanguinity for affinity and neither do I have any interest in his person;

5. That I am willing to testify in court to support his petition to be a naturalized Filipino citizen;

6. That I am executing the foregoing to attest to its truthfulness and veracity.

WITNESS MY HAND this

day of

1. I am a police officer and stationed at Station 11, MPD, Binondo, Manila since 1995;

2. As a line beat from 1995-2007, 1 patrolled the streets within the jurisdiction of Station 11 in Binondo;

3. I came to know Mr. Sy Santiago Lao, or more popularly and simply known as "Santy" during my beats;

4. Every time we see each other in the streets of Binondo or anywhere else for that matter, we greet each other in Filipino and sometimes we talk briefly of something about the community;

5. Since I frequently see or meet him once or twice a week, I became familiar with Santy and I came to know that he is a good natured person;

6. In 2007, I was assigned as Subpoena and Warrant Server at the warrant section of said station;

7. In all my years as policeman very familiar with the place in and around Station 11 in Binondo and many of the residents therein, I have neither heard of any complaint against Santy nor any trouble or commotion that he got involved;

8. I am executing this affidavit to attest to the truth of the foregoing and for whatever legal purpose this may serve.

WITNESS MY HAND, this March 23, 2011, Manila City

(Sgd.) SPO1 CESAR M. BISDA
Affiant

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to in accordance with law, affiant exhibiting his PNP Identification Card.

(Sgd.) ATTY. BENJAMIN B. BULALACAO Notary Public

UNTIL DECEMBER 31, 2011 PTR No. 4759254/ Q.C. / 1-26-11 IBP No. 852528/ C.S. / 1-25-11

) S.S.

Doc. No. 276;

Book No. 10; Series of 2011.

Santigo sy

"That the unit identified and described as A114 (CB-105) 67.07 Store Office, 42.00 Ramp, 22.50 Common Toilet, 199.24 - Corridors, 123.35 Arcade 885.67 Parking Space, 27.00 Maintenance Room, 220.80 Fence in the diagrammatic floor plan appended to the enabling or master deed of the condominium project annotated on TCT No. 264852-54 which embraces and describes the land located at District of Cubao, Quezon City. containing an area of Two Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy-Five (2,975) Square Meters, more or less."

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Wherefore, finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, the Court sets the hearing on October 7, 2011 at 8:30 o'clock in the morning before this Court located at Rooms 223-224, Hall of Justice Building, Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon City. All persons having an interest in the properties are hereby directed to appear at the hearing and file such claim as they may have or show cause why the petition should be granted.

Let copies of this Order be published in the Official Gazette once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks and posted conspicuously at the main entrance of the Quezon City Hall, the lobby of the Hall of Justice, the bulletin boards of this Court, the Sheriff's Office, the Quezon City Assessor's Office and the barangay hall of the place where the property is located, at the expense of the petitioner.

Send copies of this Order to the Solicitor General, the Land Registration Authority, the DENR, City Prosecutor of Quezon City, the Registry of Deeds of Quezon City, the owners of the adjoining lots and the petitioner.

This is verified Petition for reconstitution of original and owner's duplicate of Condominium Certificate of Title No. 3931 PR 630 in the name of Milagros L. Capili, represented herein by Silverio L. Gaviola, Jr.