Ang Kalatas Volume V June 2015 Independence Day Special Edition | Page 4

What’s On
Flag-Raising
Ceremony
The Australia
Philippines Services
League (APSL) will hold
its traditional flag raising
rites marking Philippine
Independence Day
on June 13 at the Village Green
(Bowman Hall grounds) on Campbell
Street, Blacktown. Admission is free
and open to the public. Supported by
Blacktown City Council since 2005, the
event comprises the flag ceremony,
entertainment from various cultural
groups and general networking
among Filipinos and their friends
from other communities. Architectural
historian, Dr Zenaida Sicat-Edwards,
will be guest speaker at the flag
raising rites. Event starts at 11am.
In the evening, the APSL will host a
dinner dance at the newly-refurbished
Rooty Hill RSL, Sherbrooke Street,
Rooty Hill. Tickets to the event are
available from APSL officers and
members.

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JUNE 2015

Filipino display at Parramatta Library
open until June 14
A Filipino-motif display is open
at the Parramatta Library until June
14 as part of the city’s support to the
Independence Day celebration.
The display was opened May 29.
This is the 15th year that the Parramatta
Council Library has put on show the
Filipino-motif display in time for the
month’s celebration.
The Philippine Department of Tourism

Sydney is a strong supporter of the
project, providing posters and brochures.
Parramatta is a sister city of Cebu.
In past years, Sydney was surrounded
by Filipino-motif displays at twelve
libraries with the help of the Philippine
Department of Tourism Sydney, the
Philippine Department of Trade and
Investment Sydney and community
groups and various city councils.

Gosford City Council
is hosting a special
Philippine Independence
Day flag raising to be
held at the Forecourt of
h
the Gosford City Council (49
Mann St., Gosford). The programme
will start at 10am.

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The Parramatta City
C
Council and Philippine
Consulate in Sydney in
cooperation with BanagBanag Inc. wlll hold a
Flag Raising Ceremony
at the Parramatta Town Hall,
Centenary Hall, Parramatta. Event
starts at 10am.

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Senior citizens
Independence Day
programme at the
Marayong Community
Centre organised by the
Sydney Australian Filipino Seniors
Inc (SAFSI). Event starts at 10am.

Flag-raising ceremony
a
at the St. Marys Senior
Citizens’ Centre organsed
by the Philippine
Language and Cultural
Association of Australia
in cooperation with the Penrith City
Council and the Philippine Consulate
General. Event starts at 10am.

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