Petition updateDismantle Torre De Manila Jail Manila Building Officials and DMCI Consunji photobombing desecrated JoseRizal MonumentPark view and violated 2009 NHCA (RA 10066) Manila Ordinance 8119 Resolution 121, 7-storey building height limit in historical sitesWhy Rizal's Monument in China is more dignified than the Manila RizalPark w/ TorreDeManila?
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Aug 1, 2015 — LOOK: Why Rizal has a shrine in China TEXT AND PHOTOS BY ISAGANI DE CASTRO, JR., ABS-CBNNEWS.COM,07/03/2015 9:35 AM http://thepalladium.ph/legal/soaring-eyesore-torre-de-manilas-construction-threatens-rizal-parks-skyline/ QUANZHOU, China - A visitor to the Rizal Shrine here in Jinjiang, Fujian province, southern China can't help but compare it to the Rizal Monument in Luneta amid the "photobomber" controversy. Regardless of one's stand on DMCI's Torre de Manila project, Dr. Jose Rizal's statue in Jinjiang county looks more dignified without any structure in the background. The shrine is described in the memorial wall as "surrounded with blooming flowers and greenery, grand and impressive monument." The Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry and 7 other organizations proposed to build a Rizal Shrine here to commemorate Rizal's Chinese roots. Rizal was the 22nd generation descendant of the first generation Ke family whose roots are in Shang Guo village in Jinjiang. Rizal's great-great grandfather was Domingo Lameo, or Ke Yi Nan in Chinese, who immigrated to the Philippines. The Rizal Shrine stands as a symbol of friendship between China and the Philippines. According to the Knights of Rizal, it is the biggest Rizal Shrine outside of the Philippines. In 1999, then-President Joseph Estrada and then-Chinese Ambassador Fu Ying laid the foundation for the memorial. Construction of the Rizal Shrine here started in 2003 and was completed that same year. 1861, the year Rizal was born, was used as basis for the height of the monument--18.61 meters. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/focus/07/03/15/look-why-rizal-has-shrine-china https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2tlM5hETZM https://disqus.com/home/discussion/gmanews/dmci_can_demolish_torre_de_manila_if_it_wanted_to_activist_celdran/
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