The Philippine Postal Corporation will issue a pair of stamps to commemorate the centennial of the Liong Tek Go Family Association.

The Philippine Postal Corporation will issue a set of stamps and a souvenir sheet to commemorate the centennial of the Philippine Se Jo Tong Lim Family Association.

The Philippine Se Jo Tong Lim Family Association The Philippine Postal Corporation will issue a set of stamps and a souvenir sheet to commemorate the centennial of the Philippine Se Jo Tong Lim Family Association.

Se Jo Lim Family Association is an informal association founded in 1908 by elder clansmen led by Lim Kong Chin, Mariano Lim and others to promote unity and foster friendship among clansmen. It was formally inaugurated on the birthday of their ancestor Pi Kan, the 25th day of October in the Chinese Lunar calendar in 1908. The Association adopted the name Se Jo Tong to illustrate brotherhood with other organizations that existed in Manila at the time.

The Go Families' ancestors, starting from Tai Bei Kong of Shanxi Province, China, took the first step to migrate sometime from 618 AD in the Tang Dynasty, continuing through 1368 A.D. in the Ming Dynasty and up to 1644 during the Ching Dynasty.

This is the first time that the' World Meeting of Families will be held in Asia. The first was held in Rome (1994) during the Year of the Family, the second in Rio de Janeiro (1997), and the third in Rome (2000) in the framework of the Jubilee of Families.

It is significant that the Fourth World Meeting of Families will be held in the Philippines, the only Catholic country in Asia, which is home to about two: thirds of the world population. However, Christians in Asia comprised only three percent of the entire continent's population. Thus, a great majority of Asian people has yet to hear and meet Jesus, making Asia a vast mission field for evangelization. Apart from being a missionary recipient, Asia has much to offer the world especially in the way it values families as a great treasure. All these boils down to this year's theme: "The Christian Family: Good News for the Third Millennium."