The Icon of the Philippine Economy Hon.Consul General Dr.Washington Sycip turned 90. Consul Dr.Traweger attended his birthday party at the ShangriLa in Manila

Publiziert am 1. Juli 2011 von Netadmin

More than 400 guests attended the reception of the driving force and icon of the Philippine economy Ms.Washington Sycip on his 90th birthday on June 30, 2011. Among the guests were the President of the Philippines Benigno S. Aquino III, Vicepresident Jejomar C. Binay, member of the cabinet like long time friend of Mr.Washington Sycip, Hon.Cesar Purisima, Senators, Congressmen, most of the residing Ambassadors in Manila, as well as representatives from Academic institutions and Universities, business partners and friends. The laudatio was held by the Chairman of SGV Mr. Cirilio P.Noel and the President of the Philippines Benigno S. Aquino III awarded Ms.Washington Sycip with one of the highest medals of honor of thePhilippines. The MC for that night was the Director for Marketing of SGV, the precious Marlu Balmaceda.

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Consul Dr.Traweger welcomes Austrian businessmen Mr.Günther Taus, GM JEC, Manila

Publiziert am 29. Juni 2011 von Netadmin

During the last alumni weekend at the Management Center Innsbruck in June , GM Günther Taus from Manila a longtime friend of Consul Traweger gave a lecture on Building a global career – A degree may be helpful, but not sufficient. Prof.Dr.Altmann, Executive Director of the MCI invited Mr.Taus  on the occasion of a visit to the Philippines in February 2011, where Mr.Taus and Prof.Altmann were speakers at symposium at UP, which was organized by Consul Dr.Traweger. The interesting lecture of Mr.Günther Taus was followed by a chill-out in the Hofgarten Café in Innsbruck and a long night discussion on  “studying yes or no ?”.

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Consul Dr.Traweger attends book launch of “Blumentritt and Rizal, The Austrian Friend behind the Philippine National Hero” (by Prof.Harry Sichrovsky) in the Yuchengco Museum in Manila.

Publiziert am 22. Juni 2011 von Netadmin

On the occasion of Jose Rizals 150th birthday a book on “Blumentritt and Rizal, The Austrian Friend behind the Philippine National Hero” , published by AustroMedia in Cooperation with the Philippine Austrian Cultural Society (PACS) in Manila, was introduced to the public. H.E.Mag.Wilhelm Donko, Ambassador to Austria will give the keynote speech on the unique friendship between Ferdinand Blumentritt and Jose Rizal.  Present at the event to speak in honour of his father was the son of the late author Mag.Peter Sichrovsky, former member of the European Parliament and Honorary Consul Prof.Dr.Christian Traweger, who talked about the traces of Blumentritt to the state of Tyrol. Additionally there will be the first public presentation of the painting “Noli Me Tangere” by the great greatchild of Prof.Ferdinand Blumentritt, Erwin Blumentritt, an artist that lives in Ebbs/Kufstein in Tyrol, who painted this masterpiece in the beginning of 2011. The CEO of AustroMedia Alfred Reiterer donated 150 books for schools to the President of MAPUA, Dr.Reynaldo Vea.  Two children of the SOS Children Village in Manila, Kate and Rona read 4 selected letter from Dr.Jose Rizal to Prof.Ferdinand Blumentritt, where among was the latest letter of Dr.Jose Rizal to Ferdinand Blumentritt, which he wrote a few hours before his execution on December 29, 1896, in Fort Santiago, starting with “My dear Brother,….”.  Ambassador Donko handed over an original letter on the occasion of that festivity, that was signed by the remaining relatives of Prof.Ferdinand Blumentritt, Ernst Mariano Blumentritt, the grandson who celebrated his 100th birthday on June 8th 2011 in Staig,Germany and the two grand grandchildren that lives inTirol, Ilse Blumentritt and Erwin Blumentritt.  The MC for that evening was the charming and wonderful curator of the Yuchengco Museum Ms.Jeannie E. Javelosa.

Beside the following pictures you can also watch the video of an interview on NBN Channel.

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Consul Dr.Christian Traweger promotes Philippine Tourism Launch of explorePH, the new Travel magazine

Publiziert am 5. Juni 2011 von Netadmin

The latest project in promoting the Philippines is the publishing of the new travel magazine explorePH, which is distributed with 30.000 copies on major airports in the Philippines, selected embassies and consulates and in major malls all in Greater Manila, Cebu and Dumagete. The new magazine explorePH was launched by Consul Dr.Traweger together with his business partner Alfred from AUSTROMEDIA during a party at the German Club in Manila; more than 100 guests, clients and business partners joined the launch of explorePH. A MoU between AustroMedia and the Department of Tourism (Secretary Lim) supports the distribution of the magazine and underlines the significant importance of explorePH.

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Philippine TV-host Buddy Cunanan visits Consul Dr.Traweger in Innsbruck

Publiziert am 30. Mai 2011 von Netadmin

During his last trip to Europe the well known Philippine TV Host Buddy Cunanan  visited Innsbruck and met with Consul Dr.Traweger; during his visit projects on the 150th birthday of Jose Rizal and the relation to his friend and mentor, Prof.Ferdinand Blumentritt, who´s relatives still live in Tirol, like the publishing of a 2nd edition of a book “Blumentritt and Rizal, The Austrian Friend behind the Philippine National Hero”  (written by Prof.Harry Sichrovsky) were discussed. The book can be bought in thePhilippines or ordered in the Philippine Consulate inInnsbruck. TV-Host Buddy Cunanan was introduced to the beauty that offersTyrol as well as some original Tyrolean merienda (Speck, Käse mit Bauernbrot und Schnaps). This typicial Tyrolean food was then also presented during a TV show in the Philippines in June 2011 in order to promoteTyrol and explain the  roots of Blumentritt to our region.

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Asian Immersion Program MCI Innsbruck – AIM Manila Reception of HE Ambassador Wilhelm Donko

Publiziert am 30. März 2011 von Netadmin

During the recent Asian Immersion Program of the Management Center Innsbruck at the Asian Institute of Management in Manila young executives had the change to study global management and case studies as well as cross cultural management at the AIM. Consul Dr.Traweger, who supervised this program, organized a company visit to Lufthansa Technik Philippinies as well as a visit to SARAO Jeepney factory and the famous Bamboo Organ in Las Pinas. Social highlight was the business lunch reception of the Austrian Ambassador HE Mag.Wilhelm Donko at his residence and a reception of Consul Traweger to the German Club with a special presentation on business relations between Austria and the Philippines, presented by Ms. Maricon Popanes-Lim from the Commercial Section of the Austrian Embassy.

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Honorary Consul Dr.Traweger attends opening of Tirol Panorama

Publiziert am 17. März 2011 von Netadmin

The Tyrolean Panorama was officially opened on March 12th with representatives of the Land Tirol, Southtirol and the district of Trento. Consul Dr.Traweger attended the official opening as well as a special reception hosted by Governor Günther Platter.

Facts: Due to the essential relocation of the gigantic panoramic painting, the “Riesenrundgemälde”, and the new construction of the adjoining museum, a new concept could be realized on the Bergisel hill. For Beate Palfrader, Tyrolean Minister for Culture, the new name “Das Tirol Panorama” represents this complete concept: “Nestled in the historic surroundings of Bergisel, Das Tirol Panorama offers a permanent exhibition besides the Riesenrundgemälde and the Kaiserjäger Museum (museum of the Tyrolean Imperial Infantry) with impressive exhibits on Tyrol’s past covering the subjects of nature, people, religion and politics.” The Bergisel hill enjoys a new architecturally successful attraction with a fantastic outlook and panoramic view of the Tyrolean capital. It has created both a new meeting place and a destination for all Tyroleans in the south of Innsbruck as well as a new tourist highlight for guests and visitors, bringing culture and sport together. In the new building on the Bergisel visitors embark on an exciting journey through major stages of Tyrolean history and cultural history and on a search for the “myth of Tyrol”. The Tyrolean struggle for freedom – captured on the 1,000 m² gigantic panoramic painting – and its impact on the land and people, is brought closer to visitors through a variety of facets.

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10th Asian Studies Program Philippines

Publiziert am 17. März 2011 von Netadmin

The 10th ASP-Philippines, led by Honorary Consul Prof.Dr.Christian Traweger, was carried out last February 2011 in Manila and Cebu. This Academic short study program – open to students from all Austrian Universities and “Universities of Applied Sciences” – was organized by Consul Dr.Traweger at the University of the Philippines in Quezon City with the local coordinator Prof.Joey Balmaceda and at the University of San Carlos with the local coordinators Fr.Louie Punzalan and Fr.John (both SVD). Beside the strongly organized academic program the students visited companies like Lufthansa Technik Philippines, Sarao-Jeepney factory as well as historical spots in Intramuros, the American monument and Las Pinjas Bamboo Organ. Social highlight was the reception of the Austrian Ambassador H.E.Mag.Wilhelm Donko at his residence in Forbes Park. On the occasion of the 10th year celebration a one day symposium took place at UP with distinguished speakers from the MCI Innsbruck (Dr.Altmann) and representatives from the DFA, DOT and the Austrian Embassies commercial section.

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Consul Dr.Traweger attends Austrian National Day reception in Manila

Publiziert am 16. November 2010 von Netadmin

During his last visit to the Philippines Consul.Dr.Christian Traweger attended the Austrian National Day reception, hosted by H.E. Ambassador Wilhelm Donko in the Mandarin Oriental in Makati. Among the speakers was acting secretary Esteban Conejos as well as former President Fidel Ramos and the Austrian Consuls Mr.Washington Sycip and Consul Arcadio Alegrado from Cebu. Many Austrians, living in Metro Manila, like Günther Taus, the President of the “Österreicher-Stammtisch”, as well as many Ambassadors and foreign guests celebrated this wonderful event with the host H.E.Ambassador Donko and his wife Yan.

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Filipino priest visits Consul Dr.Traweger

Publiziert am 5. August 2010 von Netadmin

During his studies in England Father Norlan Julia, SJ visited for a few weeks Innsbruck. In Innsbruck he paid a courtesy visit to Honorary Consul Dr.Traweger. Among others, the relations between Atheno University Manila and the Universities of Innsbruck (MCI, LFU) were discused. Father Norlan promised to come back in December to attend the Christmas Activities of the Philippine Community in Tyrol.

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