ZAMBOANGA CITY, Nov. 5 (PIA) - - “The city is fortunate and extremely
proud and honored to be chosen as venue for the conduct of the 11th
Career Executives Service (CES) Conference,” said Mayor Celso Lobregat in his
welcome message during the opening day of this 3-day activity.
He
said, that for the first time, the city plays host to this gathering of elite
groups of public servants “whose shoulders depend the
quality of civil service in the country.”
Over
900 members of the CES community from all over the country participated in this
3-day conference being conducted Nov. 14-16 at the Garden Orchid Hotel.
Lobregat
expressed gratitude to the organizers of the activity for conducting the
conference here as this will give the “visitors” the chance to experience the
many things the city has to offer and erase any negative,
bad, worst and the ugly things they have heard about Zamboanga.
“I have been passionate in my advocacy to promote Zamboanga and today, I Asked each of you, when you go back to your places of origin, please
be our ambassadors of goodwill and please tell your people about the good, the
best, the positive and the beautiful about Zamboanga,” he appealed.
Meanwhile
CES Board Chair Antonio Kalaw, Jr. in his Opening Message encouraged the
participants to help the Aquino administration in transforming leadership into
good governance as this is what this annual undertaking is all about - to professionalize and strengthen career service and ultimately promote
good governance.
This annual CES conference is conducted in
partnership with the National Union of Career Executive Service Officers
(NUCESO) and REAWESMIN as this year’s host. (JPA/PIA9)