In the morning of 28 Nov. 2017, PAGASA was invited by the Singapore Office of the HK Trade Development Council (HKTDC) to a seminar to choose HK in making it a partner in doing business at the Bonifacio Hall of Shangri-la at the Fort.  This was to be followed by the invite of the Vietnamese Embassy for STC to give a talk on the state of the food retail industry at the Le Salon of the New World Manila Bay Hotel in Ermita, Manila.  Ms. Vu Viet Nga/Commercial Attache of the Viet Embassy had invited 15 companies from her country who were interested in looking for good business matches in Manila. Up front at the affair was the former Mayor of Marikina Ms. Marides Fernando and Mr. William Bello/most recent awardee for the Retailer of the Year Awards for Wilcon Builders, Inc.