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Lao Chin Kieng Vs. Republic Of The Phil. 091 Phil 510

In the matter of the petition for naturalization of LAO CHIN KIENG alias QUIRINO LAO, petitioner-appellee, vs. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, oppositor-appellant.

G.R. No. L-3921 | 1952-06-30

D E C I S I O N


PADILLA, J.:

The Government has appealed from a decree granting citizenship by naturalization to Lao Chin Kieng alias Quirino Lao.

It appears that the applicant was born in Pon-Oh, Amoy, China, on 20 March 1899; came to the Philippines landing at the port of Cebu on 15 June 1915; has resided in Tubigon, Province of Bohol, from the time of his arrival in this country to the date or the hearing of his application (11 February 1950); never left the country; enrolled and finished high school in the San Carlos College of Cebu; speaks English and Visayan; believes in the principles underlying the Philippine Constitution;...