hilippine team at Taiwan basketball tournament lauds migrant workers

Taiwan News
Date: 2019/07/18
By:  Central News Agency

Taipei (CNA)– The Mighty Sports-Go For Gold Philippines, undefeated so far at the annual Taiwan-

hosted William Jones Cup (Jones Cup) international basketball tournament, expressed their appreciation of Filipino migrant workers in Taiwan for their support Thursday.

The 41st William Jones Cup 2019 kicked off July 12 and is scheduled to run through July 21 in Changhua and New Taipei for the mens event, while the women's competition will be held July 24-28 in New Taipei.

Charles Tiu, head coach of Mighty Sports, which also won every game and took the mens title at the tournament in 2016, said "Every time I come to the Jones Cup, I see many Filipino fans. I know they travel very far to come to support us, and it is really an honor to be able to play for them and to represent them."

The majority of fans that come out to support Filipino teams are migrant workers and according to Ministry of Labor statistics, there were 153,865 Filipino migrant workers in Taiwan as of the end of May.    [FULL  STORY]