Fifteen more establishments owned and operated by Chinese businessmen in Parañaque City were ordered closed for various violations.
City chief business permits and license officer Melanie Soriano-Malaya said the business establishments this time are situated near exclusive subdivisions in Barangay Moonwalk.
Ordered closed were Shangyin Restaurant, operated by James Wong; YY Shabu Shabu and Grill, registered to Zhao Wie; Sticklove Restaurant, registered under the name of Maria Luisa Timon; Parkson Mart, a convenience store registered to Jackie Chan; LSSA Entrance Food Mart, operated by Carolyn Techeco; and All Things Supermart named to Robert Ong.
The six establishments situated in Multinational Village in Barangay Moonwalk were ordered padlocked for violating city ordinances.
Mayor Edwin Olivarez ordered Malaya to padlock seven more business establishments in Barangay Tambo.
These are Zan Cuo Restaurant, registered to Rex Sangga Dadezon; Ja Borja Restaurant; Aimai Minimart, owned by Jessica Frias; Golden Spring Restaurant, registered to Wilbert Ong; Tming’s Guilin Noodle House, registered to Sadie Wright; Nava Restaurant; and Mountain Fire BBQ Restaurant, owned by Regine Umipig.
Two more Chinese-only establishments in Barangay Baclaran with incomplete requirements from the city government were closed—All Things Supermart owned by Robert Ong and Tengmeng Mini Mart, a food commissary, owned by Lelybeth Buitizon.
“This will be a citywide crackdown against erring foreign-owned restaurants and stores. Promise, no ningas kugon,” said Olivarez, reminding them that foreign nationals cannot work in the city without the necessary permits and this includes blue collar jobs that our countrymen can do themselves.
Malaya has already served closure orders to 33 Chinese-owned or managed restaurants and business establishments found to be either violating local ordinances or operating without the necessary permits.
“Almost all of these business establishments had no necessary requirements from the city government, local health office and even from the Bureau of Fire Protection since they started their operation last year,” she said.
These erring establishments also violated city ordinances on sanitation code, septage management system and the foreign signs to provide an English translation, she added.
According to Malaya, they also found out that the Chinese nationals working as restaurant cooks, waitresses and staff are being employed without any valid permits and visa.
City hall officials disclosed that the majority of the Chinese-owned restaurants were using Filipino dummies.
Reports of Chinese-only restaurants have also sprouted in the southern part Metro Manila, with local officials saying this practice is illegal and discriminatory to Filipinos.
