据菲律宾《世界日报》1987年7月25日报道:菲律宾作家协会于7月17日召开全体会员大会,选出由21人组成的新的理事会。理事当中有一名华人作家,这是菲律宾文坛史上破天荒的第一次,它意味着菲律宾文学界已承认菲华文学是菲律宾文学的一部分,或者是菲律宾的少数民族文学,因而引人注目。 According to the Philippine “World Journal” July 25, 1987 reported: The Philippine Writers Association on July 17 to convene a general meeting of members, elected by the 21-member board of the new council. This is the first time in the history of the Philippine literary world that the Filipino literary community has admitted that the Philippine Chinese literature is part of Filipino literature or the literature of the minority in the Philippines.