Again, let us give them a big hand!
Today’s event is special therefore as this is a gathering of our microentrepreneurs and advocates of microfinance, including the members of the board of judges of the Citi Microentrepreneur of the Year Awards, representatives from the Microfinance Council of the Philippines headed by Ms. Mila Mercado-Bunker, executives of Citi – Mr. Sanjiv Vohra and Mr. Robert Morse, fellow central bankers, my colleagues at the Monetary Board, our guests from the media, and other special friends of the microfinance sector.