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Outstanding Professional Award 2014

Despite this success and the consequent reward of being as an active volunteer, Klink has taken his role in this
able to rest in his proverbial laurels, Klink chose to immerse fight for our environment to heart and has been re-elected to a
himself in a variety of other endeavors apart from running The second three-year term as a member of the Board of Trustees.
Manila Times. It is worth noting that his active stance caused his election as
Vice Chairman.
His desire to expand his knowledge led to achieving
his Master’s degree in Business administration (MBa) from It was during those years that the Haribon Foundation,
De La Salle University in april of 2005 and is currently a alongside Civil Society Organizations, drafted the Civil Society
candidate for a Ph.D. in economics at the University of Organization’s version of “The Sustainable Forest Management
Santo Tomas. Bill,” launched the Biodiversity on Wheels Project, wherein
biodiversity and socio-economic assessment are conducted in
His belief in investing in education has steered him local Watershed reservations, as well as involving members
to take on one of the many hats he wears: that of being an of the public in their reforestation efforts of Philippine
educator. apart from teaching journalism subjects at The rainforests, culminating in 2013 with the celebration of 41 years
Manila Times College, of which he is also Vice Chairman, of environmental conservation through an environmentally
Klink also teaches various MBa subjects at the Pamantasan focused concert aptly entitled “Biodiversity rocks!”
ng Lungsod ng Maynila, a highly reputable local government-
operated university that offers a valuable opportunity to study
for their degrees to students who otherwise cannot afford
college education.

Klink ang is also an environmentalist and conservationist,
as evidenced by his long-time involvement in the Haribon
Foundation for the Conservation of Natural resources Inc.,
whose aim is to conserve and protect Philippine biodiversity
through activities such as forest and mangrove preservation,
and the like.

Dante “Klink” Ang II in his Manila Times office.

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