MANILA, May 4 (Xinhua) --
Former Chinese basketball superstar Yao
Ming arrived in Manila Saturday
evening for friendship games at the
invitation of the Philippine Sports
Commssion (PSC).
During the
visit, Yao Ming, former NBA star,
will lead a basketball clinic for
poor children in Pasig in Metro
Manila, the country's capital region,
on Sunday.
Yao and his
Shanghai Sharks, which came to the
country a day earlier, will hold
two exhibition games respectively with
the Smart Gilas Team and the
Philippine Basketball Association (PBA)
Selection on Monday and Tuesday,
according to Chinese embassy
officials.
Yao will also pay
a courtesy call to Philippine
Vice-President Jejomar Binay who is to
spare time from a provincial campaign
sortie at the Coconut Palace in
Pasay city on Monday.
The
2.26-meter-tall star played nine seasons
with the Houston Rockets in the
NBA. His basketball career ended when
foot, ankle and knee injuries forced
him to retire in 2011 and concentrate
on a string of successful nonprofit
and business enterprises.
The
group is to stay in the country
until May 8. The visit was planned
last year as part of the
China-Philippines Years of Friendly
Exchanges, but later postponed.
