That is a good question. First of all, the Department of Trade and Industry ( DTI ) will not allow you to register a business name with foreign characters. Therefore, even without the city ordinance, pure foreign language name or logo will not be allowed to register for DTI and Mayor's Permit. English and Filipino are the official language of the country, but not Chinese.
Second, the Retail Trade Nationalization Law does not allow foreigners to engage in retail business, not to mention retail establishments with Chinese characters. Therefore, on both accounts, the Chinese name or logo cannot be considered official.
However, implementation is another question. Many establishments including major banks have a Chinese name. It seems though that government is not very keen on prohibiting the display of Chinese business name as long as the English name is the official name and it is duly registered with the proper government agencies.
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这是个好问题,首先,贸易和工业部(DTI)将不会允许你使用外文注册企业名称。因此,即使没有市政府的法令,完全外文的名称或标识在DTI也是不被允许的而且也无法通过市长批准。英文和菲语为国家的官方语言而非中文。
其次,零售商菲化法律不允许外国人从事零售业务,更不用说在商品零售场所放中文招牌。基于这几点,中文的名称以及logo都不能认为是正规的。
不过,如何实施的是另一回事,很多机构,包括各大银行都有中文名字。看来政府并不执著于禁止中文名称,只要你使用英文名称作为正式的名称并且有正式的在适当的政府机构进行注册。
供您参考。。
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