of succession. At 11:50 PST, Associate Justice Carpio-Morales administered the Oath of Office to Aquino. He then delivered his inaugural address as the 15th President of the Philippines. Later on, the assembled crowds were led in the recitation of the "Panata sa Pagbabago" (Oath for Change). Eighty-one countries and foreign organisations sent 101 delegates to attend the ceremony, among them East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta and Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara, both personal friends of the Aquino Family. Post-ceremony events A luncheon featuring the new president's favourite Japanese dishes was held at the Kalayaan Hall at the Malacañan Palace followed by a mass oath-taking of local officials and the new cabinet members. Later on, the cabinet was called for its first meeting, followed by a street party at the Quezon Memorial Circle in Quezon City later that night. Aquino sang two songs in a surprise musical number during the program. International guests at the Inauguration One-hundred one dignitaries of eighty-one countries and organizations attended the inauguration. Twenty-one states sent high-level delegations, who comprised heads of states and/or heads of governments, and/or foreign ministers of the countries being represented. Heads of State Jose Ramos-Horta, President of Timor Leste Other Representatives Julie Owens, Member of the Australian House of Representatives Pehin Lim Jock Seng, Second Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Brunei Khieuk Kanharith, Minister of Information of Cambodia Jim Abbott, Member of the Canadian Parliament Yan Junqi, Vice-Chairwoman of the National People’s Congress of China H.R. Agung Laksono, Coordinating Minister for People’s Welfare of Indonesia Osamu Fujimura, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Japan Shintaro Ishihara, Governor of Tokyo Souban Srithirath, Chief of Cabinet to the President of Laos Dato' Sri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, Minister for Women, Family and Community Development of Malaysia John Hayes, Member of the New Zealand Parliament Jorge Castañeda Martínez, Ambassador of Peru to Indonesia Dr. Nizar bin Abaid Madani, Minister of State of the Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia George Yong-Boon Yeo, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore Kim Hwang-sik, Chairman of the Board of Audit and Inspection of South Korea Enrique Múgica, Ombudsman of Spain José Eugenio Salarich, Director General for Foreign Policy for Asia and the Pacific at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Spain Ongart Klampaiboon, Minister for Office of the Prime Minister of Thailand Ron Kirk, Trade Representative of the United States Most Rev. Osvaldo Padilla, Titular Archbishop of Pia