WING TIP STRIKE AS A RESULT OF STRONG CROSSWIND.

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WE HAD DISPATCHED WITH NO ALTERNATE ARPT; AS IS COMPANY POLICY; TO ACCOMMODATE PAYLOAD; SINCE WX WAS FORECAST 2000' ABOVE MINIMUM AND VIS WAS 7 KM. BEGINNING LETDOWN FOR MNL. THE WX WAS GOOD. WIND 240 DEG; 3 KTS WITH TSTMS IN VICINITY RWY 24. UPON RADIO CONTACT WITH APCH CTL; RWY WAS CHANGED TO 06; RAIN AT FIELD; WINDS NORTHERLY AT 15 KTS. AT 7000'; I STOPPED THE F/O FROM USING SPEED BRAKES TO CONSERVE FUEL. WX WAS THEN 1 MI VIS IN RAIN. MINIMA WERE 340' AND 1.61 KM. FUEL CONSUMPTION WAS AGGRAVATED BY ATC SPACING SPEED CTL OF 180 KTS; FLAPS 5 DEG. BAD WX BTWN US; MANILA AND CLARK AIR BASE (AN EMER ALTERNATE IN MY MIND) MADE ME APPREHENSIVE TO TRY TO GO TO CLARK; SINCE PHILLIPINES ATC WAS NOTORIOUSLY POOR. WE WERE VECTORED TO INTERCEPT FINAL APCH COURSE ABOUT 3 MI INSIDE THE IAF ON VOR DME; RWY 06. AS WE COMMENCED; VIS WAS RPTED AS ZERO. WE SAID WE WOULD CONTINUE THE APCH; SEE IF WE BREAK OUT; OR ON MISSED APCH; WE'D 'BOX AROUND' FOR ANOTHER TRY. ALL CHKLISTS WERE DONE. F/O WAS FLYING STABLE; LNDG CONFIGN; JUST APCHING MINIMA. THE RWY END; LIGHTS AND T/D ZONE MARKINGS BECAME VIS TO ME; LEFT AND SLIGHTLY FORWARD. BECAUSE OF THE F/O NOT SEEING IT ACROSS THE NOSE; I CALLED 'I SEE THE RWY. I HAVE THE ACFT; LNDG.' I TOOK CONTROL; FLEW AN S TURN TYPE SIDE STEP FOR ALIGNMENT. AT APPROX 75' TO 100'; A STRONG RAPID RIGHT DRIFT SUDDENLY OCCURRED. AS I TRANSITIONED FROM CRAB ANGLE TO CROSS CTL IN THE FLARE; S/O CALLED 'DRIFTING RIGHT.' I MADE A QUICK LEFTWARD CORRECTION; COULD SEE WE WOULD LAND RIGHT OF CENTERLINE; BUT ON THE RWY; SO I LANDED. BRAKING WAS POOR BUT REVERSE THRUST WAS GOOD. AT T/D; I'D NOTED LOTS OF LEFT YOKE AND RIGHT RUDDER AND A SUDDEN WING DIP TO THE LEFT. AFTER PARKING; POST FLT SERVICING PERSONNEL FOUND A SLIGHT SCRAPED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT OUTBOARD TRAILING EDGE FLAP 'CANOE' FAIRING; NEARBY TIP OF JACKSCREW FAIRING; AND SLIGHTLY TO THE OUTBOARD TIP OF #1 LEADING EDGE DEVICE. I SUSPECT WINDS IN EXCESS OF 18-23 KTS WHEN WE ACTUALLY LANDED. WITH MORE FUEL AND AN ALTERNATE; IT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED.