Proclamation No. 118, s. 1955

MALACAÑANG
RESIDENCE OF THE PRESIDENT
OF THE PHILIPPINES
Manila

Proclamation No. 118

DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM MARCH 7 TO 13, 1955, AS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WEEK AND CREATING A COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE OBSERVANCE THEREOF

In order to give impetus to scientific endeavors and thereby promote the cause of science and technology in the Philippines, I, Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare the period from March 7 to 13, 1955, as Science and Technology Week to be observed with appropriate ceremonies throughout the country.

The following are designated members of a committee which is hereby created to take charge of the celebration of Science and Technology Week:

The Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources	Chairman
The Secretary of Health	Member
The Secretary of Education	Member
The Administrator of Economic Coordination	Member
The Director of Science and Technology	Member
The President, National Research Council of the Philippines	Member
The President, Philippine Council of Science and Technology	Member
The President, Philippine Association for the Advancement of Science	Member

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 26th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the ninth.

RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines

By the President:

FRED RUIZ CASTRO
Executive Secretary