Proclamation No. 1842, s. 1979

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1842, April 11, 1979 ]

DECLARING SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1979, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY.

WHEREAS, employees in the government service will enjoy a four-day Lenten holidays from April 12 to 15, 1979;

WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper to give the same privilege to employees of private establishments;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Holy Saturday, April 14, 1979, as a special public holiday.

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 11th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-nine.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Assistant