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Proclamation No. 379, s. 1968 - Signed on April 14, 1968: Declaring the period from July 15 to 21, 1968, as Science and Technology Week and creating a committee to take charge of its observance

Signed on April 14, 1968: Declaring the period from July 15 to 21, 1968, as Science and Technology Week and creating a committee to take charge of its observance

April 14, 1968

Proclamation No. 379, s. 1968

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 379, April 14, 1968 ]

DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM JULY 15 TO 21, 1968, AS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WEEK AND CREATING A COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF ITS OBSERVANCE.

In order to give impetus to the role of science in the development of the country, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare the period from July 15 to 21, 1968, as Science and Technology Week to be observed throughout the country, in schools, colleges and universities, with appropriate ceremonies, under the sponsorship of the National Science Development Board.

The following are hereby designated members of a committee to take charge of the national observance of the Week with the theme, “Science and the Challenge of Development:”

The Chairman, National Science Development BoardChairman
The President, Philippine Academy of Science and HumanitiesVice-Chairman
The President, Philippine Association for the Advancement of ScienceVice-Chairman
The Secretary of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesMember
The Secretary of Commerce and IndustryMember
The Secretary of EducationMember
The Secretary of HealthMember
The Chairman, National Research Council of the PhilippinesMember
The President, Confederation of Scientific and Technological Organization of the PhilippinesMember
The President, Philippine Council of Science and TechnologyMember
The President, United Technological Organization of the PhilippinesMember
The President, Chamber of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesMember
The President, Philippine Chamber of IndustriesMember
The President, National Press Club of the PhilippinesMember

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 14th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-eight.

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

By the President:

(Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS
Executive Secretary

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