Proclamation No. 489, s. 1994

MALACANANG Manila "",r V 177; BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES PROCLAMATION NO. 489 DECLARING THE LAST WEEK OF OCTOBER 1994 AS PHILIPPINE TOAST- MASTER WEEK WHEREAS, among the first international organizations to be established in the Philippines was the Toastmasters International when, in 1952, shortly after the Second WorldWar, it put up te Tamaraw Toastmasters Club; . WHEREAS, since its initial foothold in the country, the toastmasters clubs have tremendously grown in number serving, in the process, thousands of Filipinos; WHEREAS, the programs and activities of toastmasters .' clubs beIng geared toward the development of the person by the honing of his communication skills and strengthening ofhi,s leadership abilities are parallel to the aims of Philippines 2000; WHEREAS, t,he thrusts, goals, and dynamics of the present leadership and membership of Philippine Toastmastrs District in making communication an essential vehicle to the growth andprogress of the country are singled out and acknowledged as directly supportive of the visions of the Philippine Government program called "Philippines 2000"; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of thePhilippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare the last week of October 1994 as Philippine Toastmasters Week. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to beaffixed. Done in the City of Manila, this 25th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, Qineteen hundred and ninety four. (SGD.) FIDEL V. RAMOS President of the Philippines By the President I SGD.) TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, Executive Secretary JR"