Proclamation No. 587, s. 1959

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 587, May 18, 1959 ]

DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM MAY 25 TO 31, 1959, AS PHILIPPINE HIGHWAY WEEK

WHEREAS, it is necessary to bring to the people’s attention the importance of roads and highways to the national economy;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CARLOS P. GARCIA, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare the period from May 25 to 31, 1959, as Philippine Highway Week and designate the Secretary of Public Works and Communications, the Commissioner of Public Highways and the Philippine Better Roads Association to take charge of all arrangements and activities for its fitting celebration throughout the Philippines.

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 18th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-nine, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the thirteenth.

CARLOS P. GARCIA
President of the Philippines

By the President:

JUAN C. PAJO
Executive Secretary