Proclamation No. 591, s. 1959

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 591, May 27, 1959 ]

DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM AUGUST 24 TO 30, 1959, AS PUBLIC RELATIONS WEEK

In order to foster the practice of good public relations and courtesy discipline among government officials and employees, I, CARLOS P. GARCIA, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare the period from August 24 to 30, 1959, as Public Relations Week during which the heads of the various departments, bureaus, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities of the government, including government-owned or controlled corporations, shall conduct an information and education campaign to carry out the objective of this proclamation.

I call upon all citizens and residents of this country, as well as all schools and educational institutions, civic-spirited organizations and associations, to support this campaign by means of appropriate programs popularizing public relations and courtesy in public offices.

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 27th 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