Proclamation No. 896, s. 1971

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 896, August 30, 1971 ]

DECLARING FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1971, AS a SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR AND PAGADIAN CITY.

WHEREAS, Friday, September 17, 1971, marks the nineteen anniversary of the creation of the province of Zamboanga del Sur; and

WHEREAS, the people of the province should be given opportunity to celebrate this milestone in the history of their province;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, ALEJANDRO MELCHOR, Executive Secretary, by order of His Excellency, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare Friday, September 17, 1971, as a special public holiday in the province of Zamboanga del Sur and in Pagadian City;

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 30th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-one.

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MECHOR
Executive Secretary

By the Executive Secretary:

(Sgd.) ROBERTO V. REYES
Assistant Executive Secretary