MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 761, June 20, 1961 ]
DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM JULY 10 TO 16, 1961, AS NATIONAL 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 economic development of the country, I, Carlos P. Garcia, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare the period from July 10 to 16, 1961, as National 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.1aшphi1
The following are hereby designated members of a committee to take charge of the national observance of the week with particular emphasis on the national scientific and technological research program:
| The Chairman, National Science Development Board |
Chairman |
| The President, Philippine Association for the Advancement of Science |
First Vice-Chairman |
| The President, Confederation of Scientific and Technological Organizations of the Philippines |
Second Vice-Chairman |
| The Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources |
Member |
| The Secretary of Commerce and Industry |
Member |
| The. Secretary of Education |
Member |
| The Secretary of Health |
Member |
| The Chairman, National Research Council of the Philippines |
Member |
| The Chairman, UNESCO, National Commission of the Philippines |
Member |
| The President, Chamber of Agriculture and Natural Resources of the Philippines |
Member |
| The President, National Press Club of the Philippines |
Member |
| The President, Philippine Association of Science Teachers |
Member |
| The President, Philippine Chamber of Industries |
Member |
| The President, Science Foundation of the Philippines |
Member |
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 20th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-one, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fifteenth.
CARLOS P. GARCIA
President of the Philippines
By the President:
NATALIO P. CASTILLO
Executive Secretary
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