MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ PROCLAMATION NO. 136, July 16, 1963 ]

DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM DECEMBER 2 TO 8, 1963, AS 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, DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare the period from December 2 to 8, 1963, as 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.1âшphi1

The following are hereby designated members of a committee to take charge of the national observance of the week with particular emphasis on the role of science in the Five-Year Socio-Economic Program:

The Chairman, National Science Development Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chairman
The President, Philippine Academy of Sciences and Humanities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Vice-Chairman
The President, Philippine Association for the Advancement of Science. . . . . . . . . . 2nd Vice-Chairman
The President, Confederation of Scientific Organization of the Philippines. . . . . . . Member
The President, Philippine Council of Science and Technology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member
The President, United Technological Organization, of the Philippines. . . . . . . . . . . Member
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member
The Chairman, United Nations Educational Science and Cultural Organization. . . Member
The President, Chamber of Agriculture and Natural Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member
The President, Philippine Chamber of Industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member
The President, National Press Club 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 16th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-three.

DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines

By the President:

RUFINO G. HECHANOVA
Executive Secretary


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