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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 211, March 5, 1964 ]

DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM MARCH 16 TO MARCH 22, 1964, AS TAX INFORMATION WEEK.

WHEREAS, the expansion of the Government’s development program demands. increased national revenues;

WHEREAS, the national revenues can be increased only by popular endorsement and support of tax measures by tax-conscious citizens; and

WHEREAS, tax-consciousness should be aroused, promoted and extended on a nation-wide scale by a government-citizen initiated campaign of tax information and education directed to people in all social levels;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby proclaim the period from March 16 to March 22, 1964, as Tax Information Week, and hereby authorize the National Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL) to intensify, the tax-education drive. I, call upon all citizens and civic organizations to cooperate in making the campaign a success.1aшphi1

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 5th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-four.

(SGD. )DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) CALIXTO O. ZALDIVAR
Acting Executive Secretary

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