Proclamation No. 230




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Proclamation No. 230, April 15, 1964 ] EXTENDING THE PERIOD OF THE NEW YORK WORLD’S FAIR FUND DRIVE TO DECEMBER 31, 1964 WHEREAS, participation in international fairs and expositions provides an effective means of encouraging and assisting economic, commercial, industrial, agricultural, and cultural ties among participating nations; WHEREAS, the Philippine Government, through the Department of Commerce and Industry, has committed itself to participate in the New York World’s Fair, covering culture, education, art, science, entertainment, commerce and industry, which will be held in Flushing Meadow Park New York, U.S.A., for a period of two years from April 21, 1964 to October 18, 1964, and from April 21, 1965 to October 17, 1965, and adequate budgetary provision is a prerequisite for the success of this joint undertaking of the government and the private sector; and WHEREAS, there is an imperative need of extending the Fund Drive authorized for this purpose in order to afford the private sector sufficient time within which to raise its counterpart of the government’s share in the project; NOW, THEREFORE, I, DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby extend the period of the New York World’s Fair Fund Drive to December 31, 1964. I call on all business enterprises throughout the Philippines, including government entities, to extend their unstinted support and cooperation and to contribute their share to this laudable project in order that Philippine participation in this Exposition will be a success that will redound to the expansion and promotion of our foreign trade and to the development of our national economy.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 15th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-four. DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL President of the Philippines By the President: CALIXTO O. ZALDIVAR Acting Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation