MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 248, May 28, 1964 ]
DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM MAY 4 TO 10, 1984, AS PHILIPPINE HIGHWAY WEEK
WHEREAS, our highways are the vital links between our cities and far-flung barrios; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to bring to the people’s attention the importance of roads and highways to national progress;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare the first week of May, 1964, as Philippine Highway Week and designate the Secretary of Public Works and Communications, theCommissioner of Public Highways, the District and City Engineers League, and the Philippine Better Roads Association to take charge of all arrangements and activities for its fitting celebration throughout the Philippines.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.1aшphi1
Done in the City of Manila, this 28th day of May, int he year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-four.
DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines
By the President:
CALIXTO O. ZALDIVAR
Acting Executive Secretary
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