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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 264, July 3, 1964 ]

DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM JUNE 19 TO 26 OF EVERY YEAR AS CHILDREN AND YOUTH WEEK

WHEREAS, our country’s future demands that proper direction be given to our youth for an enlightened citizenry;

WHEREAS, in our age it is necessary to develop to the fullest extent the latest capabilities of our youth to enable our nation to keep in step with the march of progress; and

WHEREAS, a week should be dedicated to the children in the hope of arousing greater concern for their welfare and their proper moral and intellectual upbringing;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me .by law, do hereby declare the period from June 19 to 26 of every year as Children and Youth Week and designate the National Coordinating Center for the Study and Development of Filipino Children and Youth to take charge of the occasion.

Proclamation No. 190, dated January 7, 1964, is hereby revoked.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 3rd day of July, 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

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