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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 265, July 7, 1964 ]

DECLARING SUNDAY, JULY, 12, 1964, AS FILIPINO ATHLETES DAY

WHEREAS, the fine performance and successful participation of Filipino athletes in the Far Eastern Athletic Championships, the Asian Games, and the World Olympics have brought national honor, pride and international prestige to our country; and

WHEREAS, it is but fitting that a day be set aside to give Filipino athletes proper tribute and due recognition for the invaluable services they have rendered to the country in the world of sports;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Sunday, July 12, 1964, as Filipino Athletes Day and enjoin its observance by civic and school organizations through appropriate ceremonies and programs.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 7th 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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