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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 142, January 31, 1967 ]

DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM FEBRUARY 12 TO 18, 1967, AS BLIND AND HANDICAPPED WEEK.

WHEREAS, the Vocational Rehabilitation Office created under Republic Act No. 1179 has among its objectives the vocational training and rehabilitation and placement of the blind and other handicapped persons; and

WHEREAS, it is desirable that public attention be drawn to the program and stress laid on the importance of making blind and handicapped persons more useful members of society;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare the period from February 12 to 18, 1967, as Blind and Handicapped Week under the auspices of the Social Welfare Administration. I call upon all our countrymen to turn their thoughts to our blind and handicapped citizens and to extend their full cooperation and support to the program.

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 31st day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-seven.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS
Executive Secretary

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