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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 145, February 10, 1967 ]

EXTENDING PHILIPPINE-CHINA FRIENDSHIP YEAR UP TO JUNE 24, 1967, AND CREATING A COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF GOVERNMENT PARTICIPATION IN THE ACTIVITIES.

WHEREAS, by Proclamation No. 23, dated March 24, 1966, the remainder of the year 1966 from March 25 was designated Philippine-China Friendship Year; and

WHEREAS, an extension of such a period and the creation of a committee to coordinate government participation in the activities is called for to achieve fully the objective of the proclamation;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby extend the Philippine-China Friendship Year up to June 24, 1967, and create a Committee to take charge of activities in connection therewith composed of the following:

The Secretary of Foreign Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Chairman
The Secretary of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Member
The Secretary of Public Works and Communications	Member
The Mayor of Manila . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Member
The Postmaster General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Member
The Director of the National Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Member
The Chairman of UNESCO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Member

The Committee is hereby empowered to call upon any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the Government for such assistance as it may need in the discharge of its functions.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 10th day of February, 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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