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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 474, October 10, 1968 ]

DECLARING 1968 AS NATIONAL ROADSIDES BEAUTIFICATION YEAR.

WHEREAS, trees play an important role in the economic and social welfare of the country and its people;

WHEREAS, trees are also indispensable in the enhancement of scenic beauty of the country, especially if planted along the roadsides;

WHEREAS, it is observed that most of the roadsides in the Philippines are bare, desolate and unsightly, and therefore need planting of trees as requisite for land-growing; and

WHEREAS, the prosecution of the nationwide roadside beautification necessitates not only the involvement of all government agencies but also of the people at large;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare 1968 as National Roadsides Beautification Year, and constitute the following Committee to implement this proclamation.

The Secretary of Public Works and Communications as Chairman.

Representatives of the following offices and organizations as members:

Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Department of National Defense

Department of Social Welfare

Presidential Arm on Community Development

Provincial Governors and Mayors League

Boy Scouts of the Philippines

Girl Scouts of the Philippines

School Volunteer Program Movement

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 10th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-eight.

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

By the President:

(Sgd.) JOSE J. LEIDO, JR.
Acting Executive Secretary

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