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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 722, July 13, 1970 ]

DECLARING JULY 27 TO AUGUST 2, 1970, AS FILIPINO BUSINESSMEN’S WEEK

WHEREAS, it is the policy of the government to promote the greater participation of Filipinos in trade, commerce and industry, to help achieve the developmental goals of the nation;

WHEREAS, the Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines is holding its 1970 Convention of Filipino Businessmen from July 30 to August 1, 1970, to be participated in by businessmen, industrialists manufacturers and traders from all over the country;

WHEREAS, public consciousness of the role of the business, industry, and trade sectors is essential stage of the country’s development to help attain a and faster rate of productivity, employment and for the masses of our people;

NOW, THEREFORE, ALEJANDRO MELCHOR, Executive Secretary, by order of His Excellency, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare the period from July 27 to August 2, 1970, as Filipino Businessmen’s Week.

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 13th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy.

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary

By the Executive Secretary

(Sgd.) PONCIANO G. A. MATHAY
Acting Assistant Executive Secretary

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