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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 869, June 19, 1971 ]

DECLARING THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1971, AS a SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE GREATER MANILA AREA.

WHEREAS, Thursday, June 24, 1971, marks the 400th anniversary of the formal organization of the City of Manila as a Christian capital city; and

WHEREAS, the residents of the City should be afforded the opportunity to properly and fully celebrate this historical event with appropriate ceremonies.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Thursday, June 24, 1971, as a special public holiday in the Greater Manila Area.

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 19th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-one.

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

By the President:

(Sgd.) ROBERTO V. REYES
Acting Executive Secretary

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