MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 1183, September 11, 1973 ]
DESIGNATING THE PERIOD FROM NOVEMBER 1, 1973, TO NOVEMBER 30, 1974 FOR THE MEMBERSHIP, EDUCATIONAL AND FUND DRIVE OF THE SAFETY ORGANIZATION OF THE PHILIPPINES INC. (SOPI).
WHEREAS, safety and accident prevention is a way and discipline of life that is necessary and vital to our people;
WHEREAS, in recognition of the aforesaid the year 1967 and every year thereafter was designated under Proclamation No. 115-A dated November 17, 1966, as National Safety and Accident Prevention Year with each month devoted to a particular aspect of safety and accident prevention;
WHEREAS, to further this movement, the Safety Organization of the Philippines, Inc., (SOPI) a civic non-profit, non-sectarian, and non-political organization has spearheaded the observance and advancement of the safety and accident prevention movement;
WHEREAS, the SOPI, as a leading exponent of safety and accident prevention, is sponsoring as a first for the Philippines, the First World Safety and Accident Prevention Congress in Manila on November 18-24, 1974; and
WHEREAS, such a Congress will project throughout the world the Philippines and the Filipino people as a land and a nation where safety and accident prevention is a discipline of life;
NOW, THEREFORE, by order of His Excellency, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, I, ALEJANDRO MELCHOR, Executive Secretary, do hereby designate the period from November 1, 1973 to November 30, 1974, for the membership, educational and fund drive of the Safety Organization of the Philippines, Inc. and the whole month of November 1974 as the world safety and accident prevention month in the Philippines; and further do hereby enjoin all citizens and entities in the Republic of the Philippines to extend their full support and assistance to these activities and projects of the Safety Organization of the Philippines, Inc.
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 11th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three.
(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary
By the Executive Secretary:
(Sgd.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Assistant Executive Secretary
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