Proclamation No. 1227




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Proclamation No. 1227, January 28, 1974 ] AUTHORIZING THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES RETIRED VETERANS ASSOCIATION, INC. TO CONDUCT A FUND CAMPAIGN TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF A BUILDING TO BE KNOWN AS THE RETIRED MILITARY PERSONNEL HALL AND MUSEUM AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. WHEREAS, the Armed Forces of the Philippines Retired Veterans Association, Inc., hereinafter referred to as the AFPREVAI, is a duly registered veterans’ association, with some fifteen thousand military retirees, widows, orphans and disabled veterans of World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars as members; WHEREAS, the AFPREVAI was organized with the main objectives of fostering a stronger and more active comradeship among its members; securing and protecting the rights, interests and well-being, of said members; participating more militantly and effectively in the maintenance in the Philippines of a strong, upright and just government, preserving the memories of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the heroic incidents and memorabilia of the great wars fought by Filipino soldiers; WHEREAS, the AFPREVAI, has been commissioned to construct a building in Camp Aguinaldo to be known as “The Retired Military Personnel Hall and Museum” where they may hold offices for the greater convenience and benefit of all their members and to enshrine memorabilia of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, their deeds and accomplishments for country; WHEREAS, in order to finance those projects, the AFPREVAI has decided to conduct a fund raising campaign by sponsoring a benefit movie premiere of the film “The Fifth Offensive” in the Greater Manila Area sometime in February or March 1974; and WHEREAS, the aforementioned project of the AFPREVAI is laudable and will be beneficial not only to its members or other military retirees and veterans who are not members and to the Armed Forces of the Philippines as a whole, but also to the country in general; NOW, THEREFORE, I, ALEJANDRO MELCHOR, Executive Secretary, by order of His Excellency, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby authorize the AFPREVAI to conduct a fund campaign from January 15 to June 30, 1974, including the holding of a benefit movie premiere in the Greater Manila area of the film “The Fifth Offensive” sometime in February 1974.1aшphi1 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 28th day of January, in the year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and seventy-four. (Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR Executive Secretary By the Executive Secretary: (Sgd.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA Assistant Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation