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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1343, November 4, 1974 ]

DECLARING THE FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER OF EVERY YEAR AS “PACKAGING DEVELOPMENT WEEK”

WHEREAS, Philippine industry is continuously increasing its output of Philippine-made products both in volume and variety;

WHEREAS, the consumer acceptance of products “Made-in-the Philippines” will depend not only on the quality of the product but the appeal of its packing presentation;

WHEREAS, the marketability of products “Made-in-the Philippines” both on the domestic and export market can be improved thru better packaging and the development of packaging components from native materials thru joint efforts of the Packaging Institute of the Philippines (PIP), representing the private sector, and the Design Centre Philippines (DCP), representing the public sector; and

WHEREAS, the Philippines will host the 4th World Packaging Congress in Manila on November 3 to 7, 1975, an event which will greatly contribute towards the establishment of a Packaging Research Institute, under the DCP to ensure continuing improvement of local packaging and steady development of packaging materials from native resources;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, ALEJANDRO MELCHOR, Executive Secretary, by order of His Excellency, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare the period from November 2 to 8, 1975, and the first week of November of every year thereafter as “PACKAGING DEVELOPMENT WEEK” under the auspices of the PIP, DCP and other private and public sector entities concerned.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 4th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.

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

By the President:

(Sgd.) ROBERTO V. REYES
Acting Executive Secretary

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