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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1433, May 27, 1975 ]

AUTHORIZING THE FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES, INC., TO CONDUCT A NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL AND FUND CAMPAIGN FROM 19 JUNE TO 30 DECEMBER 1975.

WHEREAS, under the “Educational Development Decree of 1972”, one of the declared policies of the government is to assure the maximum participation of all the people in the attainment and enjoyment of the benefits of accelerated economic development and social progress;

WHEREAS, literacy and socio-economic growth are closely interrelated;

WHEREAS, our relatively large number of illiterates which alarmingly increases every year is a serious hindrance to national efforts for progress;

WHEREAS, functional literacy promotion, integrated with the overall national development plan, is the most practical and effective approach for the training and mobilization of our human resources so that they can support intelligently the thrust of national development under the New Society;

WHEREAS, the combined efforts of the government and private agencies to implement the fundamental duty of unfettering our illiterates from ignorance, poverty and fear to give them dignity and equal opportunities and to enable them to participate creatively in nation building, can succeed only if the whole nation extends maximum moral and financial support;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby authorize the Foundation for Youth Development in the Philippines Inc., to conduct its second educational and fund campaign during the period from 19 June to 30 December, 1975.

I call upon all government officials, military personnel, public and private school authorities and students, and all citizens and residents of the Philippines, regardless of nationality or creed to support and give generously of their means to the Foundation for Youth Development in the Philippines, Inc.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 27th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-five.

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

By the President:

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary

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