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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1442, June 19, 1975 ]

DECLARING TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1975, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN MANILA.

WHEREAS, every year the City of Manila celebrates June 24 as “Araw ng Maynila,” marking the founding of the city as the premier Christmas City of Asia; and

WHEREAS, the residents of Maynila, conscious of the historical and cultural significance of the event, desire to celebrate the same 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 Tuesday, June 24, 1975, as a special public holiday in Manila.

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-five.

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

By the President:

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary

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