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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1606, December 23, 1976 ]

DECLARING A HALF DAY SESSION IN ALL GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE OFFICES ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1976, BEGINNING ONE O’CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON.

WHEREAS, Christendom celebrates Christmas, the birth of Christ, on December 25, 1976;

WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper that the people be given full opportunity to prepare for the celebration of Christmas day;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare a half day session in all government and private offices on Friday, December 24, 1976, beginning one o’clock in the afternoon.

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 23rd day of December in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-six.

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

By the President:

(Sgd.) JACOBO C. CLAVE
Presidential Assistant

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