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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1622, February 26, 1977 ]

AUTHORIZING THE PHILIPPINE TUBERCULOSIS SOCIETY, INC. TO CONDUCT A NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL AND FUND CAMPAIGN DURING THE PERIOD FROM FEBRUARY 15 TO DECEMBER 31, 1977.

WHEREAS, tuberculosis remains to be the leading killer-disease that saps the manpower resources of the country and is still the primary cause of the physical, emotional and social miseries of a great segment of our people;

WHEREAS, the Philippine Tuberculosis Society, Inc. is complementing and supporting the National TB Program, has launched its expansion program by accelerating its efforts of providing services to a greater number of people;

WHEREAS, the Society is directing its efforts in bringing more TB services and facilities to the rural communities and depressed areas of the country; and

WHEREAS, the society can only be successful in its objectives through the support and cooperation it all sectors of the community;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby authorize the Philippine Tuberculosis Society, Inc. to conduct its national educational and fund campaign during the period from February 15 to December 31, 1977.

I call upon all citizens and residents of the Philippines, regardless of race or creed, to support actively and give generously of their means to the Anti-TB cause so as to hasten control of this impoverishing and communicable disease and thereby minimize human suffering amongst the poor, who, in our humane and compassionate community, need not be underprivileged nor abandoned.

It is hereby reiterated that all donations or contributions to the Philippine Tuberculosis Society's fund drive shall be exempt from income and gift taxes, and the same shall constitute allowable deductions in full from the income of the donors and contributors for income tax purposes.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 26th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-seven.

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

By the President:

(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Assistant

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