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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1646, June 2, 1977 ]

DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM JUNE 22 TO 29 AS PROFESSIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS WEEK.

WHEREAS, the processions with their thorough preparation and expertise, are a district segment of Philippine Society which bears a heavy portion of the responsibilities in, and the burdens of, nation building;

WHEREAS, in recognition of this role of the professionals in nation building under the New Society, Presidential Decree No. 223 was promulgated on June 22, 1973 creating the Professional Regulation Commission;

WHEREAS, it is deemed fitting and proper to honor and acknowledge their invaluable service to, and support of, the New Society; and

WHEREAS, there is a need to focus attention to the spirit of professionalism as the goal toward which all workers should strive so that excellence and thoroughness becomes the norm in whatever job a citizen in engaged;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby declare the period from June 22 to 29 of every year as “Professional Consciousness Week” under the auspices of the Professional Regulation Commission, the Regulatory Boards and the accredited professional associations.

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 2nd day of June, 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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