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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1685, October 21, 1977 ]

DECLARING OCTOBER 31 and NOVEMBER 1, 1977, AS SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

WHEREAS, remembering and paying homage to the dead on All Saints Day is one of our most cherished traditions; and

WHEREAS, in line with the policy of preserving our cultural traditions and observances, our people should be given full opportunity to celebrate All Saints Day with all its religious fervor;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare October 31 and November 1, 1977, as special public holidays.

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 21st day of October, 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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