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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1838, April 2, 1979 ]

DESIGNATING APRIL 1, 1979 TO MARCH 31, 1980, AS THE PERIOD FOR THE ANNUAL FUND CAMPAIGN OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES.

WHEREAS, the moral and financial support of our people is greatly needed by the Boy Scouts of the Philippines in pursuance of its objectives of character building and citizenship training of boys, promoting world brotherhood and contributing to the building of the nation;

WHEREAS, with its present membership of more than two million boys and adult leaders, the Boy Scouts of the Philippines exerts a heavy influence in the development of a responsible citizenry and in forging a healthy and progressive national community; and

WHEREAS, this yearly fund campaign of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines will once more give the people an opportunity to contribute and to insure the continuity of a worthy cause that has a far-reaching effect upon the commonwealth;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby designate April 1, 1979 to March 31, 1980 as the period for the annual national fund campaign of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines. I call upon all citizens and residents of the Philippines to assist and cooperate in this fund drive and to give it their unlimited support in order that it may be able to continue its noble mission of service to the youth of our land.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 2nd day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-nine.

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

By the President:

(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Assistant

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