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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1919, October 30, 1979 ]

AUTHORIZING THE BAYANIHAN FOLK ARTS ASSOCIATION (BFAA) TO CONDUCT A FUND CAMPAIGN DURING THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1979.

WHEREAS, the Bayanihan Folk Arts Association is a civic organization dedicated to the preservation and Philippine folk culture;

WHEREAS, the BFAA, through its Performing Arts Unit, the Bayanihan Philippine Dance Company, has for the past twenty-two years served as Philippine ambassadors of cultural exchange and goodwill and has won the acclaim of art critics and enhanced the prestige of our country abroad; and

WHEREAS, the Association needs the support of the public to enable it to carry on with its cultural activities here and abroad;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby authorize the Bayanihan Folk Arts Association to conduct a nationwide fund drive during the period from October 1 to December 31, 1979.1aшphi1

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 30th day of October, 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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