Administrative Order No. 297 (1971)

MALACAÑAN PALACE

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 297, July 12, 1971 ]

CREATING A RURAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE

WHEREAS, there is urgent need to raise income levels and increase employment opportunities especially in the rural areas;

WHEREAS, this objective can be attained through the implementation of a massive and integrated rural improvement program;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby create a Committee to coordinate all the activities in the implementation of the said program. The Committee shall be composed of the following:

Hon. ARTURO TANCO, Jr. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Chairman

Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Hon. ROBERTO V. REYES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Vice-Chairman

Assistant Executive Secretary

Administrator MARIO R. REYES - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member

National Cottage Industries Development Authority

Dir. Gen. RONY V. DIAZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member

National Manpower and Youth Council

Commissioner FRANCISCO SAGUIGUIT - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member

Agricultural Productivity Commission

Dir. ORLANDO PAGULAYAN - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member

Cooperatives Administration Office

Mr. ROSENDO MARQUEZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member

Officer-In-Charge, Presidential Arm on Community Development

Dir. PEDRO G. REFUERZO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member

Bureau of Animal Industry

Dir. ELISEO C. CARANDANG - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member

Bureau of Plant Industry

Commissioner ANDRES M. MANE - - - - - - - - - - - Member

Philippine Fisheries Commission

Mr. SILVESTRE D. SARMIENTO - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member

Budget Commission

The Committee shall coordinate the participating agencies in the implementation of the said program and that for purposes hereof the Chairman of the Committee shall exercise supervision over the Agricultural Productivity Commission and the Agricultural Credit Administration.

The Chairman is hereby empowered to create such sub-committees as may be needed to assist the Committee in the performance of its functions.

The Committee may call upon any department, bureau, office or instrumentality of the government for such assistance as it may need in the accomplishment of its mission.

This Order shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 12th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-one.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR

Executive Secretary