Proclamation No. 1251 (1974)

MALACAÑAN PALACE

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1251, April 3, 1974 ]

DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM JULY 15 TO 21, 1974, AS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WEEK AND CREATING A COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF ITS OBSERVANCE.

In order to give impetus to the role of science in the development of the country, I, ALEJANDRO MELCHOR, Executive Secretary, by order of His Excellency, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare the period from July 15 to 21, 1974, as Science and Technology Week, with particular emphasis on “New Directions of Philippine Science and Technology” to be observe throughout the country in schools, colleges and universities, with appropriate ceremonies, under the sponsorship of the National Science Development Board.

The following are designated members of a committee to take charge of the national observance of the Week:

The Chairman, National Science Development Board | Chairman The President, Philippine Academy of Science and Humanities | Vice-Chairman The President, Philippine Association for the Advancement of Science | Vice-Chairman The Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources | Member The Secretary of Trade | Member The Secretary of Education and Culture | Member The Secretary of Health | Member The President, Council of Technology and Allied Sciences of the Philippines | Member The President, Philippine Association of Colleges and University | Member The President, Chamber of Agriculture and Natural Resources | Member The President, Philippine Chamber of Industries | Member The President, National Press Club | Member

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 3rd day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR

Executive Secretary

By the Executive Secretary:

(Sgd.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA

Assistant Executive Secretary