Proclamation No. 1642 (1977)
Declaring the Third Week of May, 1977, as Crop Protection Week
MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 1642, May 26, 1977 ]
DECLARING THE THIRD WEEK OF MAY, 1977, AS CROP PROTECTION WEEK.
WHEREAS, under Proclamation No. 1544 dated May 1, 1976, the first week of May, 1976 was proclaimed as “Crop Protection Week” for the reasons and objectives stated therein; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable that continuing national attention and concern be focused on the need for wider utilization of the current advances in crop protection science and technology for the benefit of the national economy;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare the third week of May, 1977, as “Crop Protection Week” and enjoin all public and private offices and institutions to encourage and grant official sanction to their personnel concerned to attend and participate in national crop protection and pest control conferences in the interest of advancing our science and technology on crop protection.
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 26th day of May, 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