Proclamation No. 175 (1993)
Declaring the Third Week of May of Every Year as “National Public Market Week”
MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 175, May 7, 1993 ]
DECLARING THE THIRD WEEK OF MAY OF EVERY YEAR AS “NATIONAL PUBLIC MARKET WEEK”
WHEREAS, the Department of the Interior and Local Government, through its Public Market Development Program Office is embarking on a Public Market Program to rationalize market development in the country; and
WHEREAS, due recognition should be accorded to the vital role of public markets in the development of rural and urban economies.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare the Third Week of May of Every Year as “National Public Market Week”.
The Department of the Interior and Local Government shall be the lead implementing agency of this Proclamation.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 7th day of May in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Three.
(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS
By the President:
(Sgd.) ANTONIO T. CARPIO
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel