Proclamation No. 1872 (1979)

MALACAÑAN PALACE

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1872, July 2, 1979 ]

DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM JULY 8 TO 14, 1979, AS NATIONAL 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, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare the period from July 8 to 14, 1979, as National Science and Technology Week to be observed throughout the country in schools, colleges and universities, with appropriate ceremonies, under the sponsorship of the National Science Development Board.

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

The Chairman, National Science Development Board | Chairman The President, National Academy of Science and Technology | Vice-Chairman The President, Philippine Association for the Advancement of Science | Vice-Chairman The Minister of Economic Planning | Member The Minister of Natural Resources | Member The Minister of Education and Culture | Member The Minister of Industry | Member The Minister of Health | Member The Minister of Energy | Member The President, University of the Philippines System | Member The President, Council of Technology and Allied Sciences of the Philippines | Member The President, Chamber of Agriculture and Natural Resources | Member The President, Philippine Chamber Industries | Member The President National Press Club of the Philippines | 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 2nd day of July, 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