Proclamation No. 249 (1964)
Declaring the Period From June 12 to 19, 1964, as Filipino Retailers Week
MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 249, May 28, 1964 ]
DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM JUNE 12 TO 19, 1964, AS FILIPINO RETAILERS WEEK
WHEREAS, Filipino retailers play a vital role in the development of the national economy; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable to give impetus to the nationalization of the retail trade;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare the period from June 12 to 19, 1964, as Filipino Retailers Week.
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 28th day of May, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-four.
DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines
By the President:
CALIXTO O. ZALDIVAR
Acting Executive Secretary