Proclamation No. 379 (1968)
Declaring the Period From July 15 to 21, 1968, as Science and Technology Week and Creating a Committee to Take Charge of Its Observance
MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 379, April 14, 1968 ]
DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM JULY 15 TO 21, 1968, 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, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare the period from July 15 to 21, 1968, as 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 with the theme, “Science and the Challenge of Development:”
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 Commerce and Industry | Member The Secretary of Education | Member The Secretary of Health | Member The Chairman, National Research Council of the Philippines | Member The President, Confederation of Scientific and Technological Organization of the Philippines | Member The President, Philippine Council of Science and Technology | Member The President, United Technological Organization of the Philippines | Member The President, Chamber of Agriculture and Natural Resources | Member The President, Philippine Chamber of 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 14th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-eight.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS
Executive Secretary