Proclamation No. 412 (1965)
Declaring the Period From December 6 to 12, 1965, 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. 412, July 6, 1965 ]
DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM DECEMBER 6 TO 12, 1965, 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, DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare the period from December 6 to 12, 1965, 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 particular emphasis on “SCIENCE AND FREEDOM FROM WANT:”
The Chairman, National Science Development Board | Chairman The President, Phil. Academy of Sciences and Humanities | 1st Vice-Chairman The President, Phil. Association for the Advancement of Science | 2nd 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 Chairman, UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines | Member The President, Confederation of Scientific Organization of the Philippines | Member The President, Phil. 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 6th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-five.
DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines
By the President:
JUAN S. CANCIO
Acting Assistant Executive Secretary