Proclamation No. 584 (1959)
Declaring the Period From July 13 to 19, 1959, as National 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. 584, May 11, 1959 ]
DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM JULY 13 TO 19, 1959, 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 economic development of the country, I, CARLOS P. GARCIA, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare the period from July 13 to 19, 1959, as National Science and Technology Week, to be observed throughout the country in schools, colleges, universities, scientific and technical institutions, industrial firms, and societies 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 the national scientific and technological research program:
The Chairman, National Science Development Board | Chairman The President, Philippine Association for the Advancement of Science | First Vice-Chairman The President, United Technological Organizations of the Philippines | Second Vice-Chairman The Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources | Member The Secretary of Education | Member The Secretary of Health | Member The President, National Press Club | Member The Chairman, National Research Council of the Philippines | Member The President, Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities | Member The President, Chamber M Agriculture and Natural Resources of the Philippines | Member The President, Philippine Chamber of IndustriesThe President, University 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 11th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-nine, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the thirteenth.
CARLOS P. GARCIA
President of the Philippines
By the President:
JUAN C. PAJO
Executive Secretary