[ LETTER OF IMPLEMENTATION NO. 95, August 09, 1979 ]
REVISING THE MFA INDICES ON OVERSEAS AND LIVING QUARTERS ALLOWANCES OF FOREIGN SERVICE PERSONNEL
| TO : | The Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| The Minister of the Budget | |
| Heads of Ministries and Agencies with Staff Members Stationed Abroad |
WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 1285 establishes the Foreign Service Compensation Plan for staff members of the National Government stationed abroad;
WHEREAS, Letter of Implementation No. 63 provides the necessary rules and regulations to be observed in the payment of compensation for personnel of the National Government stationed abroad;
WHEREAS, Section 4.3.2 of the aforesaid Letter of Implementation No. 63 authorizes the Permanent Committee created for the purpose of P.D. No. 1285 to recommend to the President/Prime Minister such adjustment in the MFA Index as may be warranted by changes in the exchange rates and price levels in the affected posts of assignment;
WHEREAS, in view of the continuing world-wide serious increase in price level and decline in the purchasing power of the United States dollar against certain currencies, the officers and employees of the Philippine Foreign Service have been experiencing financial difficulties;
WHEREAS, such losses in purchasing power are particularly onerous for officers and employees in the affected foreign service establishments due to the unusually high cost of living obtaining in the countries hereinafter listed:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS;, President/Prime Minister of the Philippines, do hereby approve the recommendation of the Permanent Committee to revise the MFA Index contained in Letter of Implementation No. 63, as follows:
This Order shall take effect as of August 1, 1979.Afghanistan Kabul Argentina Buenos Aires Australia Canberra Melbourne Sydney Austira Vienna Bahrain Belgium Brussels Brazil Brasilia Burma Rangoon Bulgaria Sofia Canada Ottawa Toronto Vancouver Cuba Havana Egypt Cairo France Paris Gabon Libreville Federal Rep. Bad Godesberg of Germany Hamburg German Democratic Republic East Berlin Greece Athens Hongkong India New Delhi Indonesia Jakarta Menado Tarakan Iran Teheran Iraq Baghdad Israel Tel-Aviv Italy Rome Holy See Japan Tokyo Kobe Kenya Nairobi Korea Seoul Kuwiat Kuwiat Laos Vientiane Lebanon Beirut Libya Tripoli Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Mexico Mexico City Morocco Rabat Netherlands The Hague Nigeria Lagos New Zealand Wellington Norway Oslo Pakistan Islamabad Papua NG Port Moresby People Rep. of China Peking Poland Warsaw Romania Bucharest Saudi Arabia Jeddah Senegal Dakar Singapore Singapore Spain Madrid Sri Lanka Colombo Sudan Khartoum Switzerland Berne Geneva Sweden Stockholm Syria Damascus Taiwan Taipei Thailand Bangkok United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi United Kingdom London U.S.A Agana San Francisco Los Angeles Seattle New Orleans Chicago Washington Honolulu Houston New York USSR Moscow Venezuela Caracas Vietnam Hanoi Yugislavia Belgrade
Done in the City Manila, this 9th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-nine.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS |
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President |
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Republic of the Philippines |
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| By the President: | ||||
| (Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA | ||||
| Presidential Assistant | ||||