WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 1, as amended and Letter of Implementation No. 15 provide that the National Manpower and Youth Council shall be attached to the Ministry Of Labor for policy and program coordination;

WHEREAS, the National Manpower and Youth Council has to coordinate the manpower development activities of the various government entities relative to the manpower development plan;

WHEREAS, in order to more effectively and efficiently undertake its functions, it is necessary for the National Manpower and Youth Council to be organizationally located where it shall be able to establish coordinative linkages with the various entities involved in manpower development; and

WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 1416 grants the President continuing authority to reorganize the National Government;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby transfer the National Manpower and Youth Council, attached to the Ministry of Labor, to the Office of the President.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 5th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-eight.

			(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
			President
			Republic of the Philippines
	By the President:
	(Sgd.) JACOBO C. CLAVE
	Presidential Executive Assistant