TO :	The Minister, Ministry of the Budget Manila
	The Chairman/General Manager Philippine Tobacco Administration (PTA) Diliman, Quezon City
	The Chairman/General Manager Philippine Virginia Tobacco Administration (PVTA) and
		Chairman, Philippine Virginia Tobacco Board (FVTB)
	Cubao, Quezon City
	The Commissioner of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)
		as Chairman, Philippine tobacco Board (PTB)
	Quezon City
	The President, Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU)
		Batac, Ilocos Norte
	The Director General, Philippine Council for Agriculture and Resources Research (PCARR)
		and South East Asian Regional Center for Graduate Studies & Research in Agriculture (SEARCA)
	Los Baños, Laguna
	The director, Philippine Tobacco Research & Training
		Center (PTRTC)
	Batac, Ilocos Norte

AUTHORIZING THE HOLDING IN MANILA OF THE CORESTA CONGRESS FOR 1980 AND PROVIDING FOR GOVERNMENT SUPPORT THEREFOR

WHEREAS, upon invitation of the Philippine tobacco sector, the Cooperation Center for Scientific Research Relative to Tobacco (CORESTA) has chosen the Philippines to be the site of its 13th General Assembly and 7th International Tobacco Scientific Congress from November 10-14, 1980;

WHEREAS, this forthcoming convention, referred to as CORESTA PHILIPPINES 1980, shall afford our country the chance to exchange information with other countries of the world on the latest developments and information on tobacco technology and also to further project the Philippines as an international convention center and as a tourist haven;

WHEREAS, the government sector and the private sector of the tabacco industry of the Philippines should closely work together to insure the success of CORESTA PHILIPPINES 1980.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, hereby authorize the holding of the CORESTA PHILIPPINES 1980 in Manila from November 10-14, 1980 and order and direct as follows:

1. The government agencies below are hereby authorized to set aside from their respective saving or funds the following amount to be contributed to the CORESTA PHILIPPINES 1980 Fund:
   

   PTA

   P 130,000

      

     PVTA

   130,000

      

     PTE

   85,000

      

     PVTB

   85,000

      

     PTRIC

   30,000

      

     MMSU

   20,000

      

     SEARCA/PCARR

   20,000

    

   Total

   P 500,000

    

2. The Budget Minister shall authorize additional realeases from existing appropriations of the above agencies or allow the setting aside of the specified sums from their respective appropriations;
   
   
3. The private sector, particularly those engaged in the tobacco industry, is urged to make contributions to meet the funding requirements of the conventions;
   
   
4. Officials and employees of the government are hereby directed to participate and cooperate with the private sector in the administration and management of the CORESTA PHILIPPINES 1980;
   
   
5. All other government agencies and functionaries are hereby enjoined to give full support and cooperation when so requested by the organizing committee to insure the success of CORESTA PHILIPPINES 1980.
   
   
6. Sponsoring government agencies and instrumentalities are hereby authorized to send not more than ten (10) delegates each to the CORESTA PHILIPPINES 1980 an official time with reasonable allowance for traveling and incidental expenses, including registration fees, chargeable to the respective agencies.  Non-sponsoring government agencies may send not more than two (2) delegates each, subject to the above conditions.

Done in the City of Manila, this 26th day of May, in the Year of the Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty.