Pursuant to Executive Order No. 64, dated March 1, 1993, adopting a national policy of "sports for all" and Memorandum Order No. 212, dated June 9, 1994, institutionalizing sportsfest in this Office as part of the employee physical fitness development program of the Office of the President to enhance employee welfare, morale and productivity, the Malacanang Sportsfest 2003 is hereby authorized to be launched on March 24, 2003.

The Office of the President Cultural Affairs Committee (OPCAC), aside from its regular mandate under Special Order No. 257 s. 2002, is hereby tasked to plan and implement the Malacanang Sportsfest with the assistance of sports coordinators from primary offices and units.

Heads of OP primary offices and units are likewise authorized to allow their physically-fit employees, with approved medical certificates from the Malacanang Clinic, to attend and participate, on official time, in any two events of the Sportsfest and to designate their respective sports coordinators.

To avoid disruption of office work, the OPCAC is, likewise, authorized to prudently schedule the Sportsfest and disburse the necessary funds for the purpose, subject to availability thereof and pertinent accounting and auditing rules and regulations.

Manila, March19, 2003