WHEREAS, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a regional economic forum established to leverage the growing interdependence of the Asia-Pacific;

WHEREAS, APEC 2015 is being hosted by the Philippines;

WHEREAS, the APEC Economic Leaders ™ Meeting (AELM), to be attended by twenty-one (21) world leaders, is scheduled to be held on the 18 th and 19 th of November 2015 in Metro Manila;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., Executive Secretary, by authority of His Excellency, BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, do hereby declare the 18 th and 19 th of November 2015, as special (non-working) days in the National Capital Region.

IN WITNESS THEREOF, 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 13th day of July, in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Fifteen.

By authority of the President:

(SGD.)  PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.
Executive Secretary