WHEREAS, socio-economic problems in the province of Sulu demand immediate solution through the concerted and coordinated efforts of the different departments and offices of the Government in the execution of socio-economic projects;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, RAMON MAGSAYSAY, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby create a Presidential Action Committee on Sulu Affairs composed of the following:

The Governor of Sulu Province		Chairman
A representative of the Department of National Defense		Vice-Chairman and Coordinator
A representative of the Department of Justice		Member
Two representatives, Department of Finance (Customs, & Provincial Treasurer)		Member
A representative of the Department of Public Works and Communications		Member
A representative of the Department of Education		Member
A representative of the Department of Health		Member
Three representatives, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (Lands, Fisheries, Forestry)		Member
A representative of Social Welfare Administration		Member
A representative of the Office of Economic Coordination		Member
A representative of the Agricultural Credit and Cooperative Financing Administration		Member
The Provincial Commander, PC.		Member

The Committee shall from time to time, in the study and implementation of projects, consult with prominent residents and the people of the province and locality.

The Committee shall study, plan, coordinate and execute the projects on education, health, land surveys and resettlement, public works, social aid and welfare, and labor placement directed by the President, and such other socio-economic measures as it may deem necessary for the amelioration of the people of Sulu.

The Committee is hereby authorized to call upon any department, bureau, office, agency, or instrumentality of the Government for such assistance or information as it may need in the performance of its duties and functions.

The Committee shall render a quarterly report on the progress of its activities to the President.

Done in the City of Manila, this 20th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the ninth.

(Sgd.) RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines

By the President:
(Sgd.) FRED RUIZ CASTRO
Executive Secretary