[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 159, December 22, 1955 ]

CREATING A COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE STATE VISIT OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE NORODOM SIHANOUK, PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF CAMBODIA.



By virtue of the powers vested in me by law, I, RAMON MAGSAYSAY, President of the Philippines, do hereby create a Committee to formulate plans and devise ways and means for the appropriate reception and entertainment of His Royal Highness Prince Norodom Sihanouk, President of the Council of Ministers of Cambodia during a State Visit to the Philippines scheduled on or about February 1-4, 1956.

The Committee shall be composed of a representative of the Department of Foreign Affairs as Chairman, and the designated representatives of the following Departments, Bureaus, and Offices as members:

Office of the President
Department of National Defense
Department of Education
Department of Public Works and Communication
Department of Labor
Bureau of Customs
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Office of the City Mayor of Manila
Office of the Chief of Police of Manila
Office of the Mayor of Pasay City
Office of the Mayor of Para aque, Rizal
Philippine Tourist Bureau
Military Intelligence Service
National Intelligence Coordinating Agency

The Heads of the Departments, Bureaus and Offices listed above are hereby directed to designate their representatives upon receipt of this Administrative Order.

The Committee shall meet at the call of the Chairman and, for the purpose of discharging its functions, may create such sub-committees as may be necessary.

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

Done in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-five and of the Independence of the Philippines, the tenth.

(Sgd.) RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines

By the President:
(Sgd.) MARIANO YENKO, JR.
Assistant Executive Secretary