WHEREAS, the launching of a National Livelihood Program, the Kilusang Kabuhayan at Kaunlaran (KKK) as a centerpiece of the Philippine Development Plan and as a catalyst in mobilizing the entrepreneurial and productive energies of the people is now bearing fruit;

WHEREAS, Batas Pambansa Blg. 640 has appropriated funds for the operation of the National Government during CY 1984;

WHEREAS, a program of revenue generation and expenditure needs to be adopted, within the context of national development goals and agency objectives and performance targets;

WHEREAS, the thematic thrust, budget for growth and stability, is now translated into an operating guideline of our budget program; and

WHEREAS, available funds of the government have to be apportioned among priority programs and projects of agencies in order to attain maximum benefits at minimum costs and for the organization and staffing of the National Government to cover salaries, allowances, fringe benefits and other compensation benefits as incentive for optimum efficiency in government service;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby Order and Direct:

1. The budgetary programs and projects, agency objectives and functions, accomplishment targets, and the program of revenue generation and expenditure of the National Government for the year nineteen hundred and eighty-four are hereby approved for implementation, subject to the provision of Batas Pambansa Blg. 640 and existing laws, particularly P.D. No. 1177 (as amended)

2. The Development Budget Coordination Committee shall evaluate and recommend such measures as may be necessary to attain the targeted levels of resources and expenditure to meet development targets in the context of national development goals, economic growth rates, price levels, domestic credit and balance of payments objectives.

3. The personal services itemization, including the General and Special Provisions therein, pertaining to allowances, fringe benefits, method of compensation and allied matters, and the new staffing patterns of reorganized agencies are hereby approved for implementation pursuant to the provisions of P.D. Nos. 1177 (as amended), 985 (as amended) and 1285.

4. All agencies shall exert their best efforts to comply with the work programs in order to attain the objectives and performance and unit cost targets so as to achieve the desired results with maximum efficiency, economy and effectiveness.

Done in the City of Manila this 26th day of November in the Year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-four.

(Sgd.)  FERDINAND E. MARCOS

By the President:

(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Executive Assistant