Pursuant to the powers vested in me by law, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby create a National Committee to take charge of the celebration of Philippine Independence Day on 12 June 1993.

The Committee shall be composed of the following:

Secretary of Finance	- Chairman
Secretary of National Defense	- Vice-Chairman
Secretary of Foreign Affairs	- Member
Secretary of Agriculture	- Member
Secretary of Public Works and Highways	- Member
Secretary of Education, Culture, and Sports	- Member
Secretary of Labor and Employment	- Member
Secretary of Interior and Local Government	- Member
Secretary of Tourism	- Member
Secretary of Transportation and Communications	- Member
Secretary of Social Welfare and Development	- Member
Secretary of Budget and Management	- Member
Press Secretary	- Member
Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines	- Member
Chief of the Philippine National Police	- Member
Head, Presidential Management Staff	- Member
Chief of Presidential Protocol	- Member
Chairman, Metro Manila Authority	- Member
Chairman of the National Historical Institute	- Member

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

The Committee is hereby authorized to call upon any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the government, including government-owned or controlled corporations, for such assistance as it may need in the discharge of its functions.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 12th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety-three.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:
(Sgd.) ANTONIO T. CARPIO
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel