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 1994.

The Committee shall be composed of the following:

Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports	- 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 Finance	- 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 21^st day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety four.

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

By the President:
(Sgd.) TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, JR.
Executive Secretary