WHEREAS, Administrative Order No. 326 authorized the participation of the entire Executive Branch in the activities of the 1997 Philippine Livelihood and SME World Congress;

WHEREAS, the holding of the said World Congress at the World Trade Center was postponed from June 10-11, 1997 to September 4-5, 1997;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby reiterate the authority given to the entire Executive Branch to participate in the 1997 Livelihood, Cooperatives and SME World Congress which will be held at the World Trade Center, Pasay City from September 4 to 5, 1997.

Done in the City of Manila, this 2nd day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety-seven.

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

By the President:
(Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary