I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby reconstitute the membership of the Rizal Day National Committee in connection with the observance of the 101st death anniversary of Dr. Jose P. Rizal on 30 December 1997, as follows:

The Secretary, Department of Education, Culture and Sports	- Chairman
The Chairman of the National Centennial Commission	- Co-Chairman
The Supreme Commander of the Knights of Rizal	- Co-Chairman
The Secretary, Department of the Interior and Local Government	- Member
The Secretary, Department of Public Works and Highways	- Member
The Secretary, Department of National Defense	- Member
The Secretary, Department of Tourism	- Member
The Secretary, Department of Budget and Management	- Member
The Press Secretary	- Member
The Chief of Presidential Protocol	- Member
The Head of the Presidential Management Staff	- Member
The Chairman of the National Historical Institute	- Member
The Chairman of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts	- Member
The Chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority	- Member
The Executive Director of the National Parks Development Committee	- Member
The City Mayor of Manila	- Member
The President of the Kababaihang Rizalista	- Member

To fittingly commemorate and properly disseminate nationwide the 101st anniversary of the death of Dr. Jose Rizal, I hereby authorize the Department of Budget and Management to release the amount of ONE MILLION PESOS (P1,000,000.00) from the President ™s Contingent Fund to defray expenses for the 1997 commemoration activities for the martyrdom of Dr. Rizal.

This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 11^th day of Dec, 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