Pursuant to the authority conferred upon me by law, realizing the need for the nationwide development of the wood industry as an important factor in the economic program of the country, and in view of the rapid and expansive growth that the wood industry is capable of attaining, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby reconstitute the Committee on Wood Industries Development under the Office of the President.

1. The Committee shall have the following functions and responsibilities:

(a) As a deliberative body concerned with the problems of the entire wood industries, to study, discuss, and objectify current situations confronting the industry;

(b) As a recommendatory council representing the interests of the industry, to draft and submit concrete recommendations to the President concerning policies and action programs which affect the industry;

(c) As a planning committee concerned mainly with the future requirements for the sustained growth of the industry, to conduct researches and market development programs designed to accomplish the objectives of growth in the wood industries; and

(d) As an implementing body geared toward the proper execution and management of policies and action programs approved and proclaimed by the President, to harness available potential resources from both government and private sectors for the development of the industry.

2. The Committee shall be composed of eleven members:

Secretary of Finance

Chairman

President, Philippine Chamber of Wood Industries

Member

President, Philippine Lumber Producers Association

Member

President, Plywood Manufacturers Association of the Philippines

Member

President, Cagayan Exporters and Producers Association of the Philippines

Member

Vice-President for Western Mindanao Philippine Chamber of Wood Industries

Member

Director of Forestry

Member

Director, Forest Products Research Institute

Member

Director General, Presidential Economic Staff

Member

Executive Director, National Economic Council

Member

Administrator, Reforestration Administration

Member

3. The committee shall be headed by its Chairman who shall be the executive officer of the committee, and will be empowered to appoint such persons or entities and to issue such rules and regulations for the purposes of assisting him in the discharge of his duties and responsibilities and of implementing the objectives and programs of the committee.

4. The chairman is also authorized to call directly upon any department, bureau, or office of the executive branch of the government or upon any government-owned or controlled entity or agency for such assistance as the committee may need and, subject to the approval of the President, to requisition or utilize and make use of the services of their personnel.

Done in the City of Manila, this 25th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-nine.


By the President:
(SGD.) RAFAEL M. SALAS
Executive Secretary