Section 16 of Executive Order No. 129 dated May 6, 1968 is hereby amended to read as follows:

œSection 16. Clothing allowance and per diem. - Officials and employees authorized to travel abroad under this title shall be granted clothing allowance and per diem as follows:

	- Clothing	Per diem
	- Allowance
a) The Department Secretaries; the Executive Secretary; the Commissioner on Audit; the Commissioner of the Budget; the Commissioner of Civil Service; the Director-General, National Economic and Development Authority; the Social Welfare Administrator; the Chairman, Commission on Elections; the Chairman, Civil Service Board of Appeals; the Chairman, National Science Development Board; the Chairman, Population Commission; the Chairman, National Police Commission; the Department Undersecretaries, ambassadors, ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary; the Assistant Executive Secretaries; the Legal Adviser to the President; the Deputy Commissioner of the Budget, the Deputy Commissioner on Audit; the Deputy Director-General and Assistant Director-Generals, National Economic and Development Authority; the Solicitor General; the Members, Commission on Elections; the Members, Civil Service Board of Appeals; the Deputy Commissioner of Civil Service; the Government Corporate Counsel; the Legislative Secretary; the Governor, Land Authority; the Vice-Chairman, National Science Development Board; the Managing Director, National Computer Center, the Managing Director, Development Management Staff; the Executive Director, Population Commission; the Chief of the Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines; the President, University of the Philippines; and the presidents of other state universities; the chairman of governing boards and the general managers or other managing heads of government-owned or controlled corporations; heads of delegations with full powers; and other officials of similar or equivalent rank . . . . . . . . . .	$300.00	$50.00
b) The vice-chairman and members of governing boards and councils and the assistant general managers or other assistant managing heads of government-owned or controlled corporations; career ministers; directors and assistant directors and chiefs of bureaus and offices; general officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines; vice-presidents of state universities; and other officials of similar or equivalent rank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	$250.00	$40.00
c) The heads of primary units and officials of equivalent rank in the Executive Department, the Commission on Audit, and government-owned or controlled corporations; field grade officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines; foreign affairs officers; heads of state colleges and deans of colleges of the University of the Philippines; and other officials of similar or equivalent rank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	$225.00	$35.00
d) All other employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	$200.00	$30.00

The per diem herein provided for shall be granted only for the duration of the official trip, including travel time as defined in Section 20 hereof. 

Done in the City of Manila, this 26th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three.


By the President:

(SGD.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary