Pursuant to the powers vested in me by law, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby create a national committee to take charge of the celebration of Philippine Independence Day on 12 June 1977.

The Committee shall be composed of the following:

The Secretary of Education & Culture

Chairman

The Secretary of Public Information

Vice-Chairman

The Secretary of Local Governments & Community Development

Member

The Secretary of Natural Resources

Member

The Commissioner of the Budget

Member

The Presidential Assistant on National Minorities

Member

The Presidential Assistant on Legal Affairs

Member

The Undersecretary of Public Works

Member

The Undersecretary of Labor

Member

The Undersecretary of National Defense

Member

The Undersecretary of Trade

Member

The Undersecretary of Tourism

Member

The Undersecretary of Industry

Member

The Mayor of Manila

Member

The Chairman, National Historical Institute

Member

The Director, National Media Production Center

Member

The President, Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities

Member

The President, Veterans Federation of the Philippines

Member

The President, Civil Assembly of Women of the Philippines

Member

Representative from Youth Group

Member

The Presidential Protocol Officer

Member Secretary

The Committee shall meet at the call of the Chairman and for the purpose of discharging its functions, may create 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 duties and functions.

Done in the City of Manila, this 28th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-seven.


By the President:

(SGD.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Assistant