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 June 12, 1978.

The Committee shall be composed of the following:

The Secretary of Education & Culture	Chairman
The Secretary of Public Information	Vice Chairman
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 Local Gov ™ts. and Community Development	Member
The Undersecretary of Tourism	Member
The Undersecretary of Youth and Sports Development	Member
The Mayor of Manila	Member
The Chairman, National Historical Commission	Member
The Director, National Media Production Center	Member
The President, Philippine Assn. of Colleges and Universities	Member
The President, Civic Assembly of Women of the Philippines	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 its 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 function.

Done in the City of Manila, this 30th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-eight.


By the President:

(SGD.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Assistant