WHEREAS, one of the objectives of the five year integrated socio-economic development program of the present administration is the increased production of agricultural crops, particularly rice and corn;

WHEREAS, the increased production of these two principal staple crops of the Philippines will bring about a more abundant supply of food, increase the income of our farmers, improve their standard of living, augment our sources of animal food for greater livestock production, and foster the growth of other industries;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Diosdado Macapagal, President of the Philippines, do hereby enjoin the Rice and Corn Production Coordinating Council to undertake the holding of a rice and corn production contest every year, for a period of four years from July 1, 1962, to June 30, 1966, as a corollary to the present Rice and Corn Production Program. I urge all government officials and employees, national, provincial, city, municipal, and barrio officials, especially barrio lieutenants, school teachers, and civic organizations to cooperate actively in carrying out this project.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 28th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-two.

DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines

By the President:
SALVADOR L. MARI O
Executive Secretary