WHEREAS, the eighty-fifth birthday of the late President Manuel L. Quezon falls on Monday, August 19, 1963;

WHEREAS, the Filipino people should be given full opportunity to render homage to the memory of our illustrious leader; and

WHEREAS, the nineteenth day of August of every year is also Citizenship Day under Proclamation No. 331, dated August 4, 1952;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Diosdado Macapagal, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 30 of the Revised Administrative Code, do hereby declare Monday, August 19, 1963, as a special public holiday throughout the Philippines. I enjoin the observance of the day with appropriate ceremonies designed to inculcate upon our people, especially the youth, the rights and duties of good citizenship;

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 10th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-three.

DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines

By the President:

RUFINO G. HECHANOVA
Executive Secretary