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, 1979.

The Committee shall be composed of the following:

The Minister of Education & Culture	Chairman
The Minister of Public Information	Vice-Chairman
The Minister of Energy	Member
The Minister of the Budget	Member
The Presidential Assistant on National Minorities	Member
The Deputy Minister of Public Works	Member
The Deputy Minister of Labor	Member
The Deputy Minister of National Defense	Member
The Deputy Minister of Trade	Member
The Deputy Minister of Local Government & Community Development	Member
The Deputy Minister of Tourism	Member
The Deputy Minister of Industry	Member
The Deputy Minister of Youth & Sports Development	Member
The Assistant to the Governor/Chairman, Metro Manila Commission	Member
The Mayor of Manila	Member
The Chairman, National Historical Institute	Member
The Director, National Media Production Center	Member
The Director, Southern Philippines Development Authority	Member
The Executive Director, National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women	Member
The President, Philippine Association 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 functions.

Done in the City of Manila, this 16th day of April in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-nine.


By the President:

(SGD.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Assistant