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, 1980.

The Committee shall be composed of the following:

The Minister of Education and Culture - - - - - - -	Chairman
The Minister of the Budget - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Vice-Chairman
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 Local Governments and Community Development - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Member
The Deputy Minister of Tourism - - - - - - - - - - -	Member
The Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports Development - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Member
The Deputy Minister of Human Settlements - - - -	Member
The Deputy Minister of Transportation and Communication - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Member
The Officer-in-Charge, Ministry of Public Information - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Member
The Vice-Governor of the Metro-Manila Commission - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Member
The Mayor of Manila - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Member
The Chairman of the National Historical Institute -	Member
The Director of the Southern Philippines Development Authority - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Member
The Executive Director of the National Commissionon the Role of Filipino Women - - - - -	Member
The President of the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Member
The President of the 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 3rd day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty.


By the President:

(SGD.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Assistant