WHEREAS, the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine was established to provide a strong bio-medical research component for the various control programs for tropical diseases of the Ministry of Health; and

WHEREAS, the administration of the programs of the Institute requires a broad range of experience in actual research work as well as skills in research management and administration;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and the authority vested in me by Presidential Decree No. 1416 do hereby order and ordain:

SECTION 1. Section 3.b. of Executive Order No. 674 establishing the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine is hereby amended to read as follows:

œThe Institute shall be headed by a Director who shall be assisted by an Assistant Director, with compensation equivalent to CESO Rank II and CESO Rank III respectively, both of whom shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines. The Director shall be responsible for the implementation of policies and the immediate management of the programs and operations of the Institute. 

SEC. 2. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 14th day of December in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-two.


By the President:

(SGD.) JOAQUIN T. VENUS, JR.
Deputy Presidential Executive Assistant