WHEREAS, it is the government policy to encourage and promote the holding of international meetings and conventions in the country;

WHEREAS, the Philippines is being favored as the site of this world congress with the Philippine Society of Anesthesiologists as the host;

WHEREAS, the very nature of such world congresses necessitates the use of promotional materials, consumables, and give-aways by foreign delegates;

WHEREAS, as host, the Philippines is prepared to extend the warmest hospitality to all participating delegates as well as lend the necessary support to ensure the over-all success of the 8th World Congress of Anesthesiologists;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby authorize the entry of all promotional materials, consumables and give-aways granting such items exemption from customs duties, taxes and all other assessment as long as said items are covered by a certification issued by the President of the Congress and Chairman of the Organizing Committee that such items are in reasonable quantities as needed by the convention, shall be for the exclusive use of delegates to the 8th World Congress of Anesthesiologists, and that they shall be distributed on a free-of-charge basis.

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 20th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-four.


By the President:

(SGD.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Executive Assistant