[ PROCLAMATION NO. 7, March 01, 1954 ]
DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM MARCH 8 TO 14, 1954, AS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WEEK AND CREATING A COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE OBSERVANCE THEREOF
In order to give impetus to scientific endeavors and thereby promote the cause of science and technology in the Philippines, I, Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare the period from March 8 to 14, 1954, as Science and Technology Week to be observed with appropriate ceremonies throughout the country.
The following are hereby designated members of a committee which is hereby created to take charge of the celebration of Science and Technology Week:
The Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources |
Chairman |
The Secretary of Health |
Member |
The Secretary of Education |
Member |
The Administrator of Economic Coordination |
Member |
The Director of Science and Technology |
Member |
The President, National Research Council of the Philippines |
Member |
The President, Philippine Council of Science and Technology |
Member |
The President, Philippine Association for the Advancement of Science |
Member |
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 1st day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the eighth.
RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines
By
the President:
FRED RUIZ CASTRO
Executive Secretary