DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM FEBRUARY 3 TO 9, 1963, AS “AID TO THE BLIND AND HANDICAPPED WEEK”

WHEREAS, section 10 (a) of
Republic Act No. 1179, as amended by Republic Act No. 2615, authorizes the
President of the Philippines to set aside an annual fund-raising week to be
known as “Aid to the Blind and Handicapped Week,” the money realized therefrom
to constitute a trust fund called the “Blind and Handicapped Fund” under the
control and administration of the Social Welfare Administrator;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Diosdado
Macapagal, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare the period from
February 3 to 9, 1963, as “Aid to the Blind and Handicapped Week,” during which
the National Council on Rehabilitation shall conduct a campaign for funds for
the blind and other handicapped persons.

I call upon all citizens and
residents of this country, as well as all civic-spirited organizations and
associations, to support this campaign.

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
30th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty three.

DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines

By the President:
SALVADOR L. MARIÑO
Executive Secretary

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