DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM MARCH 12 TO 18, 1956, AS TECHNOLOGY WEEK AND CREATING A COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE OBSERVANCE THEREOF

WHEREAS, the progress of the world depends largely upon the
achievements in technology and the application of technological knowledge;

WHEREAS, technological knowledge in the Philippines can be
effectively advanced through effective media and instrumentalities for the
dissemination of new discoveries’, techniques, and procedures; and

WHEREAS, the Industrialization and Economic Development
Program of the Government will depend largely upon technological knowledge: and
skill;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ramon Magsaysay, President of the
Philippines, do hereby declare the period from March 12 to 18, 1956, as
National Technology Week, to be observed throughout the country, particularly
in schools, colleges, universities, technological institutions, and societies,
with fitting ceremonies.

The following are hereby designated members of a Committee
which is hereby created to take charge of the observance of National Technology
Week:

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 6th day of March, in the
year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-six, and of the Independence of
the Philippines, the tenth.

RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines

By
the President:

FORTUNATO
DE LEON
Acting Executive Secretary