PROCLAMATION NO. 118, February 26, 1955

DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM MARCH 7 TO 13, 1955, AS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WEEK AND CREATING A COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE OBSERVANCE THEREOF

Presidential Proclamations February 26, 1955
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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 7 to 13, 1955, as Science and Technology Week to be observed with
appropriate ceremonies throughout the country.

The following are 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 26th day of February, in
the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, and of the Independence
of the Philippines, the ninth.

RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines

By
the President:

FRED
RUIZ CASTRO
Executive Secretary