DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM JULY 13 TO 19 OF EVERY YEAR AS PHILIPPINES BUSINESS WEEK.

WHEREAS, the Chamber of Commerce of the
Philippines, which was first organized in the year 1903, will observe its
Fiftieth Anniversary on July 19, 1953;

WHEREAS, the Chamber of Commerce of the
Philippines came into existence fifty years ago to fill the need for an
organization to voice the views of Filipinos in business;

WHEREAS, since its organization in 1903, as the
mouthpiece of business for our countrymen, the Chamber of Commerce of the
Philippines has always advocated greater Filipino participation in business in
the Philippines;

WHEREAS, it is necessary to focus the attention
of the public to the progress that Philippine business has achieved and to
encourage further growth of business so that the living standards of our people
may be improved thereby and the economy of the nation advanced for the common
weal;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of
the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare
the period from July 13 to 19 of every year as Philippines Business Week and
enjoin the celebration thereof with appropriate ceremonies.

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
June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-three, and of the
Independence of the Philippines, the seventh.

ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:

MARCIANO ROQUE
Acting Executive Secretary

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