PROCLAMING THE PERIOD FROM FEBRUARY 16 TO MARCH 30, 1962, AS THE CENTURY 21 FUND DRIVE

WHEREAS, participation in international fairs and
expositions provides an effective means of encouraging and assisting economic,
commercial, industrial, agricultural, and cultural ties among participating
nations;

WHEREAS, there exists an urgent need for the
Philippines to project effectively our culture and export products into the
consciousness of other foreign nations;

WHEREAS, the Philippine Government, through the
Department of Commerce and Industry, has committed the Philippines to
participate in the Seattle World’s Fair, the Century 21 Exposition, covering
culture,, entertainments science, commerce, and industry, which will be held in
Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. from April 21, 1962, to October 21, 1962; and

WHEREAS, adequate budgetary provision is a
requisite for the success of this undertaking which is a joint venture of the
government and private sector;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Diosdado Macapagal, President
of the Philippines, by virtue of the power vested in me by law, do hereby
declare the period from February 16 to March 30, 1962, as the Century 21 Fund
Drive. 1 call on all business enterprises throughout the Philippines to extend
their unstinted support and cooperation and to contribute their share to this
laudable project in order that Philippine participation in this exposition will
be a success that will redound to the expansion and promotion of our foreign
trade and to the development of our national economy.

IN WITNESS THEREOF, 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 16th day of
February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-two, and of the
Independence of the Philippines, the sixteenth.

DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines

By the President:

AMELITO R. MUTUC
Executive Secretary

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