DECLARING THE LAST WEEK OF FEBRUARY OF EVERY YEAR AS “PHILIPPINE INDUSTRY AND MADE-IN-THE-PHILIPPINES PRODUCTS WEEK”

WHEREAS, the period from February 7 to 13 of
every year is Made-in-the-Philippines Products Week under Proclamation No. 52
dated February 2, 1948, and the last week of February of every year is
Philippine Industry Week under Proclamation No. 369 dated February 13, 1953, as
amended by Proclamation No. 100 dated December 15, 1954; and

WHEREAS, in view of the almost identical
objectives of the two celebrations, it is desirable that the same be
consolidated in order to avoid confusion in the public mind and secure the
support and cooperation of the parties concerned only once;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ramon Magsaysay, President of
the Philippines, do hereby declare the last week of February of every year as
“Philippine Industry and Made-in-the-Philippines Products Week.”

This supersedes Proclamation No. 52 dated
February 2, 1948, and Proclamation No. 369 dated February 13, 1953, as amended
by Proclamation No. 100 dated December 15, 1954.

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 3rd day of
December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-five, and of the
Independence of title Philippines, the tenth.

RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines

By the President:

MARIANO YENKO, JR.
Assistant Executive Secretary