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WHEREAS, it is necessary that the personnel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Foreign Service be provided with, adequate financial means to be able not only to protect and advance the country's interests abroad efficiently and effectively but also to represent the country in a manner worthy of the esteem and respect of the country to which they are assigned end accredited;

WHEREAS, in common with other members of the Civil Service, it is necessary to adjust the salaries of the personnel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Foreign Service.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order and instruct the implementation of the following upgrading in foreign service compensation:

1. The positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shell be allocated to the salary grades of the salary schedule provided for in Presidential Decree No. 985, as follows:
   
   

   	Salary Grade
   Chief of Mission, Class I	27
   Chief of Mission, Class II	26
   Counsellor	25
   Senior Foreign Adviser	25
   Foreign Service Officer, Class I	24
   Foreign Service Officer, Class II	23
   Foreign Service Officer, Class III	22
   Foreign Service Officer, Class IV	21
   Foreign Service Staff Officer I	18
   Foreign Service Staff Officer II	16
   Foreign Service Staff Officer III	14
   Foreign Service Staff Employee I	11
   Foreign Service Staff Employee II	9
   Foreign Service Staff Employee III	7

   
   
   
   

   The Salary Schedule
   Salary Grade	1st    Step	2nd  Step	3rd   Step	4th   Step	5th   Step	6th   Step	7th   Step	8th   Step
   _______	_______	_______	_______	_______	_______	_______	_______	_______
   1	P 3432	P 3612	P 3792	P 3984	P 4188	P 4404	P 4632	P 4860
   2	3792	3984	4188	4404	4632	4860	5112	5376
   3	4188	4404	4632	4860	5112	5376	5640	5928
   4	4632	4860	5112	5376	5640	5928	6240	6552
   5	5112	5376	5640	5928	6240	6552	6888	7236
   6	5640	5928	6240	6552	6888	7239	7608	7992
   7	6240	6552	6888	7236	7608	7992	8400	8832
   8	6888	7236	7608	7992	8400	8832	9288	9756
   9	7608	7992	8400	8832	9288	9756	10260	10776
   10	8400	8832	9288	9756	10260	10776	11328	11904
   11	9288	9756	10260	10776	11328	11904	12516	13152
   12	10260	10776	11328	11904	12516	13152	13824	14532
   13	11328	11904	12516	13152	13824	14532	15264	16044
   14	12516	13152	13824	14523	15264	16044	16860	17724
   15	13824	14532	15264	16044	16860	17724	18636	19584
   16	15264	16044	16860	17724	18636	19584	20580	21624
   17	16860	17724	18636	19584	20580	21624	22728	23892
   18	18636	19584	20580	21624	22728	23892	25116	26888
   19	20580	21624	22728	23892	25116	26388	27732	29148
   20	22728	23892	25116	26388	27732	29148	30624	32184
   21	25116	26388	27732	29148	30624	32184	33816	35532
   22	27732	29148	30624	32184	33816	35532	37344	39240
   23	30624	32184	33816	35532	37344	39240	41232	43332
   24	33816	35532	37344	39240	41232	43332	45540	47856
   25	37344	39240	41232	43332	45540	47856	50292	52848
   26	41232	43332	45540	47856	50292	52848	55536	58368
   27	45540	47856	50292	52848	55536	58368	61344	64476
   28	50292	52848	55536	58368	61344	64476	67764	71220

   
   
2. Positions not falling under the above classes shall be subject to the existing national compensation and classification plans.
   
3. The salaries of other personnel of the Philippine Government stationed abroad other than those of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall be adjusted to the Minimum of their assimilated ranks pursuant to Letter of Implementation No. 63.
   
4. The home office adjustment allowance currently enjoyed by the personnel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall be progressively incorporated to their basic salary.
   
5. Funds needed to implement this Letter shall be drawn from the Salary Adjustment Fund provided in the General Appropriations Act.
   
6. The implementation of this Letter shall observe Executive Order No. 495, as amended, and such rules and regulations as may be issued jointly by the Minister of foreign Affairs and the Minister of the Budget.
   
7. This Letter shall take effect on May 1, 1979.

Done in the City of Manila, this 12th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-nine.

				(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
				President
				Republic of the Philippines
	By the President:
	(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
		Presidential Assistant