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TO :	The Minister of Foreign Affairs
	The Minister of the Budget
	Heads of Ministries and Agencies with Staff Members Stationed Abroad

WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 1285 establishes the Foreign Service Compensation Plan for staff members of the National Government stationed abroad;

WHEREAS, Letter of Implementation No. 63 provides the necessary rules and regulations to be observed in the payment of compensation for personnel of the National Government stationed abroad;

WHEREAS, Section 4.3.2 of the aforesaid Letter of Implementation No. 63 authorizes the Permanent Committee created for the purpose of P.D. No. 1285 to recommend to the President/Prime Minister such adjustment in the MFA Index as may be warranted by changes in the exchange rates and price  levels in the affected posts of assignment;

WHEREAS, in view of the continuing world-wide serious increase in price level and decline in the purchasing power of the United States dollar against certain currencies, the officers and employees of the Philippine Foreign Service have been experiencing financial difficulties;

WHEREAS, such losses in purchasing power are particularly onerous for officers and employees in the affected foreign service  establishments due to the unusually high cost of living obtaining in the countries hereinafter listed:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS;,  President/Prime Minister of the Philippines, do hereby approve the recommendation of the Permanent Committee to revise the MFA Index contained in Letter of Implementation No. 63, as follows:

		Overseas Allowance		Living Quarter Allowances
Country and Post		From	To	From	To
Afghanistan	Kabul	—	120%	—	130%
Argentina	Buenos
	Aires	105%	140	100%	140
Australia	Canberra	125	140	130	160
	Melbourne	—	140	—	140
	Sydney	125	140	130	160
Austira	Vienna	185	185	185	185
Bahrain		—	200	—	200
Belgium	Brussels	185	185	185	185
Brazil	Brasilia	125	150	140	160
Burma	Rangoon	90	90	80	80
Bulgaria	Sofia	—	130	—	130
Canada	Ottawa	125	135	130	140
	Toronto	—	135	—	140
	Vancouver	125	135	125	140
Cuba	Havana	100	120	100	140
Egypt	Cairo	100	110	120	130
France	Paris	185	185	185	185
Gabon	Libreville	140	180	160	180
Federal Rep.	Bad Godesberg	195	235	195	235
of Germany	Hamburg	195	235	195	235
German Democratic Republic	East Berlin	—	235	—	235
Greece	Athens	—	140	—	130
Hongkong		120	140	130	150
India	New Delhi	100	110	90	110
Indonesia	Jakarta	115	130	130	140
	Menado	95	100	90	90
	Tarakan	90	95	90	90
Iran	Teheran	125	140	150	160
Iraq	Baghdad	—	150	—	140
Israel	Tel-Aviv	120	140	130	160
Italy	Rome	120	150	120	150
	Holy See	120	150	120	150
Japan	Tokyo	280	270	280	270
	Kobe	280	270	280	270
Kenya	Nairobi	100	120	120	130
Korea	Seoul	110	120	120	130
Kuwiat	Kuwiat	—	200	—	200
Laos	Vientiane	130	130	80	80
Lebanon	Beirut	—	180	—	160
Libya	Tripoli	140	180	150	160
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	115%	125%	120%	135%
Mexico	Mexico City	100	130	100	130
Morocco	Rabat	—	140	—	140
Netherlands	The Hague	140	185	150	185
Nigeria	Lagos	125	160	140	140
New Zealand	Wellington	120	135	130	135
Norway	Oslo	—	185	—	185
Pakistan	Islamabad	100	110	110	120
Papua NG	Port Moresby	120	130	130	140
People Rep. of China	Peking	120	130	110	120
Poland	Warsaw	—	130	—	130
Romania	Bucharest	120	120	130	130
Saudi Arabia	Jeddah	150	160	140	170
Senegal	Dakar	110	160	120	150
Singapore	Singapore	115	130	120	135
Spain	Madrid	120	150	120	140
Sri Lanka	Colombo	90	100	90	110
Sudan	Khartoum	—	145	—	135
Switzerland	Berne	225	225	225	235
	Geneva	235	235	235	235
Sweden	Stockholm	—	185	—	185
Syria	Damascus	—	110	—	130
Taiwan	Taipei	—	120	—	120
Thailand	Bangkok	115	120	120	125
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	—	200	—	200
United Kingdom	London	130	185	150	185
U.S.A	Agana	120	130	120	140
	San Francisco	120	130	120	140
	Los Angeles	120	130	120	140
	Seattle	115	130	120	135
	New Orleans	115	130	120	135
	Chicago	120	140	120	145
	Washington	120	140	130	150
	Honolulu	120	135	120	135
	Houston	—	130	120	135
	New York	120	140	130	150
USSR	Moscow	135	150	130	145
Venezuela	Caracas	—	180	—	180
Vietnam	Hanoi	100	115	110	110
Yugislavia	Belgrade	120	140	150	160

This Order shall take effect as of August 1, 1979.

Done  in the City Manila, this 9th day of August, 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