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MOP, Bk 10, v.5, pt.2, 92

[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 297, July 12, 1971 ]

CREATING A RURAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE



WHEREAS, there is urgent need to raise income levels and increase employment opportunities especially in the rural areas;

WHEREAS, this objective can be attained through the implementation of a massive and integrated rural improvement program;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby create a Committee to coordinate all the activities in the implementation of the said program. The Committee shall be composed of the following:

Hon. ARTURO TANCO, Jr.
Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Chairman

Hon. ROBERTO V. REYES
Assistant Executive Secretary

Vice-Chairman

Administrator MARIO R. REYES
National Cottage Industries Development Authority

Member

Dir. Gen. RONY V. DIAZ
National Manpower and Youth Council

Member

Commissioner FRANCISCO SAGUIGUIT
Agricultural Productivity Commission

Member

Dir. ORLANDO PAGULAYAN
Cooperatives Administration Office

Member

Mr. ROSENDO MARQUEZ
Officer-In-Charge, Presidential Arm on Community Development

Member

Dir. PEDRO G. REFUERZO
Bureau of Animal Industry

Member

Dir. ELISEO C. CARANDANG
Bureau of Plant Industry

Member

Commissioner ANDRES M. MANE
Philippine Fisheries Commission

Member

Mr. SILVESTRE D. SARMIENTO
Budget Commission

Member


The Committee shall coordinate the participating agencies in the implementation of the said program and that for purposes hereof the Chairman of the Committee shall exercise supervision over the Agricultural Productivity Commission and the Agricultural Credit Administration.

The Chairman is hereby empowered to create such sub-committees as may be needed to assist the Committee in the performance of its functions.

The Committee may call upon any department, bureau, office or instrumentality of the government for such assistance as it may need in the accomplishment of its mission.

This Order shall take effect immediately.

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

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary
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