WHEREAS, Proclamation No. 406 dated May 3, 1989 declared the period from 1990 to 2000 as the “Decade of Physical Fitness and Sports”;

WHEREAS, Project “Alay ng Kabataan Sa Bayan (AKBAYAN)”, hereinafter referred to as the Project, was conceptualized as a project to launch the Decade of Physical Fitness and Sports;

WHEREAS, there is a need to create a body tasked to ensure the successful implementation of the said Project;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

Section 1. There is hereby created the Task Force For the Project “AKBAYAN”, hereinafter referred to as the Task Force, to be composed of the following:

The Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports	Chairman
The Secretary of National Defense	Member
The Secretary of Local Government	Member
Two representatives from Private Sector to be appointed by the President	Members

Save as otherwise modified by this Administrative Order, Project: AKBAYAN shall follow the concept and mechanics as set forth in the attached Manual of Operations, Project: “Akbayan 1990” (Alay ng Kabataan sa Bayan), Decade of Physical Fitness and Sports, which is made an integral part of this Administrative Order.

Sec. 2. The Task Force shall have the following functions:

1. To oversee and supervise the implementation of the Project;
   
   
2. To call upon the assistance of any department, agency, office or instrumentality of the government, including local government units and government-owned and/or controlled corporations;
   
   
3. To conduct fund-raising campaigns to support the various activities of the Project;
   
   
4. To engage the services of resource persons, professionals and other individuals necessary to assist it in the performance of its functions.

Sec. 3. The Task Force shall be funded from any appropriate CY 1990 special purpose fund under the Office of the President as may be identified jointly by the Office of Executive Secretary and the Department of Budget and Management.

Sec. 4. This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 15th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety.


By the President:
(Sgd.) CATALINO MACARAIG, JR.
Executive Secretary