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Source: www.officialgazette.gov.ph

[ PROCLAMATION NO. 270, March 06, 1956 ]

DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM MARCH 12 TO 18, 1956, AS TECHNOLOGY WEEK AND CREATING A COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE OBSERVANCE THEREOF



WHEREAS, the progress of the world depends largely upon the achievements in technology and the application of technological knowledge;

WHEREAS, technological knowledge in the Philippines can be effectively advanced through effective media and instrumentalities for the dissemination of new discoveries’, techniques, and procedures; and

WHEREAS, the Industrialization and Economic Development Program of the Government will depend largely upon technological knowledge: and skill;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare the period from March 12 to 18, 1956, as National Technology Week, to be observed throughout the country, particularly in schools, colleges, universities, technological institutions, and societies, with fitting ceremonies.

The following are hereby designated members of a Committee which is hereby created to take charge of the observance of National Technology Week:

The Chairman, National Economic Council

Chairman

The President, Philippine Council of Science and Technology

Vice-Chairman

The Secretary of Public Works and Communications

Member

The Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Member

The Secretary of Education

Member

The Secretary of Health

Member .

The President, Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities

Member

The Director of Science and Technology

Member

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 6th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-six, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the tenth.

RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines

By the President:

FORTUNATO DE LEON
Acting Executive Secretary

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