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 MELCHORExecutive Secretary