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WHEREAS, the progress of the world greatly depends upon achievements in science;
WHEREAS, scientific education in the Philippines can be enhanced by the development of satisfactory media for the exchange of ideas concerning new methods and techniques;
WHEREAS, the Five-Year Economic Development Program of the Government will depend to a great extent upon contributions of science and scientists; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to give impetus to scientific endeavors;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare the period from November 21 to 27, 1954, as Philippine National Science Week, to be observed: throughout the country, particularly in schools, colleges and universities, with appropriate ceremonies.
The following are hereby designated members of a committee which is hereby created to take charge of the observance of Philippine National Science Week:
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The Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources |
Chairman |
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The Secretary of Health |
Member |
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The Secretary of Education |
Member |
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The Administrator of Economic Coordination |
Member |
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The Chairman, National Research Council of the Philippines |
Member |
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The Director of Science and Technology |
Member |
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The President, Philippine Association for the Advancement of Science |
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 14th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the ninth.
RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines
By the President:
FRED
RUIZ CASTRO
Executive Secretary