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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Administrative Order No. 16, May 14, 1962 ]

CREATING A NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE CELEBRATION OF PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE DAY ON JUNE 12, 1962

Pursuant to the powers vested in me by law, I, DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL, President of the Philippines, do hereby create a National Committee to take, charge of the celebration of Philippine Independence Day on June 12, 1962, as declared in Proclamation No. 28 dated May 12, 1962.

The Committee shall be composed of the following:

The Secretary of Education	Chairman
The Secretary of National Defense	Vice-Chairman
The Secretary of Public Works and Communications	Member
The Secretary of Labor	“
The Secretary of Health	“
The Administrator of Economic Coordination	“
The Commissioner of Tourism	“
The Malacaρang Press Secretary	“
The Commissioner of the Budget	“
The City Mayor of Manila	“
The President, Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities (PAGU)	“
The President, Veterans Federation of the Philippines	“
The President, Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines	“
The President, Philippine Chamber of Industries	“
The President, Chamber of Agriculture and Natural Resources	“
The President, Manila Rotary Club	“
The President, Manila Junior Chamber of Commerce	“
The President, Lions Club of Manila	“
The President, National Press Club of the Philippines	“
The President, Civic Assembly of Women of the Philippines	“
The Presidential Protocol Officer	Member-Secretary

The Committee shall meet at the call of the Chairman and, for the purpose of discharging its functions, may create such sub-committees as may be necessary.1aшphi1

Done in the City of Manila, this 14th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred arid sixty-two, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the sixteenth.

(Sgd.) DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) AMELITO R. MUTUC
Executive Secretary

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