MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 297, July 12, 1971 ]
CREATING A RURAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE
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. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Chairman
Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Hon. ROBERTO V. REYES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Vice-Chairman
Assistant Executive Secretary
Administrator MARIO R. REYES - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member
National Cottage Industries Development Authority
Dir. Gen. RONY V. DIAZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member
National Manpower and Youth Council
Commissioner FRANCISCO SAGUIGUIT - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member
Agricultural Productivity Commission
Dir. ORLANDO PAGULAYAN - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member
Cooperatives Administration Office
Mr. ROSENDO MARQUEZ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member
Officer-In-Charge, Presidential Arm on Community Development
Dir. PEDRO G. REFUERZO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member
Bureau of Animal Industry
Dir. ELISEO C. CARANDANG - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member
Bureau of Plant Industry
Commissioner ANDRES M. MANE - - - - - - - - - - - Member
Philippine Fisheries Commission
Mr. SILVESTRE D. SARMIENTO - - - - - - - - - - - - - Member
Budget Commission
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.£A⩊phi£
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 MELCHOR
Executive Secretary
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