MALACAÑANG
RESIDENCE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 226, January 02, 1957 ]
CREATING A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE TO RAISE FUNDS TO CARRY OUT OBJECTIVES OF JOSE RIZAL NATIONAL CENTENNIAL COMMISSION.
WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 1427 authorizes and directs the Jose Rizal National Centennial Commission to organize and undertake a national fund campaign for the purpose of raising funds to finance the construction of a National Cultural Shrine and other memorials provided for therein;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RAMON MAGSAYSAY, President of the Philippines, do hereby create a National Campaign Committee which shall organize, initiate and carry out a nationwide campaign to raise funds from voluntary contributions from all elements of our population in order to enable the Jose Rizal National Centennial Commission to carry out its objectives defined in Republic Act No. 1427 and Executive Order No. 52, series of 1956 The Committee shall be composed of the following:
| The Secretary of Education |
Chairman |
| The Secretary of Finance |
Vice-Chair |
| Mr. Arsenio N. Luz, Consultant of the Jose Rizal National Centennial Commission |
General C Manager |
| The Social Welfare Administrator |
Member |
| The Undersecretary of Labor |
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| The Deputy Administrator of Economic Coordination |
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| The Administrator, Agricultural Credit and Cooperative Financing Administration |
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| The Director of Public Schools |
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| The Director of Private Schools |
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| The Director of Public Works |
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| The President, Philippine National Bank |
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| The Chairman, Rehabilitation Finance Corporation |
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| Commissioner Sofronio C. Quimson of Civil Affairs, Malacañang |
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| The President, University of the Philippines |
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| Mr. Vicente Lontok, Member of the Jose Rizal National Centennial Commission |
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| Mr. Ramon V. del Rosario, Member of the Jose Rizal National Centennial Commission |
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| Dr. Albino Z. SyCip, Chairman of the Board of Directors & General Manager of the China Banking Corporation |
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| The President, Philippine Rotary Club |
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| The President, Manila Lions Club |
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| The President, Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines |
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| The President, Philippine Chamber of Industries |
Member |
| The President, Junior Chamber of Commerce |
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| The President, Federation of Women's Club |
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| The President, Philippine League of Women Voters |
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| Mr. Angel M. Tesoro, Assistant Executive Director, Jose Rizal National Centennial Commission |
Executive Officer |
The goal of the campaign shall be fixed at a minimum amount to supplement existing government appropriations to finance the following projects:
1. The construction of a National Cultural Shrine to be dedicated to Dr. Jose Rizal, such shrine to be composed of –
a. a National Theatre
b. a National Museum
c. a National Library
to be erected preferably on a single site.
2. Improvement of the Rizal Monument at the Luneta and the beautification and landscaping of the surrounding areas.
3. Rehabilitation of the Jose Rizal Cell at Fort Santiago.
4. The erection of a grand monument in honor of Dr. Jose Rizal in the Capitol of the Philippines in Diliman.
5. Acquisition, locally and abroad, of all available Rizaliana materials, such as writings and works of arts of our hero, and about our hero.
6. Procurement of Rizaliana relics and materials available locally and abroad.
7. Translation and printing in the National Language, in English, and in other major dialects of the Philippines of the “NOLI ME TANGERE,” “EL FILIBUSTERISMO,” and other works of Dr. Jose Rizal, and such works of others about him as are considered necessary in the proper understanding of the meaning of his life and labors.
8. Preparation of the general program of Centennary of Dr. Jose Rizal during the week preceding but including June 19, 1961.
9. Initiate the holding of a National Congress in connection with the Centennary, to which shall be invited as official guests of the Republic of the Philippines such foreign individuals as have become known for their love of Rizal and his works.
10. Arrange for the issuance of commemorative stamps of the centennary.
11. Create Jose Rizal Medals to commemorate the centennary to be awarded to persons and associations having juridical personality who have contributed to the understanding and propagation of the teachings of Rizal.
12. National contest to select a popular but simple biography of Rizal in English and National Language and the translation thereof into other major dialects of the Philippines.
13. Establishment, as far as may be possible, of Rizal Centers in capitals of provinces and chartered cities in the Philippines which will contain a working library and museum on Rizal.
The Committee may, in its discretion and judgment, (1) organize provincial, city and municipal and barrio campaign committees, using as a guide for this purpose Executive Order No, 163, series of 1956, and (2) adopt planning and pertinent details related to the nationwide campaign for funds as well as the execution thereof, and thereafter report the overall program for the campaign to the Commission.
Done in the City of Manila, this 2nd day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the eleventh.1âшphi1
(Sgd.) RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) FORTUNATO DE LEON
Executive Secretary
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