MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 413, January 27, 1961 ]
REQUIRING ALL BRANCHES AND AGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENT TO KEEP CLEAN THEIR PREMISES AND ALL PROPERTIES UNDER THEIR CONTROL OR SUPERVISION, IN KEEPING WITH THE OBJECTIVES OF PROCLAMATION NO. 715, DATED OCTOBER 27, 1960, DECLARING 1961 AS JOSE RIZAL YEAR WITH SLOGAN “VISIT THE PHILIPPINES—SEE THE ORIENT”
By virtue of the powers vested in me by law, I, Carlos P. Garcia, President of the Philippines, do hereby order:
1. That during 1961, which is Jose Rizal Year with the slogan “Visit the Philippines—See the Orient,” all government premises, including buildings and surrounding grounds, be kept clean and carefully taken care of in order to promote public health and enhance civic pride in our communities and thus create a favorable impression of the country among foreign visitors;
2. That government offices and agencies see to it that all real estate properties under their control or supervision, especially those facing important thoroughfares, be cleared of junk, rubbish, and unsightly growths, so as to add further towards the improvements of the local scenery;
3. That provincial, city, and municipal authorities initiate a year-round “Keep our Community Clean” drive within their respective jurisdictions and exert every effort to see that every community may be kept tidy and pleasant-looking;
4. That all Departments of the national government, through their branches, agencies, and representatives render assistance to local governments and community groups in planning and implementing their clean-up campaigns;
5. That every community, through self-help, be encouraged and assisted to provide itself with an inexpensive but sanitary system of garbage and waste disposal in the interest of public health and discouraged through a campaign of public enlightenment from dumping trash, dirt, or filth on public places and waterways; and
6. That the support of all organizations in every community throughout the country, both public and private, as well as individual citizens and foreign local residents be enlisted to assure maximum implementation of this Order.
Done in the City of Manila, this 27th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-one, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fifteenth.1âшphi1
(SGD.) CARLOS P. GARCIA
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(SGD.) NATALIO P. CASTILLO
Executive Secretary
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