MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 257, September 14, 1970 ]
CREATING NATIONAL AND LOCAL BEAUTIFICATION AND CLEANLINESS COMMITTEE TO UNDERTAKE A NATIONWIDE BEAUTIFICATION AND CLEANLINESS CAMPAIGN
WHEREAS, beauty and cleanliness are basic ideals of all homes, communities and nations; and
WHEREAS, there is need to reawaken and strengthen the sense of beauty and cleanliness among Filipinos and to establish a national organization to pursue this goal;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby create a National Beautification and Cleanliness Committee to undertake a nationwide beautification and cleanliness campaign.
The National Committee shall be composed of the following:
| Mr. Teodoro F. Valencia |
Chairman |
| Any one of the incumbent Presidents of the Rotary Club, the Lions Club, or the Jaycees |
Vice-Chairman |
| The Secretary of the PACD |
Member |
| The Secretary of Social Welfare |
Member |
| The Secretary of Health |
Member |
| The Secretary of Education |
Member |
| The Secretary of Public Works and Communications |
Member |
| The Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources |
Member |
| The Secretary of National Defense |
Member |
| Dr. Estefania Aldaba-Lim |
Malacaņang Liaison |
| (To be appointed by the Chairman) |
Executive Secretary |
There shall also be created a committee in each province, city, municipality and barrio composed of the following:
Provincial/City Committee
| The Lady of the Governor/Mayor |
Chairman |
| Representatives from government, civic and religious sectors |
Other officers and members |
Municipal Committee
| The Lady of the Mayor |
Chairman |
| Representatives from government, civic and religious sectors |
Other officers and members |
Barrio Committee
| The Lady of the Barrio Captain |
Chairman |
| Ladies of the Barrio Council Officials |
Other officers and members |
The National Committee and the Local Committees are empowered to call on any government office, department, bureau, agency or instrumentality for such assistance as they may need to carry out their functions.
Proclamation No. 20 dated January 13, 1947, Proclamation No. 217 dated November 3, 1950, Proclamation No. 187 dated November 19, 1963, Executive Order No. 32 dated July 12, 1966, and all other proclamations, executive orders or administrative orders inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed and/or amended accordingly.
Done in the City of Manila, this 14th day of September in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy.1âшphi1
(SGD.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(SGD.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary
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