Memorandum Circular No. 685




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Memorandum Circular No. 685, November 28, 1973 ] AUTHORIZING ATTENDANCE IN THE NATIONAL SEMINAR-WORKSHOP ON THE ROLE OF RURAL BROADCASTING IN MASAGANA 99 RICE PROGRAM. The Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, the National Food and Agriculture Council, the Department of Public Information, the National Media Production Center, the Rural Broadcasters Council and the Department of Agricultural Communications, U.P. College of Agriculture, will conduct a seminar-workshop on rural broadcasting and the MASAGANA 99 rice production program at the U.P. College of Agriculture, Los Baños, Laguna, on December 10-14, 1973. The seminar-workshop will assess the performance of radio in the information program of MASAGANA 99, identify and recommend solution to field problems in rural broadcasting for MASAGANA 99, and to derive general insights for research on the role and effectiveness of radio in development campaigns. In view of the significance of the seminar-workshop in the development efforts of the government which heavily rely on radio as a major means of communicating with the rural sectors, all officially designated MASAGANA 99 broadcasters in the provinces and members of the Rural Broadcasters Council are hereby authorized to attend the said seminar-workshop with reasonable expenses for ordinary actual transportation, subsistence, lodging and seminar fees, chargeable against the appropriation of their respective agencies, subject to the availability of funds and the usual accounting and auditing requirements. The participants shall submit to their respective agency heads a report on their attendance in the seminar within fifteen (15) days after the termination thereof.1âшphi1 By authority of the President: (SGD.) ROBERTO V. REYES Assistant Executive Secretary Manila, November 28, 1973 The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation