Memorandum Circular No. 940




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Memorandum Circular No. 940, October 14, 1976 ] AUTHORIZING ATTENDANCE IN THE CONFERENCE-SEMINAR OF THE ASSOCIATION OF CITY ENGINEERS OF THE PHILIPPINES TO BE HELD AT THE PHILIPPINE VILLAGE HOTEL ON NOVEMBER 24-26, 1976. The Association of City Engineers of the Philippines (ACE) will hold its Conference-Seminar on November 24-26, 1976 at the Philippine Village Hotel, Pasay City, on the theme: “THE ROLE OF CITY ENGINEERS IN HUMAN SETTLEMENT.” The objectives of the conference-seminar are to acquaint the participants with the governments’ policies and strategies in dealing with the problems of human settlement in the cities and other urban centers throughout the country in which they are directly involved, and to provide the participants the knowledge that can make them effective agents of change in accordance with the ideas of the New Society. The City Engineers and their assistants, and a maximum of thirty (30) observers from the City Planning and Development Boards, Department of Public Works, Transportation and Communications, and the Department of Public Highways, are hereby authorized to attend the conference ,on official time with reasonable expenses for transportation, per diems and conference fees not exceeding ?200.00 per participant/observer, chargeable against the appropriations of their respective offices in accordance with the provisions of Presidential Decree No. 344 dated November 26, 1973 as implemented by COA General Circular No. 127 dated November 27, 1973 subject to the availability of funds and the usual accounting and auditing requirements, as an exception to Memorandum Circular No. 593 of this “Office dated August 8, 1972. It is understood that participants residing or stationed within the Greater Manila Area shall be entitled to reasonable expenses for transportation and conference fees only.1aшphi1 The participants shall submit to their respective office heads a report on their attendance in the conference within thirty (30) days after the termination thereof. Likewise, within the same period, a report and evaluation of the conference shall be submitted to this Office, including a list of participants and observers indicating their respective positions and districts. The report thereon shall include a financial statement of income and expenses duly audited by a Certified Public Accountant not connected with the Association. (SGD.) JACOBO C. CLAVE Presidential Executive Assistant Manila, October 14, 1976 The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation