Memorandum Circular No. 999




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Memorandum Circular No. 999, July 29, 1977 ] AUTHORIZING GOVERNMENT OFFICES TO BECOME MEMBERS OF THE WORLD SAFETY ORGANIZATION (WSO). The World Safety Organization (WSO), an international organization with its headquarters in Metro-Manila, is introducing into the country a new discipline in line with the national effort to maximize the utilization of production, namely: people, equipment, material, capital, time and environment. This is the discipline of total loss control and safety management which is the systematic, intentional and highly professional management action directed to risk avoidance, loss prevention and loss reduction and the elimination of the pure risks of business, a few of which are accidents, absenteeism, property liability, damages, alcoholism, drug addiction, illness, and other forms of wastages. To the government, total loss control management means reduced operating costs, reduced capital, reduced replacement costs, reduced manpower turnover, job satisfaction, high employee morale, reduced industrial action, improved motivation and maximum service and profits. All heads of departments, chiefs of bureaus and offices, as well as government-owned or controlled corporations, are hereby authorized to become members of the WSO by contributing the amount of one thousand pesos (?1,000.00) each per annum, subject to the availability of funds and the usual accounting and auditing requirements.1aшphi1 By authority of the President: (Sgd.) JACOBO C. CLAVE Presidential Executive Assistant Manila, July 29, 1977 The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation