Memorandum Order No. 141




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 141, March 19, 2004 ] AUTHORIZING THE CONDUCT OF A SPORTSFEST IN THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, MALACAÑANG AND THE ATENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION OF OP PROPER PERSONNEL THEREIN Pursuant to Executive Order No. 64, dated March 1, 1993, adopting a national policy of "sports for all" and Memorandum Order No. 212, dated June 9, 1994, institutionalizing sportsfest in this Office as part of the employee physical fitness development program of the Office of the President to enhance employee welfare, morale and productivity, the Malacañang Sportsfest is hereby authorized to be launched on March 22, 2004. The Office of the President Cultural Affairs Committee (OPCAC), aside from its regular mandate under Special Order No. 257 s. 2002, is hereby tasked to plan and implement the Malacañang Sportsfest with the assistance of sports coordinators from primary offices and units. Heads of OP primary offices and units are likewise authorized to allow their physically – fit employees, with approved medical certificates from the Malacañang Clinic, to attend and participate, on official time, in any two events of the Sportsfest and to designate their respective sports coordinators.1âшphi1 To avoid disruption of office work, the OPCAC is likewise, authorized to prudently schedule the Sportsfest and disburse the necessary funds for the purpose, subject to availability thereof and pertinent accounting and auditing rules and regulations. By authority of the President (Sgd.) WALDO Q. FLORES Senior Deputy Executive Secretary Manila, March 19, 2004 The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation