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MALACAÑANG
Manila

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

Proclamation No. 418

DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM NOVEMBER 29 TO DECEMBER 5, 1953, AS PHILIPPINE NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK AND CREATING A COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE OBSERVANCE THEREOF.

WHEREAS, the progress of the world greatly depends upon the achievements in science;

WHEREAS, education in the Philippines could be enhanced by the development of satisfactory media for the exchange of ideas concerning new methods and techniques; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary to give impetus to scientific endeavors;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare the period from November 29 to December 5, 1953, as Philippine National Science week, to be observed in schools, colleges, universities-and elsewhere throughout the country with appropriate ceremonies.

The following are hereby designated members, of a committee which is hereby created to take charge of the observance of Philippine National Science Week:

The Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources	Chairman
The Secretary of Health	Member
The Secretary of Education	Member
The Administrator of Economic Coordination	Member
The Director of Science and Technology	Member
The President, National Research Council of the Philippines	Member
The President, Philippine Association for the Advancement of Science	Member
Science Officer, UNESCO	Member

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 16th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-three, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the eighth.

ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:

MARCIANO ROQUE
Acting Executive Secretary

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