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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 28, April 23, 1966 ]

DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM THE FIRST MONDAY TO THE SUCCEEDING SUNDAY OF MAY OF EVERY YEAR AS NATIONAL TRAFFIC SAFETY WEEK AND THE MONDAY FOLLOWING AS SAFE DRIVING DAY (S-D DAY) AND CREATING A COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THEIR CELEBRATION.

WHEREAS, safe driving habits, strict enforcement of traffic and motor vehicle laws and regulations and a continuing educational campaign among drivers and the public in general can reduce unnecessary loss of lives and property resulting from traffic accidents every year; and

WHEREAS, it is desirable that the government and civic organizations concerned with traffic safety conduct an effective campaign for safe driving and pedestrian habits to reduce traffic accidents to a minimum;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare the period from the first Monday up to the succeeding Sunday of May of every year as National Traffic Safety Week and the Monday following as Safe Driving Day (S-D Day).

A committee is hereby created to take charge of celebration of National Traffic Safety Week and Safe Driving Day to be composed of the following:

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The Undersecretary for Communications & Transportation Chairman
The Chief, Traffic Control Group, Philippine Constabulary Vice Chairman
The Commissioner, Public Service Commission Member
The Commissioner, Bureau of Public Highways “
The Commissioner, Land Transportation Commission “
The President, Metropolitan Police Association “
The President, Safety Organization of the Philippines “
The President, Philippine Motor Assn. Member
The President, Philippine Safety Council “
The President, Manila Rotary Club “
The President, Manila Lions Club “
The President, Manila Jaycees “
The President, Bus Operators Assn. of the Philippines “
The President, Philippine Automotive Assn. “
The Administrator, Petroleum Institute of the Philippines “
The Operations Officer, Traffic Control Group, PC Secretary

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.1aшphi1

Done in the City of Manila, this 23rd day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-six.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS
Executive Secretary


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