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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 625, August 10, 1990 ]

DECLARING THE FIRST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 1990 AS “COSMETICS WEEK”

WHEREAS, there are now more than 50 local cosmetics manufacturers in the cosmetics industry;

WHEREAS, the cosmetics industry has grown vigorously, especially in the export of its products which show a 40% growth rate during the past 10 years, an indication of the industrys potential as a significant foreign currency earner;

WHEREAS, there is a need to increase national awareness of the contributive role of the cosmetics industry in national economic development;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare the first week of September 1990, as “Cosmetics Week” under the auspices of the Chamber of Cosmetics Industry of the Philippines, Inc.

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

Done in the City of Manila, this 10th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety.

(Sgd.)  CORAZON C. AQUINO

By the President:

(Sgd.) CATALINO MACARAIG, JR.
Executive Secretary

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