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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 285, October 27, 1993 ]

AMENDING PROCLAMATION NO. 355 DATED 6 JANUARY 1989 BY DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM 19 TO 23 NOVEMBER 1993, AND THE THIRD WEEK OF NOVEMBER OF EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER, AS “NATIONAL INVENTORS WEEK”

WHEREAS, R.A. No. 7459 declares as a “National policy the giving of “priority to invention and its utilization on the countrys productive systems and national life”;

WHEREAS, Proclamation No. 355, s. 1989, declared the years 1989 and 1993 and every five years thereafter as “Festival Years” of Filipino inventions to coincide with the two-stage Golden Celebration of the Filipino Inventors Society (FIS);

WHEREAS, Proclamation No. 355, s. 1989, likewise declared the last full week of February and every year thereafter as “Inventors Week” under the auspices of FIS and other related organizations.

WHEREAS, the FIS requests that a “National Inventors Week” be held instead from 19 to 23 November 1993, in order to coincide with its 50th founding anniversary celebration, and in the third week of November of every year thereafter; and

WHEREAS, the celebration of the National Inventors Week and the 50th founding anniversary of the FIS shall involve, among other activities, local and foreign exhibits of inventions and various symposia which will serve as venue for the exchange of ideas and information including facilitation of market opportunities to encourage the generation, promotion and development of Filipino inventive capabilities to help achieve the Governments program of Philippines 2000;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare the period from 19 to 23 November 1993, and the third week of November of every year thereafter, as “National Inventors Week”.

All government agencies and offices, as well as business, commerce, agriculture and industry sectors and non-government organizations, are hereby enjoined to extend every possible support, assistance and cooperation in making the celebration of the “National Inventors Weeks” a success.ℒαwρhi৷

This Proclamation amends Proclamation No. 355, series of 1989, insofar as the period for celebrating the Inventors Week is concerned.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 27th day of October in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Three.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS

By the President:

(Sgd.) TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, JR.
Executive Secretary

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