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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 474, September 30, 1994 ]

DECLARING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 1994 AS “NATIONAL SHELTER MONTH”

WHEREAS, cognizant of the vital role of housing in economic recovery and the general well-being of our people, the Government has placed housing as one of the priority concerns;

WHEREAS, the Government joins the community of nations in the annual celebration of the World Habitat Day, which falls on 03 October 1994, to bring to fore the imperative need to address homelessness;

WHEREAS, the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) and its shelter agencies together with the private sector, notably the Subdivision and Housing Developers Association Inc. (SHDA) and the Chamber of Real Estate and Builders Association, Inc. (CREBA) and others Agencies and organizations, have calendared activities and events in October 1994 to draw public attention on the various aspects of housing;

WHEREAS, with its policy of encouraging a stronger partnership between the government and the private sector, the Government recognizes the need to obtain popular support to these different activities relative to housing;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare the month of October 1994 as “National Shelter Month”.ℒαwρhi৷

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 30th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety four.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

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

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