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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 916, February 27, 1997 ]

AMENDING PROCLAMATION NO. 804 BY CALLING ON ALL OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES IN GOVERNMENT, BOTH NATIONAL AND LOCAL, TO JOIN THE PHILIPPINE CENTENNIAL MOVEMENT UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1998

WHEREAS, on 12 June 1998, the Filipino nation will commemorate the Centennial of the Proclamation of Philippine Independence;

WHEREAS, Proclamation No. 804 dated 10 June 1996 was issued to call on all officials and employees in government, both national and local, to join the Philippine Centennial Movement within the period, 12 June 1996 to 30 November 1996;

WHEREAS, there is need to sustain the mobilization efforts of Government so that they may properly inform and motivate the sectors of society on the activities and events surrounding the commemoration of the centennial of Philippine Independence until the end of the Centennial Year.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, do hereby call on all officials and employees in government, both in the national and local levels including those in the government-owned and controlled corporations, to join the Philippine Centennial Movement until 31 December 1998. I hereby enjoin the heads of each department, office, agency, bureau or instrumentality in government, including those of government-owned or controlled corporations or entities, to establish in their respective offices a Philippine Centennial Movement chapter to coordinate with the Philippine Centennial Movement Committee of the National Centennial Commission.1aшphi1

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 27Th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Seven.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS

By the President

(Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary

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