MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 697, August 25, 1960 ]
DECLARING WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1960, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE PROVINCE OF ZAMBALES
WHEREAS, the fifty-third birthday of our beloved Ramon Magsaysay, late President of the Philippines, falls on August 31, 1960;
WHEREAS, in the few years that God gave him to serve our people, President Magsaysay made himself a true brother and earnest defender of the common men, dedicated himself to his official tasks with an exemplary zeal, and did everything he could for the glorious future of our Republic;
WHEREAS, it is but fitting that at least the people of his birthplace be afforded full opportunity to celebrate his birthday with appropriate ceremonies;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Carlos P. Garcia, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 30 of the Revised Administrative Code, do hereby declare Wednesday, August 31, 1960, as a special public holiday in the province of Zambales.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 25th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fifteenth.
CARLOS P. GARCIA
President of the Philippines
By the President:
NATALIO P. CASTILLO
Executive Secretary
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