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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 886, August 16, 1971 ]

DECLARING TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1971, AS a SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE PROVINCE OF ZAMBALES AND OLONGAPO CITY.

WHEREAS, the sixty-second birthday of the late President Ramon Magsaysay falls on August 31, 1971;

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 man, dedicated himself to improving the public service and did everything for the advancement of the Republic; and

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, ALEJANDRO MELCHOR, Executive Secretary, by order of His Excellency, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare Tuesday, August 31, 1971, as a special public holiday in the province of Zambales and Olongapo City.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.1aшphi1

Done in the City of Manila, this 16th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-one.

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MECHOR
Executive Secretary

By the Executive Secretary:

(Sgd.) ROBERTO V. REYES
Assistant Executive Secretary

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