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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1009, May 10, 1972 ]

DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM MAY 8 TO 14, 1972, AS MINDANAO WEEK.

WHEREAS, the Mindanao-Sulu-Palawan Association, Inc. is sponsoring a week-long observance of Mindanao Week under the central theme “Mindanao: The Crossroad to National Destiny;”

WHEREAS, the vital role the island of Mindanao is playing in the economic, social, political and strategic stability of our country cannot be overemphasized; and

WHEREAS, it is but fitting and proper to focus the nation’s attention on this land of promise and opportunity;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, ROBERTO V. REYES, Acting Executive Secretary, by order of His Excellency, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare the period from May 8 to 14, 1972, as Mindanao Week under the auspices of the Mindanao-Sulu-Palawan Association, Inc.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 10th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-two.

(Sgd.) ROBERTO V. REYES
Acting Executive Secretary

By the Acting Executive Secretary:

(Sgd.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Acting Assistant Executive Secretary

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