MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 451, September 11, 1974 ]
CREATING A COMMITTEE FOR THE FORTHCOMING 8TH SESSION OF THE FAO INTERGOVERNMENTAL GROUP ON HARD FIBERS
WHEREAS, the Philippines is a major world producer of abaca and as such must sustain the ever-increasing demand from all sectors dependent on it for raw materials to manufacture marine cordage, pulp and paper, handicrafts and all other abaca-based products;
WHEREAS, in addition to the current program of the Department of Agriculture to rehabilitate and develop the abaca industry, the forthcoming 8th session of the FAO Intergovernmental Group on Hard Fibers to be held in Manila would undoubtedly drum up more enthusiastic response from among our abaca farmers/ producers;
WHEREAS, the Philippines being the host to the FAO’s Session on Hard Fibers which will be held in Manila on January 20-25, 1975, the first FAO Conference ever held in Asia and only the second outside of Rome, would considerably prove to the world the changes and achievements of our New Society;
WHEREFORE, there is hereby constituted a Committee to supervise and coordinate the necessary preparations and arrangements for the forthcoming FAO Conference on Hard Fibers in Manila, and to undertake liaison work with the FAO Secretariat in Rome.
This Committee shall be composed of the following:
| Agriculture Undersecretary J. D. Drilon, Jr. |
Chairman |
Mr. Arcadio D. Sarmiento,
Department of Agriculture |
Vice-Chairman |
Mr. Bienvenido Jimenez
Department of Trade |
Member |
Mr. Jose Concepcion, Jr.
Board of Investments |
Member |
Mr. Verden Dangilan,
Development Bank of the Philippines |
Member |
Mr. Manuel Soliven,
Philippines National Bank |
Member |
Mr. Ernesto Singson,
Department of Tourism |
Member |
Mr. Sergio A. Barrera,
Department of Foreign Affairs |
Member |
Mr. Lorenzo Cruz,
Bureau of National Foreign Information |
Member |
Mr. Marcelino de Guzman,
Department of National Defense |
Member |
Mr. Dominador Ricarte,
Bureau of Customs |
Member |
| Representative, Office of the First Lady |
Member |
Mr. Bernardo G. Silverio Isarog
Pulp and Paper Co. |
Adviser |
Mr. Jose R. Mejia,
Columbian Philippine Co. |
Adviser |
All departments, bureau, offices, agencies and instrumentalities of government are hereby enjoined to cooperate with and assist the Committee in the performance of its assigned tasks, to endure the successful staging of the FAO Conference in Manila.1aшphi1
By Authority of the President:
(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary
Manila, 11th September 1974
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