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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 43, May 7, 2001 ]

AUTHORIZING THE TAHANAN OUTREACH PROJECTS & SERVICES INC. TO CONDUCT A NATIONAL FUND CAMPAIGN FOR A PERIOD OF ONE (1) YEAR

WHEREAS, under Proclamation No. 230, series of 2000, the Tahanan Outreach Projects & Services (TOPS), Inc., in order to enable it to raise sufficient funds to attain the laudable goals of mainstreaming disadvantaged children, normalizing socially maladjusted youth, hand-in-hand with his family, through innovative approaches, dynamic strategies, positive attitudes and skills, was further authorized to conduct a national educational fund campaign for the period from January 22, 2000 to January 22, 2001;

WHEREAS, Tahanan Outreach Projects & Services, Inc., as a private, non-profit organization with objectives directed to these noble ends, deserves nationwide support;

WHEREAS, Tahanan Outreach Projects & Services, Inc., needs additional time to raise funds.1aшphi1

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby authorize the Tahanan Outreach Projects and Services, Inc. to conduct a national fund campaign for a period of one (1) year effective upon the promulgation of this Proclamation.

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 7th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, two thousand and one.

(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO

By the President:

(Sgd.) RENATO C. CORONA
Presidential Chief of Staff

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