ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 263, December 15, 1970

CREATING THE SPECIAL RIZAL DAY CELEBRATION COMMITTEE

In order to ensure the successful celebration throughout the Philippines of this year’s death anniversary of Dr. Jose P. Rizal on December 30, there is hereby created a special committee to take charge of all arrangements for the festivities composed of the following:

Secretary Onofre D. Corpuz ..........................................................................................	Chairman
Secretary Alejandro Melchor ...........................................................................................	Member
Press Secretary Francisco Tatad .....................................................................................	Member
Budget Commissioner Faustino Sy-Changco .................................................................	Member
Secretary Manuel Syquio ...............................................................................................	Member
Labor Undersecretary Raoul Inocentes .........................................................................	Member
Assistant Executive Secretary Flores Bayot .................................................................	Member
Acting Undersecretary Juan Manuel................................................................................	Member
OEC Deputy Administrator Severino Salang .................................................................	Member
Mayor Antonio J. Villegas ..............................................................................................	Member
BTTI Commissioner Gregorio Araneta II .........................................................................	Member
Justice Jose Ma. Paredes (Knights of Rizal) ....................................................................	Member
Mrs. Carmen Guerrero Nakpil (National Historical Commission) ..................................	Member
Mrs. Leticia de Guzman (Civic Assembly of Women of the Philippines) .......................	Member
Mr. Teodoro F. Valencia ...............................................................................................	Member
Mr. Aguinaldo C. Maaba ..........................................................................................	Member-Secretary

The Committee shall meet at the call of the Chairman and, for the purpose of discharging its functions, may create such subcommittees as may be necessary.

The Committee is hereby authorized to call upon any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the government, including government-owned or controlled corporations, for such assistance as it may need in discharging its duties and functions.

Done in the City of Manila, this 15th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR

Executive Secretary