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SECTION 1
Creation of a National Executive Committee
SECTION 1.
Creation of a National Executive Committee
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There is hereby constituted a National Executive Committee on the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Official Surrender of General Tomoyuki Yamashita hereinafter referred to as the Committee, to be composed of the following:
(1) The Secretary of National Defense, as Chairman
(2) The Secretary of Tourism, as Vice-Chairman
(3) The Secretary of Foreign Affairs;
(4) The Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports;
(5) The Secretary of the Interior and Local Government;
(6) The Secretary of Transportation and Communications;
(7) The Secretary of Public Works and Highways;
(8) The Secretary of Budget and Management;
(9) The Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources;
(10) The Secretary of Finance;
(11) Press Secretary;
(12) Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines;
(13) Chief, Philippine National Police;
(14) Administrator, Philippine Veterans Affairs Office;
(15) Chairman, National Historical Institute;
(16) Governor, Province of Ifugao;
(17) Governor, Province of Benguet;
(18) Governor, Province of Mt. Province;
(19) Mayor, City of Baguio;
(20) Mayor, Kiangan, Ifugao;
(21) Mayor, Lagawe, Ifugao;
(22) Mayor, Banawe, Ifugao;
(23) Mayor, Lamut, Ifugao;
(24) Mayor, Bagabag, Nueva Vizcaya;
(25) Chairman, Ifugao Terraces Commission
(26) Chairman, Cordillera Regional Assembly
(27) Executive Director, Office of the Northern Cultural Communities
(28) President, Veterans Federation of the Philippines;
(29) National Commander, United States Armed Forces in the Philippines, Northern Luzon (USAFIP-NL);
(30) National President, Boy Scouts of the Philippines;
(31) National President, Girl Scouts of the Philippines;
(32) Chief, Military Shrines Service;
(33) Representative of Non-Governmental Organizations
SEC. 2
Functions of the Committee
SEC. 2.
Functions of the Committee
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The Committee shall take charge of the preparations for the 50th Anniversary of the Surrender of General Tomoyuki Yamashita on September 2, 1995, in Kiangan, Ifugao, and his official surrender on September 3, 1995, in Baguio City. For this purpose, it shall have the following functions:
(a)
Formulate all the programs, projects and activities that shall be conducted in observance of the 50th Anniversary of the Surrender of General Tomoyuki Yamashita in Kiangan, Ifugao and Baguio City;
(b)
Prepare the implementing guidelines for all the programs, projects and activities that shall be undertaken for the commemoration;
(c)
Orchestrate and coordinate the implementation of all the programs, projects and activities that shall be undertaken for the commemoration;
(d)
Source funds and prepare the budget which shall be required by the Committee in the discharge of its functions; and
(e)
Perform other tasks as may be given by the President.
SEC. 3
Operational Relationships
SEC. 3.
Operational Relationships
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In the conduct of all programs, projects and activities in the observance of the 50th Anniversary of the Official Surrender of General Tomoyuki Yamashita on September 2-3, 1995 in Kiangan, Ifugao, and Baguio City, respectively, the Committee shall coordinate with the National Centennial Commission.
The Committee is also authorized to call upon the assistance of any department, bureau, agency, office and other instrumentality of the Government, as well as invite non-governmental organizations as it may deem necessary in the performance of its functions.
SEC. 4
Creation of Sub-Committees
SEC. 4.
Creation of Sub-Committees
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The Committee may form sub-committees as it may deem necessary to effectively carry out its duties and responsibilities.
SEC. 5
Technical and Secretariat Support
SEC. 5.
Technical and Secretariat Support
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The Department of National Defense shall provide technical, secretariat and administrative support to the Committee.
SEC. 6
Funding
SEC. 6.
Funding
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Funds necessary to carry out the provisions of this Administrative Order shall be taken from the respective appropriations of the concerned agencies.
SEC. 7
Effectivity
SEC. 7.
Effectivity
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This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately.
DONE
in the City of Manila, this 15
th
day of August, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Five.
(Sgd.)
FIDEL V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.)
RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary