Administrative Order No. 297 — Creating a Rural Improvement Committee

MALACAÑANG

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 297

CREATING A RURAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE

WHEREAS, there is urgent need to raise income levels and increase employment opportunities especially in the rural areas;

WHEREAS, this objective can be attained through the implementation of a massive and integrated rural improvement program;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby create a Committee to coordinate all the activities in the implementation of the said program. The Committee shall be composed of the following:

Hon. ARTURO TANCO, Jr.

Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources Chairman

Hon. ROBERTO V. REYES

Assistant Executive Secretary Vice-Chairman

Administrator MARIO R. REYES

National Cottage Industries Development Authority Member

Dir. Gen. RONY V. DIAZ

National Manpower and Youth Council Member

Commissioner FRANCISCO SAGUIGUIT

Agricultural Productivity Commission Member

Dir. ORLANDO PAGULAYAN

Cooperatives Administration Office Member

Mr. ROSENDO MARQUEZ

Officer-In-Charge, Presidential Arm on Community Development Member

Dir. PEDRO G. REFUERZO

Bureau of Animal Industry Member

Dir. ELISEO C. CARANDANG

Bureau of Plant Industry Member

Commissioner ANDRES M. MANE

Philippine Fisheries Commission Member

Mr. SILVESTRE D. SARMIENTO

Budget Commission Member

The Committee shall coordinate the participating agencies in the implementation of the said program and that for purposes hereof the Chairman of the Committee shall exercise supervision over the Agricultural Productivity Commission and the Agricultural Credit Administration.

The Chairman is hereby empowered to create such sub-committees as may be needed to assist the Committee in the performance of its functions.

The Committee may call upon any department, bureau, office or instrumentality of the government for such assistance as it may need in the accomplishment of its mission.

This Order shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 12th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-one.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR

Executive Secretary

Office of the President of the Philippines. (1971). [Administrative Order Nos. : 264 - 316]. Manila : Malacañang Records Office.

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[PDF] Administrative Order No. 297, July 12, 1971