MALACAÑANG
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 257

CREATING A PROJECT COORDINATING COMMITTEE TO IMPLEMENT THE PHILIPPINE SUPPLEMENT TO THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN JOURNAL

WHEREAS, the government fully recognizes the role of science and technology in economic development;

WHEREAS, there is an imperative need to promote the Philippines as a site of investment for technology-intensive industries;

WHEREAS, the Scientific American Journal is an excellent medium for the promotion of the country’s science and technology sector;

WHEREAS, the publication of a Philippine supplement in the Journal will provide a positive image of the science and technology base on selected areas and the favorable experience of technology-intensive industries which have been able to achieve excellence and world class operations in the Philippines;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby direct and order, as follows:

SECTION 1. A Project Coordinating Committee to implement the Philippine supplement of the Scientific American Journal is hereby created. The Committee shall be constituted with the following:

Chairman Secretary,  Department of Trade and Industry
Co-Chairman Secretary, Department of Science and Technology
Members Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs
Secretary, Department of Tourism
President, Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry

SEC. 2. The above committee is authorized to draw and use any funds available from their respective budgets, which shall not exceed TEN MILLION PESOS (P10,000,000.00) to defray the cost of the project.

SEC. 3. The committee shall likewise prepare the necessary guidelines for the effective implementation of this Executive Order. The guidelines shall require the submission of periodic reports to the Office of the President.

SEC. 4. All existing Executive Orders, Administrative Orders, Rules and Regulations and other issuances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed or amended accordingly.

SEC. 5. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 10th day of July 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

Source: Presidential Management Staff

Office of the President of the Philippines. (1995). [Executive Order Nos. : 126-300]. Manila : Presidential Management Staff.