MALACAÑANG

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

PROCLAMATION NO. 767

DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM APRIL 12 TO APRIL 18, 1996 AS NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS WEEK OF THE IMPERATIVE FOR PUNCTUALITY AND RESPECT FOR THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS

WHEREAS,

there is now a clamor from many sectors of society to promote and foster the virtue of punctuality and to put behind us the so called “Filipino time” which has been unfairly identified with tardiness;

WHEREAS,

there is also the concomitant need to promote due respect for the rights of others as an indispensable component of a peaceful, prosperous and orderly society;

WHEREAS,

our aspirations for the Philippines 2000 can be effectively attained only if our people realize the great value of time and of the collective good, and not merely their individual interest, which consequently calls for a corresponding change of heart and habit.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS,

President of the Republic of the Philippines, do hereby declare the period April 12 to April 18, 1996 as National Consciousness Week of the Imperative for Punctuality and Respect for the Rights of Others (Linggo ng Pagpapahalaga sa Oras at sa Karapatan ng Kapwa).

IN WITNESS HEREOF,

I hereunto set my hand and cause the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

DONE

in the City of Manila, this 22

^nd

day of March in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Six.

(Sgd.)

FIDEL V. RAMOS

By the President:

(Sgd.)

RUBEN D. TORRES