MALACAÑANG

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

PROCLAMATION NO. 838

DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM JULY 24 TO 30, 1996,

AS “ENTREPRENEURS WEEK”

WHEREAS,

the Constitution recognizes the important role of Filipino entrepreneurs in our economic development by mandating, in Article XII, Section 10, Congress to “enact measures that will encourage the formation and operation of enterprises whose capital is wholly owned by Filipinos”;

WHEREAS,

the Entrepreneurs Society of the Philippines, an association of entrepreneurs with the prime objective of encouraging entrepreneurs as medium for personal and national economic development, has prepared activities for the period covering July 24 to 30, 1996, with the view to promoting this objective;

WHEREAS,

1996 has been declared as “Small and Medium Enterprise Development Year”;

WHEREAS,

there is a need to focus national attention on the invaluable contribution of entrepreneurs to the country’s economic development;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS,

President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare the period from July 24 to 30, 1996, as “Entrepreneurs Week” under the auspices of the Entrepreneurs Society of the Philippines in coordination with the Department of Trade and Industry.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF,

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

DONE

in the City of Manila, this

23rd

day of

July

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

(Sgd.)

FIDEL V. RAMOS

By the President:

(Sgd.)

LUIS C. LIWANAG II


Senior Deputy