MALACAÑANG

Manila

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

PROCLAMATION NO. 1111

DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM NOVEMBER 3 TO 8, 1997, AS “NATIONAL PRINTING WEEK”

WHEREAS, the printing industry serves as the vehicle in promoting the country’s arts and culture;

WHEREAS, the printing industry, as one of the most effective tools in communication, contributes to the furtherance of the country’s goal towards national economic growth;

WHEREAS, the Printing Industry of the Philippines will hold its 8th National Printers Convention in November with the theme “Meeting the Challenges of the Next Millennium”;

WHEREAS, it is necessary to focus national attention on the vital role played by the printing industry in promoting our government’s higher objectives;

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 November 3 to 8, 1997, as “National Printing Week” under the auspices of the Printing Industries Association of the Philippines, Inc. .

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

24th

day of

October

, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety seven.

(Sgd.)

FIDEL V. RAMOS

By the President:

(Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES