Pre-Departure Orientation Course/Seminar For Government Officials Authorized to Travel Abroad

February 23, 1977 REVENUE MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 10-77 SUBJECT : Pre-Departure Orientation Course/Seminar For Government Officials Authorized to Travel Abroad TO : All Revenue Officials and Employees For your information and compliance, quoted hereunder is Memorandum Circular No. 954, dated January 26, 1977, from the Office of the President requiring government officials and employees authorized to travel abroad to attend a pre-departure orientation course/seminar: "Some immediate past and recent events in the country have caught world attention and Filipinos who happen to be abroad are asked questions about the Philippines its geography and history, its people and culture. It is therefore necessary that Filipinos traveling abroad, particularly those in the government service, be equipped with adequate and accurate information about their country, especially the goals and workings of the New Society and the developmental strides gained under its aegis. "For the foregoing, it is hereby directed that officials and employees of the government and its agencies and instrumentalities, including government-owned or controlled corporations, who are proposed to travel abroad, whether on official business or for personal purposes, shall first attend a pre-departure orientation course/seminar at the Philippine Center for Advanced Studies (PCAS), U.P., Diliman, Quezon City. Information on the schedules of the course/seminar may be obtained directly from PCAS. The Department of Foreign Affairs shall not issue the corresponding passport unless the applicant presents a certification from PCAS of his having attended said orientation course/seminar. "Any violation of this Circular shall be sufficient cause for administrative disciplinary action. "This Circular takes effect immediately. "By authority of the President: (SGD.) JACOBO C. CLAVE "Presidential Executive Assistant Manila, January 26, 1977" In view of this requirement, all revenue officials and employees authorized to travel abroad are hereby directed to attend the pre-departure orientation course/seminar. The seminar is regularly conducted every Saturday afternoon from 1:00 to 6:30 p.m., at the Philippine Center for Advanced Studies (PCAS), at the PCAS Building, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City. Participants may register in the Office of the Registrar, PCAS, on or before the pre-departure seminar date. aisa dc EFREN I. PLANA Acting Commissioner of Internal Revenue TAN-1456-040-3