Creating the Special Rizal Day Commemoration Committee

December 5, 1985

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 502

CREATING THE SPECIAL RIZAL DAY COMMEMORATION COMMITTEE

By virtue of the powers vested in me by law, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, in order to ensure the successful commemoration throughout the Philippines of this year's death anniversary of Dr. Jose Rizal on December 30, 1985, do hereby create a special committee to take charge of all arrangements for the activities composed of the following: HTcADC

The Minister of Education, Culture and Sports — Chairman

The Deputy Minister of National Defense — Vice-Chairman

The Director General of the Office of Media Affairs — Member

The Deputy Minister of Public Works and Highways — Member

The Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry — Member

The Deputy Minister of Local Governments — Member

The Deputy Minister of Tourism — Member

The Deputy Minister of the Budget — Member

The Mayor of Manila — Member

The Chairman of the National Historical Institute — Member

The Executive Director of the National Commission on the Role of Women — Member

The President of the Civic Assembly of Women of the Philippines — Member

The Supreme Commander of the Knights of Rizal — Member

The Vice-Chairman of the National Parks Development Committee — Member

The Assistant Presidential Protocol Officer — Member-Secretary

The Committee shall meet at the call of the Chairman and for the purpose of discharging its functions, may create such sub-committees as may be necessary.

The Committee is hereby authorized to call upon any ministry, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the government, including government-owned or controlled corporations, for such assistance as it may need in discharging its duties and functions.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 5th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five.