Declaring October 15-22, 1981 as Furniture Development Week

October 17, 1981

PROCLAMATION NO. 2126

DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 15 TO 22, 1981 AS "FURNITURE DEVELOPMENT WEEK"

WHEREAS, the First ASEAN Furniture Show together with the Fifth ASEAN Federation of Furniture Manufacturers Association (AFFMA) Council Meeting will be held in the Philippines to be hosted by the Chamber of Furniture Industries of the Philippines (CFIP);

WHEREAS, to insure the successful hosting of the First ASEAN Furniture Show and the Fifth Council Meeting of the ASEAN Federation of Furniture Manufacturers Association (AFFMA), there is a need to undertake activities designed to bring businessmen and industrialists of the member countries together to be a relevant and effective, developmental and promotional vehicle for expanding ASEAN trade and strengthening intra-regional cooperation with other countries of the world; and cd

WHEREAS, the success of these events will be another milestone in our country's effort to become a leading member of ASEAN and of the Third World;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare October 15 to 22, 1981 as "Furniture Development Week" in conjunction with the holding of the First ASEAN Furniture Show together with the Fifth Council Meeting of the ASEAN Federation of Furniture Manufacturers Association (AFFMA).

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 17th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-One.

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 77 No. 42, 5424-7 Supp., on October 19, 1981.