Proclamation No. 2113, issued on September 1, 1981, by President Ferdinand E. Marcos, designates September 5 as General Santos City Day to commemorate the city's 13th charter anniversary. This declaration allows residents to celebrate their city's history with appropriate ceremonies. However, it stipulates that September 5 remains a working day, as per existing regulations. The proclamation was published in the Official Gazette on September 21, 1981.
September 1, 1981
PROCLAMATION NO. 2113
DECLARING SEPTEMBER 5 AS GENERAL SANTOS CITY DAY
WHEREAS, Saturday, September 5, 1981, marks the 13th charter anniversary of General Santos City; and
WHEREAS, the residents of that city should be given the opportunity to celebrate this milestone in their city's history with appropriate ceremonies;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare every September 5 as General Santos City Day but the said day shall be a working day in accordance with Letter of Instructions No. 1087 dated November 26, 1980.
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 1st day of September, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-One.
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 77 No. 38, 4829-29 Supp., on September 21, 1981.