Steps to Curb the Illegal Practice of Weston Laboratory

June 19, 1973

LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 92

 

Whereas, it is shown that "White Flower" a medicinal oil manufactured by Hoe Hin Co., Ltd. of Hong Kong is being manufactured locally without proper authority or permission from the Hoe Hin Company by the Weston-Laboratory located at 98 Tolentino Street, Quezon City, Philippines;

Whereas, such manufacture without authority of the medicinal oil by the Weston-Laboratory is punishable under Philippine laws;

Whereas, the Government cannot tolerate or condone this illegal act or practice of the Weston-Laboratory;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, order —

1. The Secretary of National Defense to order the arrest of the officials of the Weston-Laboratory responsible for the foregoing unlawful acts;

2. The Secretary of National Defense to close the factory or factories of the Weston-Laboratory where the aforementioned medicinal oil is manufactured;

3. The Secretary of Trade to inquire into this illegal manufacture of the medicinal oil by the Weston-Laboratory and determine other liabilities of the owners thereof, and consequently to take appropriate action against them.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 19th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Three. casia