Proclamation No. 729, s. 1970

Signed on July 29, 1970

MALACAÑANG
RESIDENCE OF THE PRESIDENT
OF THE PHILIPPINES
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

PROCLAMATION NO. 729

DECLARING WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1970, AS A SPECIAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN QUEZON PROVINCE, LUCENA CITY AND QUEZON CITY.

WHEREAS, the ninety-second birthday anniversary if the late President Manuel L. Quezon falls on Wednesday, August 19, 1970;

WHEREAS, the people of Quezon, his birthplace, and the city named after him should be given full opportunity to render homage to the memory of our illustrious leader; and

WHEREAS, the nineteenth of August of every year is also Citizenship Day under Proclamation No. 331 dated August 4, 1952;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare Wednesday, August 19, 1970, as a special public holiday in Quezon Province, Lucena City and Quezon City. I enjoin the observance of the day’ with appropriate ceremonies designed to inculcate upon our people, especially the youth, the rights and duties of good citizenship.

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 29th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary

Source: Official Gazette