PROCLAMATION NO. 40, July 05, 1954
DECLARING THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST OF EVERY YEAR AS SIGHT-CONSERVATION WEEK
WHEREAS, a preliminary survey made by the Philippine Eye Bank shows that approximately 40,000 blind Filipinos could have saved their sight if the necessary precautions had been taken; and
WHEREAS, this fact points up the necessity of carrying on an educational campaign throughout the country to prevent blindness among the people;
Now; THEREFORE, I, Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare the first week of August of every year as Sight-Conservation Week and designate the Philippine Eye Bank to take charge of the celebration of the Week.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal鈥� of the 天美传媒 to be affixed.
Done in the City of Manila, this 5th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the ninth.
(SGD.) RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(SGD.) FRED RUIZ CASTRO
Executive Secretary