9:00 AM
On board the 777 which
we dragged out of Baseco [Bataan Shipyard and Engineering Co., Inc.] where
it was docked. It will run at
nine knots for Talaga
and has only two generators
for air conditioning.
But we are stimulated into a frenzy of grabbing at the joy of having the two children,
Official Gazette for September 14, 1973: THE PRESIDENT ordered the Special Committee on Rice Procurement to increase the price support from P30 per cavan of 50 kilos to P35 in anticipation of the Masagana 99 harvest. In issuing the directive, contained m Letter of Instructions No. 129 addressed to the secretary of agriculture and natural resources, the administrator of the National Grams Authority and the secretary of national defense, the President took into account the impending Masagana 99 harvest and the need to support farm prices at a level that will enable farmers to make profit. The President authorized the committee to call for the full cooperation of all government agencies concerned, all sectors of the grain industry, shipping and transportation companies, and all other government and private entities which could lend assistance to the rice procurement program.
SECRETARY of Trade Troadio T. Quiazon Jr., exhorted the business sector to channel some of its resources in the search for alternatives that will bring down the cost of manufactured products. Speaking before members of the Makati Rotary Club, the trade secretary stressed the importance of research and development in industry in relation to price stabilization. Stressing that the task of price stabilization of basic commodities should not be of the Government alone, Secretary Quiazon said the industrial and trade sectors should involve themselves, in the effort “not just a gesture of cooperation with the Government but as an effort at self-interests.”
THE PRESIDENT moved to formalize trade relations at the earliest possible time with the Union Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR), particularly in view of the current oil crisis. In accelerating the formalization of the RP-USSR trade relations, the President ordered a study of all possible obstacles in the forthcoming relations and their possible-remedies. The President issued the directive to Executive Secretary-Alejandro Melchor Jr. during the courtesy call made by the combined-Russian trade and oil exploration missions headed by V. N. Yakubenck, representing the USSR state committee for external economic relations and N. P. Shirjaev, head of the department of trade with Asian countries. In receiving the Russian mission, the President said, “I am certain this is the beginning of close relations that should exist between our two countries on matters of trade and mutual help.”
AGGRIEVED taxpayers may now file formal protests against local tax ordinances. Acting Secretary of Finance Alfredo Pio de Roda Jr. said this new government policy is one of the main features of the Local Tax Code promulgated into law by Presidential Decree No. 231. In all cases, a formal protest may be filed within 120 days after the approval of the tax ordinance of any local government or after the date of its initial implementation. The secretary of finance shall have 60 days after receipt of the protest to decide the case. The formal protest supported by a certified copy of the ordinance being questioned shall be forwarded by the provincial or city treasurer as the case may be to the secretary of finance 15 days from the date of his receipt thereof together with the action he or the provincial or city fiscal may have taken thereon.
TOURISM Secretary Jose D. Aspiras told leaders of the travel industry in Asia that the Philippines has become one of the strongest assets of tourism in the Pacific area. Mr. Aspiras keynoted the opening in Hongkong of a meeting of the Asian regional chapters of the Pacific Area Travel Association (PATA), a promotional instrumentality of countries in the Pacific basin. Mr. Aspiras told the convention that 12 months after the imposition of Martial Law, the Philippines has become one of the most attractive destinations in the Pacific and improved its capability of involvement in regional and international tourism. What used to be one of the weakest links in the Pacific chain of travel destinations has become one of the strongest contributors to the growth of tourism in the area, the tourism secretary said referring to the Philippines. The meeting was attended by heads of tourism offices in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hongkong, Macao, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.
Bongbong and Irene because they leave Monday for England.
And loneliness shall settle once more upon our lives.
Next Sunday is Irene’s birthday. And she prefers to spend it in Talaga Bay.
So a few old friends will be brought there tomorrow. Tonight we take the “slow boat to China” at about midnight. So we can go fishing at 4:30 AM and ski in the morning. Pelota in the afternoon. I look forward to a pleasant weekend.
The country must now look outward to all countries. The Russian Trade Mission and the Oil Exploration Teams are here. They are pushing for a Trade Agreement.
But we must balance this with trade relations with Red China.
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