MALACAÑAN PALACE

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

PROCLAMATION NO. 1072

DECLARING 18 AND 19 NOVEMBER 2015 AS SPECIAL (NON-WORKING) DAYS IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION (NCR)

WHEREAS, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a regional economic forum established to leverage the growing interdependence of the Asia-Pacific;

WHEREAS, APEC 2015 is being hosted by the Philippines;

WHEREAS, the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting (AELM), to be attended by twenty-one (21) world leaders, is scheduled to be held on the 18th and 19th of November 2015 in Metro Manila;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., Executive Secretary, by authority of His Excellency, BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, do hereby declare the 18th and 19th of November 2015, as special (non-working) days in the National Capital Region.

IN WITNESS THEREOF, 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 13th day of July , in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Fifteen.

By authority of the President:

(Sgd.) PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.
Executive Secretary