MALACAÃANG
Manila
MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 236
EXTENDING THE OPERATION OF TASK FORCE DAHLIA AND RENAMING IT AS TASK FORCE LILY TO OVERSEE AND MONITOR THE CURRENT ISSUES ON POPULATION
WHEREAS, Task Force Dahlia was earlier constituted to oversee the successful implementation of Republic Act No. 7716, otherwise known as the expanded VAT Law and the issue on the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT);
WHEREAS, it is imperative to support the efforts of the Department of Health (DOH), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), National Statistics Office (NSO), the Commission on Population (Popcom), Commission on the Role of Filipino Women and other government agencies in the effective monitoring of the current issue on population;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law do hereby extend the operation of Task Force Dahlia renaming it as Task Force Lily, to oversee and monitor the current issues on population.
SECTION 1. The Task Force shall be headed by the Executive Secretary, thru the Senior Deputy Executive Secretary, with the support of all concerned government agencies.
SECTION 2. The Task Force thru the Command Operation Center (COC) shall continue its mandate to oversee and monitor the current issue on population.
SECTION 3. It is further tasked to report and project positive actions taken by all concerned agencies, including NGOs and other civic organizations.
SECTION 4. This Memorandum Order takes effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 19th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety-four.
(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, JR.
Executive Secretary
Source: CDAsia
