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MEMORANDUM CIRCULARS
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MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 17 -
ENJOINING ATTENDANCE IN THE 5TH ASIA PACIFIC CONFERENCE ON TOBACCO OR
HEALTH TO BE HELD AT THE SUBIC BAY FREEPORT ZONE FROM NOVEMBER 23 TO
27, 1998, CO-HOSTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE TOBACCO-FREE
PHILIPPINES FOUNDATION, INC.
The officers of the Asia Pacific
Association for the Control of Tobacco (APACT) have chosen the
Philippines as the venue for the 5th Asia Pacific Conference in Tobacco
or Health.
Holding of conferences is one of the strategies of APACT to encourage
the achievement of its general purpose, which is to promote a
smoke-free environment for the people of the Asia Pacific Region.
The forthcoming conference shall be co-hosted by the Department of
Health, together with the World Health Organization, and the
Tobacco-Free Philippines Foundation, Inc. to be held on November 23 to
27, 1998 at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone.
The conference shall focus on the plight and future of our children who
will definitely be endangered by continues tobacco promotion and use.
It will also address some of the problems related to tobacco use and
abuse with the end-goal of protecting the younger generations from the
ill-effects of tobacco.
In view of the significance of the conference for the protection of
younger generations and to show our unison to the commitment of the
country, all heads of Departments or their authorized representatives
with the rank of at least Undersecretary and their duly designated
Smoking-Control Coordinators are hereby enjoined to attend the said
conference. All department secretaries are further enjoined to extend
full support, especially in the provision of the necessary logistic
support, for the success of the conference.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 31st day of October in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Ninety-Eight.
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