WHEREAS, there is need for total involvement of all sectors
of society in the reform and development of Philippine culture and
society;
WHEREAS, national development is a complex process
requiring the concerted efforts of all sectors of society especially the
expertise and competence of specialists in all fields of endeavor;
WHEREAS, one of the goals of the New Society is for the
Philippines to take a more active role in international affairs and
thereby derive benefits for the country therefrom; and
WHEREAS, there is need to mobilize all institutions of
higher learning especially state institutions, as full partners of
Government in order to (1) bring together specialists from various
disciplines to conduct systematic research at fundamental levels; (2)
assist the central Government in the formulation of policies and
programs; (3) address themselves to the examination of issues of central
concern to the Government, such as problems of national integration,
social, technological and cultural change, social effects of national
policy, international developments and their impact on our national
life, as well as security and strategic problems; and (4) establish
degree programs and participate in existing instructional programs in
order to produce Filipino experts or specialists for the nation;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, Commander-in-Chief
of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation
No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, as amended, in order to effect the
needed mobilization of national institutions for the purpose of
nation-building do hereby order and decree that the law creating the
Asian Center, Republic Act No. 5334, be amended as follows:
There is hereby established a Philippine Center for Advanced
Studies in the University of the Philippines which shall absorb the
present Asian Center, its personnel, building and facilities.
The Philippine Center for Advanced Studies shall be composed
of the following Institutes and Divisions, which are also hereby ordered
established:
Institute of Islamic Studies
Institute of Philippine Studies
Institute of Asian Studies
Institute of Strategic Studies
Division of Basic Research
Division of Advanced Projects
Division of Academic Instruction
The Philippine Center for Advanced Studies shall be an
autonomous unit of the University of the Philippines system. The basic
administrative framework of the Philippine Center for Advanced Studies
(PCAS) shall follow the organizational and administrative scheme for all
autonomous units of the University of the Philippines System with the
following modifications:
There shall be a Board of Trustees
that formulates and reviews the objectives and policies as well as
nominate the officers and staff of the PCAS.
The Board shall have seven (7) members, namely, the Executive
Secretary, the Secretary of National Defense, the Secretary of Foreign
Affairs, the Secretary of Education and Culture, the President of the
University of the Philippines, the Chancellor and Vice Chancellor of the
PCAS.
The PCAS shall be headed by a Chancellor who shall
be responsible for the leadership and overall management and
functioning of the Center.
The following shall constitute the administrative
officers of the PCAS: the Chancellor, Vice Chancellor, Secretary,
Directors of the three Institutes, and Chairmen of the three Divisions.
The Board of Trustees of the PCAS shall take necessary steps in
formulating the functions and objectives of the Institutes and
Divisions created by this Decree
To fulfill its purposes, the PCAS shall have the following
functions:
To adopt, alter, and use a
corporate seal;
To take and hold by bequest, devise, gift, purchase, or
lease, either absolutely or in trust for any of its purposes, and
property and to invest and reinvest any principal, and deal with and
expand the income and principal of the said Center in such manner as
will best promote its objectives;
To collect, receive and maintain a fund or funds, by
subscription or otherwise, and to apply the income and principal thereof
to the promotion of its aims and purposes herein before set out; and
To contract any obligation, or enter into any agreement
necessary or incidental to the proper management of its corporate
powers.
In general, to carry on any activity and to have and exercise
all of the powers of government-owned or -controlled corporations; and
to do any and all of the acts and things herein set forth to the same
extent as juridical persons could do, and in any person, entity,
partnership, association or corporation, domestic or foreign.
All funds currently appropriated to the present Asian Center
shall be incorporated into the budget of the PCAS. In addition, the
University of the Philippines is hereby directed to appropriate From the
University budget one and one-half million pesos (P1,500,000) each
fiscal year beginning June 1974, to finance the Center's recurring
operational expenditures.
A PCAS endowment fund shall be created for the purpose of
providing for nonrecurring expenditures of the Center. There is hereby
appropriated the amount of P20M out of any unappropriated funds in the
National Treasury and an additional P5M from the same source for the
initial requirements of the Center.
The endowment fund shall be administered as a trust with the
Board of Trustees of the Center as Trustees thereof: Provided,
That the principal of said endowment shall not be subject to impairment:
And provided, furthermore, That only the earnings thereof
shall be available for expenditure.
Expenditures and disbursements made by the PCAS in the
conduct of its affairs shall not be subject to the procurement
requirement and restrictions imposed by existing law upon government
agencies, Instrumentalities and government-owned or-controlled
corporations.
Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding,
appointments to the teaching, research and administrative staff of the
PCAS may be on a part-time basis, and shall be exempt from the
requirement and restrictions of the Civil Service Law, laws, rules and
regulations on position classification and salary standardization and
Section Two Hundred Fifty-nine of the Revised Administrative Code: Provided,
That any government retiree employed in the PCAS shall not be required
to reimburse or refund any gratuity received from the Government nor
shall any pension or annuity to which he is entitled be suspended or
reduced on account of his employment in the PCAS.
Any or all savings of the PCAS shall constitute a revolving
fund and shall not be reverted to the General Fund.
The PCAS may, for the purpose of teaching, research, field
work, and other activities, obtain the services of scholars and
technical personnel of any agency of the Philippine Government including
other units of the University of the Philippines to provide
instruction, perform research or field work and other activities as may
be needed. Such personnel may be given honorarium by the PCAS, any law
to the contrary notwithstanding.
Done in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of November, in the year of
Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President
Republic of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) ROBERTO V. REYES
Assistant Executive Secretary