Preamble
WHEREAS, the Metals Industry Research and Development Center (MIRDC) was created by Republic Act No. 4724 as amended by Republic Act No. 6428 to develop and expand the metals Industry, by providing both the government and the private sector with professional management and technical expertise in such vital activities as training of engineers and technicians, information exchange, trade accreditation service, Quality control and testing of metal products, research and business economics advisory services; WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 602 dated July 10, 1980 transferred the MIRDC to the Ministry of Industry to reorient its program thrust from research and development to direct assistance to the metals industry; WHEREAS, to achieve the above-cited purposes and the reorientation of its program thrust as enunciated in the above-mentioned Executive Order, there is a need to accelerate MIRDC’s facilities for testing and inspection to aid in the establishment, review and enforcement of quality standards; WHEREAS, in order that the purposes and objectives of the MIRDC can fee effectively and satisfactorily attained, it is necessary to enlarge its purposes and powers and define its operation and structural organization: NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby decree as part of the law of the land the following: