Section 3
SEC. 3. Section four of the same decree is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 4. Metrication Director and Secretariat.— "a. The Board, upon recommendation of the Chairman, shall appoint a Metrication Director who shall direct and supervise technical staff studies on metrication and oversee and coordinate implementation of duly approved programs. He shall be a citizen of the Philippines, at least thirty-five years of age, of recognized executive ability, with broad educational background and adequate experience in senior level management, business, economics and/or technology. He shall receive an annual salary of forty thousand pesos and a monthly allowance of one thousand pesos. "b. The Director of the Philippines Bureau of Product Standards shall serve as Executive Secretary of the Board. The Chairman may request for the detail to the Board Secretariat of personnel from other government offices and instrumentalities, which are hereby enjoined to extend all the necessary assistance to the Board."