Preamble
WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 621 vests upon the Secretary of Labor general supervision and control over the proper and equitable implementation of the social amelioration program in the sugar industry; WHEREAS, the Department of Labor is not adequately funded to ensure the effective implementation of the social amelioration program as well as the labor laws and other labor programs of the Government in the sugar industry; WHEREAS, the leaders of the sugar industry have manifested their desire to increase the stabilization fee from P1.00 per picul produced to P1.10, the additional P0.10 to be used for the implementation of the social amelioration program and of the labor laws and policies in the sugar industry; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree as follows: