Noong panahon na si President Ferdinand E. Marcos pa ang namamahala sa buong Pilipinas ay kapansin-pansin ang kalinisan at kaayosan ng buong kapaligiran. May disiplina ang tao kung kaya't alam ng lahat na dapat ang buong paligid ay malinis.
During Marcos Regime the people were required to keep their surroundings clean and encourage them to plant trees in their lots and along the streets to provide shades
The duty of every citizen and resident of the Philippines to keep his environment or surroundings clean and wholesome.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation No.1081, dated September 21, 1972, do hereby call upon every resident and citizen of the Philippines, all universities, colleges and schools and other similar institutions, private as well as public; all commercial and industrial establishments, hotels, restaurants, hospitals, cinema- houses, public markets, transportation companies, and all establishments of any kind, to undertake the cleaning of their own surroundings, their yards and gardens, as well as the canals, roads or streets in their immediate premises.
Towards this end, it is hereby prohibited for anyone to throw garbage in public places, such as toads, canals, and parks.
I expect everyone to cooperate in this project to clean our surroundings.
I hold everyone responsible for his own surroundings, and should anybody fail to comply with his obligations under this General Order, the Government will undertake the cleaning of his premises at his own expense.
The owners of idle lots in the Greater Manila Area are expected to keep these idle lots clean. In the event of their failure or inability to comply with this obligation, the Government will undertake the cleaning of the lot at the owner's expense, and the Government may further utilize the land for its food production program.
I order the Secretary of Public Works, Transportation and Communications to supervise the implementation of this campaign.