<P> In 1978, he created a Task Force on the formulation of a national action program on science and technology to assess policies and programs of science and technology . (Executive Order No. 512, s . 1978) In his Fourteenth State of the Nation Address on July 23, 1979, he said that the government invested funds and time in organizations for scientific research, such as the NSDB, the Philippine Council for Agricultural Research and Resources, the Plant Breeding Institute, the International Rice Research Institute, the Bureau of Plant Industry, and the Bureau of Forest Products . While these projects have had breakthroughs, the market machinery did not adapt and invest in this technology due to the high - risk front - end costs . </P> <P> In 1979, he constituted the Health Sciences Center created by R.A. No. 5163 as an autonomous member within the University of the Philippines System to improve the internal organization and unity of leadership within its units . (Executive Order No. 519, s . 1979) </P> <P> In 1980, he created the National Committee on Geological Sciences to advise government and private entities on matters concerning development in geological sciences . (Executive Order No. 625, s . 1980) </P> <P> In 1982, he reorganized the National Science Development Board and its agencies into a National Science and Technology Authority to provide central direction and coordination of scientific and technological research and development . (Executive Order No. 784, s . 1982) He granted salary increases to the people with teaching positions in the Philippine Science High School due to their necessity in the advancement of national science . (Executive Order No. 810, s . 1982). He enacted a law on the completion of the National Agriculture and Life Sciences Research Complex at the University of the Philippines at Los Baños . (Executive Order No. 840, s . 1982) </P>

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