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MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR 1993
NO.	SUBJECT	DATE
1	Reiteration of the Adoption of the Minimum Requirements and	01/06/1993
	Qualification Standard for Entry and Promotion to Grade of Filipino
	Seafarers (MRQSEPG) and Streamlining of the Registration Process
	for Seafarers
1-A	New Date of Effectivity of Memorandum Circular No. 1, Series of 1993	01/22/1993
2	Annual Progress and Status Report on Overseas Training  Program	01/19/1993
	of Filipino Overseas
3	Report on Seafarers Engaged / Employed Onboard	01/25/1993
4	Hepa A and B Tests Requirement for All Qatar Bound Contract	02/15/1993
	Workers
5	Abolition of Attestation of Contract of Foreign Domestic Helpers by	02/22/1993
	the Hongkong Labour Department
6	Extension of Validity of the Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC)	03/04/1993
	for Seafarers
7	Name Hiring Under the Special Hiring Program for Taiwan	03/02/1993
8	Hiring of Filipino Fishermen for Taiwan	03/02/1993
9	Exemption from Repatriation Bond Requirement for Landbased	02/15/1993
	Balik-Manggagawa or Returning Overseas Contract Workers (OCWs)
10	Deck Officers to Complete Radar Observers Course and Radar	03/22/1993
	Simulator  Course as Requirement in Registration
11	Request for the Upgrading / Replacement of Expired SRCs of Seafarers	03/20/1993
12	Greek Ministerial  Order for New Overseas Contract Workers	03/18/1993
13	Income Tax for Migrant Workers in Malaysia	03/18/1993
14	Name Hiring Under the Special Hiring Program for Taiwan	03/17/1993
15	Increase in Passage Terminal Fee (Airport Tax) from P250.00 to	03/30/1993
	P300.00 Effective April 1, 1993
16	Registration Process for Seafarers in Addition to MC No. 1 Series of 1993	04/19/1993
17	Newly Accredited Medical Clinics for Taiwan	05/07/1993
18	Guidelines for the Implementation of the Mandatory PDOS for	05/25/1993
	Disadvantaged OCWs to be Administered by Qualified NGOs
19	Guidelines for the Establishment of Branch Offices	05/24/1993
20	Guidelines on the Deployment  of Worker-Trainees for South Korea	05/27/1993
21	PDOS Certificate to be Validated at LAC	06/08/1993
22	Conciliation and Consultation Services to Foreign Domestic	05/31/1993
	Helpers and Employers to be provided by Hongkong Labour
	Department's Labour Relations Service (LRS)
23	Transfer of Business Address	06/22/1993
24	Entrance Fee of Duty Free Philippines for Non-Passengers	06/22/1993
25	Compiled Listing  of Skills Tested and Certified by the NMYC and	06/22/1993
	its Accredited Trade Testing Centers
26	Only PDOS Certificate of Attendance Issued Jointly by POEA and	06/24/1993
	Accredited NGOs for Hongkong and Saudi Arabia-bound Household
	Workers Shall be Valid
27	Household Workers Bound for Hongkong and the Middle East and	06/24/1993
	Processed through POEAs Government Placement Branch shall
	Also be Referred to NGOs
28	Singapore New Government Ruling Prohibiting "co-habitation"	07/01/1993
	between Singapore Citizens and Foreigners
29	Guidelines on the Implementation of POEA Memorandum Circulars	07/03/1993
	No. 25, Series of 1993
30	The Information and Education Division (IED) shall take charge of	07/14/1993
	Every Issuances When Publication  in Newspaper of General
	Circulation is Required
31	Necessary Precautions  to Avoid OCWs from Getting Stranded from	07/09/1993
	Malta to  Libya
32	Guidelines on Notice of Application for Issuance and Grant of License	06/30/1993
	and for the Conduct of Orientation Seminar for Executive Officers
33	Additional Requirement for Visa Issuance of Domestic Helpers	07/22/1993
	and Caretakers
34	Additional Requirement  for the Enrollment of Vessel and Processing	07/28/1993
	of Contracts for Female Crew Boarding Yachts Under Greek Principals
35	New Minimum Wage in Taiwan	08/27/1993
36	Accreditation and Contract Processing Privileges for Hall of Fame	08/31/1993
	Awardees and Recipients of Awards of Distinction
37	Additional Guidelines in Deploying Trainees to South Korea	08/25/1993
38	New Guidelines for Taiwan	09/08/1993
39	Agencies and Entities Who are Hall of Famers and Awardees of	09/03/1993
	Distinction Are Exempted to Submit  PDOS Certificates of Attendance
	for the Processing of Employment Contracts
40	Centralized PDOS for Singapore - bound Household Workers	09/07/1993
41	Survey on the Origin of Seafarers Employed Onboard Foreign-	09/20/1993
	Going Vessels
42	Manning Entities are Reminded to Ensure that their Employers Comply with	10/06/1993
	the Contractual Provision that Shipboard Salaries and Overtime Must be
	Paid On Board
43	All Transactions Pertaining to Taiwan, Landbased and Seabased	10/13/1993
	Shall be Directed to FARO
44	Validation of the Overseas Employment Certificates at the Labor	10/15/1993
	Assistance Center (LAC) in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA)
45	Grievance Machinery Made Available by Singapore Government for	10/21/1993
	Foreign Domestic Workers
46	Agencies Recruiting OCW for Taiwan to Submit the Name of their	10/26/1993
	Co-Agents
47	Extension of Deadline for Filing of Gulf War Claims	09/07/1993
48	Philippine Citizen Registry Form for Filipino Workers Bound for the	10/29/1993
	Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands
49	Use of "Concentrated Method"   When Conducting Examination for	11/08/1993
	Parasites
50	Guidelines on the Deployment of Household Workers to the United	10/14/1993
	States of America
51	Strong Warning of the Malaysian Government Against the Forming	12/23/1993
	of Workers Unions or Any Associations to Champion their Cause
52	PDOS for Disadvantaged Workers and Household Workers for	12/14/1993
	Brunei and Middle East
53	Deployment of Contract Workers / Filipinas to Belgium	12/17/1993