* * * Dr. Ben Paul B. Gutierrez, Dean, Cesar E. A. Virata School of Business, University of the Philippines, faculty, staff, and incoming freshmen of the Master of Business Administration and Master of Science in Finance programs, ladies and gentlemen, good evening. I understand that eighty (80) new MBA and MS Finance students were admitted to UP-BGC.
The architects of the Treaty also understood that a single currency can only fulfil its monetary functions and its role as an integrating force so long as it retains its value. Therefore, they drew up a solid monetary constitution to protect those functions and its stability.