The second leg of the East Asian visit, took Mrs Bandaranaike and her delegation to Manila. President Ferdinand Marcos and Mrs Imelda Marcos extended Mrs Bandaranaike a warm welcome at the start of a three-day visit which included wide ranging bilateral discussions in the areas of trade, industry, finance, education and agriculture. Mrs Bandaranaike visited the National Monument, the Philippine Heart Centre, Asian Centre for Social Welfare and the Nutrition Centre as well as travelled to the Bay of Corregidor and Bataan.