MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 158, November 22, 1994 ]

EXTENDING UP TO DECEMBER 31, 1994 THE SUBMISSION OF THE FINAL REPORT OF THE INTER-AGENCY COMMITTEE CREATED UNDER ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 143, SERIES 1994

WHEREAS, under Administrative Order No. 143 series 1994, an Inter-Agency Committee was created to study the feasibility and practically of providing ferry services for passengers and cargo, covering the Manila-Bicol-Masbate-Cebu route;

WHEREAS, under the aforesaid Administrative Order, the Committee is also mandated to recommend appropriate actions necessary for the implementation of the results, findings and recommendations of the study;

WHEREAS, the said Committee was given until October 31, 1994, within which to submit its final report to the President;

WHEREAS, the Committee has drafted its initial report but review and revision are needed to accommodate suggestions of local government units, non-governmental organizations and civic groups interested in the ferry services within their respective areas;

WHEREAS, the Committee must also evaluate the one-month test runs already being conducted by certain ferry operators in the new routes, to validate practical recommendations;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby extend to December 31, 1994, the functions including submission of the final report of the Inter-Agency Committee created under Administrative Order No. 143, s. 1994.

This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE, in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety four.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, JR.
Executive Secretary


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