MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 231, July 31, 1970 ]
CREATING A COMMITTEE TO STUDY, FORMULATE AND IMPLEMENT PLANS FOR FLOOD CONTROL IN GREATER MANILA AREA
Due to the urgency of the need for the study, formulation and implementation of plans for flood control in Greater Manila Area, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby constitute a Committee which shall be charge with the responsibility of finding ways and means of solving the recurrent problem of flood control in the Greater Manila Area. The Committee shall be composed of the following members:
| The Secretary of Public Works and Communications .................................................. |
Chairman |
| The Director, Bureau of Public Works .......................................................................... |
Member |
| The Chairman, Laguna Lake Development Authority .................................................. |
Member |
| The City Mayor, City of Manila ....................................................................................... |
Member |
| The City Mayor, Quezon City ........................................................................................ |
Member |
| The City Mayor, Pasay City ........................................................................................... | £A⩊phi£
Member |
| The City Mayor, Caloocan City ..................................................................................... |
Member |
| The Municipal Mayor, Makati, Rizal ............................................................................... |
Member |
| The Municipal Mayor, Parañaque, Rizal ........................................................................ |
Member |
The Committee may organize such technical groups as may be necessary to study, formulate and conduct necessary research and survey with the end in view of collating such data and information as basis to enable the Committee to submit its final recommendations.
The Committee is hereby authorized to call upon any department, bureau, office, or agency or instrumentality of the government for such assistance as it may need toward the immediate accomplishment of its work.
The Committee shall submit its initial report to this Office within a period of 15 days from the issuance hereof.
Done in the City of Manila, this 31st day of July in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary
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