MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 282, April 12, 1971 ]
CREATING A COORDINATING COMMITTEE TO UNDERTAKE THE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN URBAN RENEWAL AND HOUSING PROGRAM IN THE BURNED AREA OF BARRIO MAGSAYSAY, TONDO, MANILA
By virtue of the powers vested in me by law, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS President of the Philippines, do hereby create a Coordinating Committee to undertake the planning and implementation of an urban renewal and housing program in the burned area of Barrio Magsaysay, Tondo, Manila, composed of the following:
| President Ferdinand E. Marcos | – Overall Chairman |
| Mayor Antonio J. Villegas | – Chairman for City Government Projects |
Mr. Alejandro Deleña
Director of Public Works | – Chairman for National Government Projects |
Senator Helena Z. Benitez
Chairman, Senate Committee on Housing, Urban Development and Resettlement | – Member |
Rep. Roque Ablan, Jr.
Chairman, Committee on Housing House of Representatives | – Member |
Rep. Francisco Reyes
1st District, Manila | – Member |
Mr. Ernesto Valdez
Deputy Governor, Land Authority | – Member |
Gen. Gaudencio Tobias (Ret.)
Executive Vice President National Housing Corporation | – Member |
Mr. Baltazar Aquino
Commissioner of Public Highways | – Member |
Mr. Sebastian Santiago
General Manager People’s Homesite and Housing Corporation | – Member |
Mr. Victor Recio
Assistant General Manager National Waterworks & Sewerage Authority | – Member |
Councilor Martin B. Isidro
1st District, Manila | – Member |
Col. Pacifico de Leon
Liaison between the National and the City Governments | – Member |
Col. Fidel Ventura
AFP Chief of Engineers | – Member |
Mr. Carlos Valdez
Representative of the Archbishop of Manila | – Member |
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| Mr. Jose Ma. Soriano | – Member |
Mrs. Nelly Nufable
| – Member |
| Representative of USAID | – Member |
| Representatives of such civic, religious and charitable organizations as may be willing to provide financial assistance to the program | – Member |
The Committee shall plan for, coordinate, and supervise the implementation of an urban renewal and housing program for the affected area. This program shall include provisions for the temporary accommodation of the residents in the area and the construction of permanent housing facilities to where they can subsequently be transferred. For this purpose, the following demonstration sites for public housing development projects shall be considered by this Committee:
a. A parcel of the public domain situated in Bangkusay, Tondo, Manila, as defined in Proclamation No. 293, series of 1956, where the City Government of Manila will undertake its housing projects.
b. Certain parcels of land situated in Tondo, Manila, as defined also in Proclamation No. 836, as follows: Parcel I – NAWASA Compound; Parcel II – BPW-BPH Yard; and Parcel III – Rawis Tulungan Area.
c. Such other areas as the Committee may deem feasible for the purpose, subject to approval by the President.
The Chairman for City Government Projects and the National Government Projects may create such sub-committees as may be needed in the performance of their functions.
The Committee is hereby empowered to call upon any department, bureau, office and other instrumentalities of the government for such assistance as it may need in the accomplishment of its task.
An integrated program shall be completed within two weeks from the date hereof. Thereafter, monthly progress report on the implementation of this program shall be prepared and submitted.
Done in the City of Manila, this 12th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-one.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) ROBERTO V. REYES
Acting Assistant Executive Secretary
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