MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 503, April 2, 1975 ]
CREATING AN INTER-AGENCY COMMITTEE TO EVALUATE AND RECOMMEND MASS TRANSIT MODE(S) FOR METROPOLITAN MANILA
In view of the urgent need to resolve the policy issues involved in the choice of a mass transit system for Metro Manila, an inter-agency committee charged with the task of evaluating and recommending alternative mass transit modes is hereby created, the membership of which is as follows:
Mr. Antonio Locsin
Deputy Director-General
National Economic and
Development Authority |
Chairman |
Mr. Teodoro Encarnacion
Director, Project Planning
& Development Office
Department of Public Works,
Transportation, and Communication |
Member |
Mr. Arthur M. Alvendia
Director, Policy Analysis and
Research Office
Development Management Staff |
Member |
Capt. Victorino Basco
Consultant, Transportation
and Communication
National Economic & Development
Authority |
Member |
A Representative
Metropolitan Mayors Coordinating
Council |
Member |
A Representative
Department of Public
Highways |
Member |
In undertaking this task, the Committee shall be guided by the following considerations:
1. Transport requirements of urban development and development by satellite growth centers;
2. Resource demands entailed by the implementation of any transport system, and corresponding implications on the resource requirements of other sectors;
3. Technical, social, economic and other constraints involved in the implementation of any particular transport mode;
4. Urgency of the need for a timely solution to the mass transit problems of Metro Manila; and
5. All other considerations, social or economic, which affect, directly or indirectly, the feasibility of any particular transport mode.
The Committee is hereby authorized and empowered to call upon the appropriate departments, bureaus, agencies or instrumentalities of the government to give the necessary cooperation and assistance for the successful discharge of its function.
Finally, the Committee shall operate and continue to exercise its powers until such time as its designated task is completed, after which a report of its findings shall be submitted to this Office.1aшphi1
By authority of the President:
(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary
Manila, 2 April 1975
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