MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Memorandum Order No. 9, March 8, 2001 ]
AMENDING MEMORANDUM ORDER 76 (S. 1999) REORGANIZING THE COMPOSITION OF THE NGC EAST-SIDE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
WHEREAS, Memorandum Order No. 471 (s. 1998) created the NGC East-Side Development Committee and provided the guidelines for the implementation of Proclamation. No. 1169;
WHEREAS, Memorandum Order No. 76 (s. 1999) reorganized the NGC East-Side Development Committee designating the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP) as the lead agency in the implementation of the NGC East-Side Development Project;
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to resolve the long-standing land tenure problem of the urban poor families residing therein;
WHEREAS, the provision of tenurial security and long term development assistance to informal settler families is a primary mandate of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC);
WHEREAS, the NGC East-Side can serve as another prototype for resettlement project for bonafide residents within the framework of existing housing and urban development laws and framework; and,
WHEREAS, Section 31, Chapter 10, Title III, Book III of Executive Order 292, otherwise known as the Revised Administrative Code of 1987, provides for the continuing authority to the President to reorganize the administrative structure of the Office of the President.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order the following:
Section 1. Reorganization of the Composition of the NGC East-Side Development Committee. Section 1 of Memorandum Order 76 (s. 1999) is hereby amended to read as follows:
The NGC East Side Development Committee is hereby reorganized as follows:
| Chairman |
Chairperson, HUDCC |
| Vice-Chairman |
Chairperson, NAPC |
| Members |
Chairperson, PCUP- Mayor, Quezon City Local GovernmentHeads, concerned Peoples Organizations (POs) and Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) |
Section 2. Funding Requirement. The DBM and HUDCC shall jointly determine the funding requirements of the Committee for its initial year of operation and identify possible fund sources thereon from the Fiscal Year 2001 budget.1aшphi1
Funding for the succeeding years of operation of the Committee shall be incorporated in the regular budget of HUDCC.
Section 3. Separability Clause. If any provision of this Memorandum Order is declared invalid, the validity of the other provisions shall not be affected thereby.
Section 4. Repealing Clause. All other memorandum orders and related issuances or parts thereof are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
This Memorandum Order shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila this 8th day of March in the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand and One.
(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
By the President:
(Sgd.) RENATO S. DE VILLA
Executive Secretary
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