MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 163, April 3, 1993 ]
CREATING AND DESIGNATING THE AREA COVERED BY THE CLARK SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE AND TRANSFERRING THESE LANDS TO THE BASES CONVERSION AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY PURSUANT TO REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7227
Pursuant to the powers vested in me by law and the resolutions of concurrence of the local government units directly affected, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, hereby create and designate the area covered by the Clark Special Economic Zone (CSEZ) comprising the lands occupied by the Clark military reservations and its contiguous extensions as embraced, covered, and defined by the 1947 Military Bases Agreement between the Philippines and the United States of America, as amended, located within the territorial jurisdiction of Angeles City, Municipalities of Mabalacat and Porac, Province of Pampanga, and the Municipality of Capas, Province of Tarlac, as follows:
Section 1. Creation of the Clark Special Economic Zone. – The CSEZ shall cover the lands consisting of the Clark military reservations, including the Clark Air Base proper and portions of the Clark reverted baselands, and excluding the areas covered by previous Presidential Proclamations, the areas turned over to the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), and the areas in the reverted baselands reserved for military use.ℒαwρhi৷
Specifically, the areas covered by the CSEZ and the areas excluded are as follows:
| I. |
AREAS COVERED BY THE CSEZ |
APPROXIMATE AREA |
| 1. Clark Air Base proper |
4,440 Hectares |
| 2. Portions of Clark Reverted Baselands: |
|
a. Zone A |
7,205 |
| b. Zone B (Net of ODonnell Transmitter Station and Resettlement Area under Proclamation No. 813) |
3,052 |
| c. Zone D (Net of Sacobia Area and Resettlement Areas under Proclamation No. 812) |
13,344 |
| Sub-Total |
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23,601
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| TOTAL CSEZ AREA |
28,041 Hectares
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| II. |
AREAS IN THE REVERTED BASELANDS EXCLUDED FROM THE CLARK SEZ: |
|
1. |
For the Pinatubo Commission Resettlement Sites in zones B and D |
|
a. Under Proclamation No. 812 (11 October 1991) |
122 Hectares |
| b. Under Proclamation No. 813 (11 October 1991) |
348 |
| 2. |
For the Sacobia Development Authority Resettlement Project in Zone D Under Proclamation No. 1955 (25 March 1980) |
5,612 |
| 3. |
For DND/Military Use: |
|
a. ODonnell Transmitter Station |
370 |
|
b. ODonnell Excepted Area |
1,755 |
|
c. Zone C (Crow Valley) |
17,847 |
| 4. |
For the Department of Agrarian Reform(DAR): |
|
a. Zone E |
7,006 |
|
b. Zone F |
1,749 |
|
c. Zone G |
1,969 |
|
TOTAL EXCLUDED AREAS |
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36,778 Hectares
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The total area of the CSEZ is 28,041 hectares, more or less, subject to actual survey, covering Clark Air Base proper (4,440 has.) and portions of the Clark reverted baselands (23,601 has.).
Section 2. Transfer of CSEZ Areas to the Bases Conversion and Development Authority. – The Clark Air Base proper covering 4,440 hectares, more or less, and portions of the Clark reverted baselands covering 23,601 hectares, more or less, totalling 28,041 hectares declared as the total area of the CSEZ in accordance with Section 1 hereof are hereby transferred to the BCDA.
These areas are approximate and subject to actual ground surveys.
The BCDA shall determine utilization and disposition of the above mentioned lands.
Section 3. Governing Body of the Clark Special Economic Zone. – Pursuant to Section 15 of R.A. 7227, the BCDA is hereby established as the governing body of the CSEZ. The BCDA shall promulgate all necessary policies, rules and regulations to govern and regulate the CSEZ thru the operating and implementing arm it shall establish for the CSEZ.
Section 4. Memoranda of Agreements. – The areas inside the Clark Air Base proper intended for use by the military, by the Mt. Pinatubo Assistance, Resettlement and Development Commission, by the University of the Philippines (U.P.) and other institutions, if any, shall be delineated and covered by separate Memoranda of Agreements to be agreed upon and entered into by the BCDA and DND/AFP, the Pinatubo Commission, the U.P. and the other institutions, subject to the final approval of the President.
This Proclamation shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 3rd day of April in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Three.
(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS
By the President:
(Sgd.) ANTONIO T. CARPIO
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel
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