MANDATING THE TRANSFER OF NAYONG PILIPINO FOUNDATION’S PASAY PROPERTY TO THE MANILA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY

WHEREAS, the Nayong Pilipino Foundation, Inc.
(NPF) through Presidential Decree No. 37 (1972) was given a 45.9 hectare
property located in PasayCity on a portion of which the Nayong Pilipino
Cultural Park (NPFPark) was built;

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 111 (S. 2002)
authorized the transfer of 8.6 hectares of the NPF property to the
Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA), and the closure of the
NPF Park pending its redevelopment;

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 135 (S. 2002)
mandated the streamlining of the NPF, directing the abolition of all
permanent positions and the termination of all casuals and contractuals
while retaining a transition team to look for an alternative site for a
new NPF park;

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 615 (S. 2007)
mandated the transfer of the old NPF Park to the 15-hectare property of
the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) in Parañaque City and the
transfer of 15 hectares of NPF’s Pasay property to the PRA;

WHEREAS, Section 7 (c) of Presidential Decree No.
37 (1972) provides that the parcel of land given to the NPF shall ipso
facto revert to the National Government if the NPF is dissolved or
ceases, for any reason, to undertake its objectives, or ceases to need
the land for any reason;

WHEREAS, it is the declared policy of the State
to promote and maintain a viable, efficient, dependable and safe air
transportation system as an effective instrument for national recovery
and economic progress;

WHEREAS, the MIAA needs the remaining 22.3
hectares of NPF land for the expansion of Terminal 2 to the north and
the development of the New International Cargo Terminal Facility to
support the operation of Terminal 3 to accommodate growth in the
passenger and aircraft movement at the Ninoy Aquino International
Airport; and

WHEREAS, Section 7(a) of Presidential Decree No.
37 (1972) provides that the land occupied by the NPF shall not be
transferred to another person or entity without previous authorization
by the President of the Philippines.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, President
of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do
hereby order the Nayong Pilipino Foundation, Inc. to transfer its
remaining land with an area of 22.3 hectares in Pasay City to the Manila
International Airport Authority.

This Executive Order shall take effect immediately upon publication in a newspaper of general circulation.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 29th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Eleven.

 

	(SGD.)BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
	President of the Philippines
By the authority of the President:
(SGD.) PAQUITO N.  OCHOA, JR.
Executive Secretary