AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 175, DATED APRIL 30, 1994, WHICH CREATED A NORTHWESTERN LUZON GROWTH QUADRANGLE COMMISSION

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I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of
the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby amend
Section 1 of Executive Order No. 175, dated April 30, 1994, which created a
Northwestern Luzon Growth Quadrangle Commission, to read as follows:

“Section. 1. NWLGQ
Commission. There is hereby created under the Office of the
President, a Presidential Commission to be called the Northwestern Luzon Growth
Quadrangle (NWLGQ) Commission, hereinafter referred to as the Commission. The
Commission shall be responsible for the overall policy direction, coordination
and supervision of the entire NWLGQ Development efforts. It shall be composed
of the following members:

CORD for Region

CORD for CAR

Secretary of Trade and Industry

Secretary of Tourism

Secretary of Agriculture

NEDA Director General

The Presidential Assistant for
Regional Development

The Chairman of Regional
Development Council I

The Chairman of the Cordillera
Executive Board

The Provincial Governor of
Ilocos Norte

The Provincial Governor of
Ilocos Sur

The Provincial Governor of La
Union

The Governor of Pangasinan

The Provincial Governor of
Benguet

The City Mayor of Dagupan City

The City Mayor of Baguio City

The PCCI Chairman of Region I

The PCCI Chairman of CAR

The BCDA Chairman

NGO Regional Federation
Representative each for Regions I and CAR to be appointed by the President

“The Commission shall be chaired
by the CORD for Region

“The Commission shall have the
following functions:

a) Review and submit to the
President, for approval, the NWLGQ, Master Plan and Development Program;

b) Provide overall direction,
coordination and supervision in the planning, implementation and monitoring of
all program/project components and development activities of the NWLGQ
Development Program in consultation and coordination with the Joint RDC-CEB
Inter-regional Consultative Council;

c) Cause the update, refinement
and endorsement of the NWLGQ plans, investment programs and projects within the
context of the NWLGQ Master Plan and the Regional Development and Physical
Framework Plans and Investment Programs of Regions I and CAR.

d) Cause the preparation of
feasibility studies for and financing of the various projects identified for
the NWLGQ;

e) Encourage the support and
assistance from government and non-government institutions in planning and
implementing the various projects under the NWLGQ Development Program;

f) Organize the Program
Management Office (PMO), define its organizational set-up, establish its
staffing pattern as well as internal operating systems, and procedures;

g) Review and confirm contracts
entered into by the Executive Director of the Program Management Office (PMO);

h) Review and endorse to the
Department of Budget and Management (DBM) the annual budget of the NWLGQ
Development Program including the Work and Financial Plan for the operation of
the PMO;

i) Submit to the President,
progress reports on the NWLGQ Development Program and such other reports as may
be required.”

This Executive Order shall take
effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this
7th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety five.

(Sgd.) FIDEL
V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, JR.
Executive Secretary

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