GRANTING NO-VISA ENTRY FOR AN INITIAL STAY OF SEVEN (7) DAYS TO CHINESE NATIONALS WHO ARE HOLDERS OF MACAU-PORTUGUESE PASSPORT

WHEREAS, it is the declared
policy of the Philippine Government to attract foreign investments and promote
trade and tourism as instruments of economic growth and national development;

WHEREAS, a considerable number
of Chinese nationals holding Macau-Portuguese passports are frequently visiting
the Philippines for business or pleasure and carrying on trade with their
Filipino business partners;

WHEREAS, the Macau-Portuguese
Government at present grants Filipino citizens no-visa entry to Macau for a
stay of not more than fourteen (14) days;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V.
RAMOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers
vested in me by law and, in consideration of the foregoing premises, do hereby
order;

SECTION 1. Chinese nationals who
are holders of Macau-Portuguese passports, travelling individually or in
groups, shall be allowed no-visa entry for an initial stay of seven (7) days,
provided they have round trip tickets or onward tickets to the next country of
destination to which they have valid entry visas, and their passports are valid
for at least six (6) months beyond the period of their authorized stay. In a
collective Macau-Portuguese passport the pictures of the spouse and minor
children of the passport holder must be shown therein together with their
names.

SECTION 2. The initial period of
stay may be extended by the Bureau of Immigration prior to its expiry date for
another period of time allowed under existing regulations, upon proper
justifications and payment of the prescribed fees by the applicant.

SECTION 3. The provisions of
Letter of Instructions No. 911, dated 10 August 1979, and of all other
Presidential issuances and rules and regulations which are inconsistent with
this Executive Order are hereby revoked or amended accordingly.

SECTION 4. This Order shall take
effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this
22nd day
of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety-four.

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

By the President:

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

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