DECLARING AND DELINEATING THE BROOKE’S POINT PORT ZONE UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION OF THE PHILIPPINE PORTS AUTHORITY

WHEREAS,
there is need to expand the Port of Brooke’s Point for planning
purposes to accommodate projected increases in port traffic and program
the development of the necessary port facilities to support the
increasing demands of the shipping trade within the
region;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President
of the Philippines by virtue of the power vested in me by law, do hereby
order:

SECTION 1. The territorial jurisdiction of
the Port of Brooke’s Point is hereby expanded and particularly described
as follows:

“Beginning at point marked 1 on
the plan, thence to point 2 at a distance of 362.00 meters with bearing
N98º00’W, thence to point three at a distance of 1,002.00 meters with
bearing S12º20’W, thence to point 4 at a distance of 1,075.00 meters
with bearing S78º10’E, thence to point 5 at a distance of 881.50 meters
with bearing N12º14’E, thence to point 6 at a distance of 10.00 meters
with bearing N61º00’W, thence to point 7 at a distance of 249.00 meters
with bearing N71.5º00’W, thence to point 1, the point of beginning at a
distance of 472.00 meters with bearing N67º45″W, all in all comprising a
total area of 1,032,314.03 sq.m. more or
less.”

SECTION 2. The Brooke’s Point Port
Zone, as expanded, is hereby placed under the administrative
jurisdiction of the Philippine Ports Authority, which shall, consistent
with the regional industrial plans of the Government, implement a
program for the proper zoning, planning, development and utilization of
the port.

SECTION 3. All other orders, proclamations,
and issuances or portions thereof which are inconsistent with this
Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified
accordingly.

SECTION 4. This Executive Order shall
take effect immediately.

Adopted: 19 Feb.
1996

By
the President:

(SGD.) RUBEN D.
TORRES
Executive Secretary