WHEREAS, it
is the declared policy of the Government to protect and transform the
human environment in order to bring about accelerated socio-economic
development as well as the opportunity to enhance the quality of life
of the greater number of Filipinos;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the development plan takes into account the efficient
management and optimum utilization of all the natural ecosystems such
as the bodies of water that run through and across our lands;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the Pasig River which is a major determinant of the complex of
human activities in the country must be safeguarded for the benefit of
the present and future generations of Filipinos through careful
planning and management;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the discharge of harmful substances and the release of heat
into the river, the lack of control over the use of the water-ways and
the continued presence of obstructions have adversely affected the
Pasig River as a tool for development; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, it has become imperative to adopt an integrated and
coordinated approach to the development planning and implementation of
Pasig River requiring the exertion of effort of everyone, government
and private sectors alike;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the authority vested in me as Commander-in-Chief of all
the Armed Forces of the Philippines and pursuant to Proclamation No.
1081 dated September 21, 1972, as Development Council, with the
Executive Secretary as the overall Coordinator, personally entrusted
with the duty to integrate and oversee the functions and activities of
both the government sector, as represented by the Council and the
private sector who shall form a similar counterpart Council.
The abovementioned Council shall be composed of the following officials
to represent the government sector:cralaw:red
The Secretary, Department of Public Works,
Transportation &
Communications Chairman
The Secretary, Department of Tourism Member
The Director, Bureau of Public Works Member
The Commissioner, Bureau of Public
Highways Member
The Director, Bureau of Lands Member
The Flag Officer-in-Command,
Philippine Navy Member
The Commandant, Philippine Coast
Guard Member
The Commissioner, National Water
&r Pollution Control
Commission Member
The Officer in Charge, Presidential
Assistant on Housing & Resettlement
Agency Member
The Director, Bureau of Cooperatives Member
The Governor, Rizal Province Member
The Mayor, City of Manila Member
The Council will provide continuing direction for the integrated
development planning of the Pasig River, and for the sustained and
coordinated implementation of the incentives and police powers as
promulgated in Presidential Decree 274 and all projects that may be
approved in connection with the beautification, improvement and gainful
utilization of its facilities as promulgated in Presidential Decree
274. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
The Council shall work in close association and coordination with the
Chairman of the Environment Center of the Philippines in order to
ensure the proper ordinal ranking of priorities in undertaking the
integrated development of Pasig River.
Furthermore, the Council shall administer the Trust Fund Account
created by the President and embodied in the aforementioned
Presidential Decree 274 and deposited in the National Treasury to
finance the Pasig River Development Program.
The Council shall establish a technical staff to assist it in the
performance of its functions, and shall avail of the services,
including personnel and other necessary resources, of all departments,
bureaus, offices, agencies and instrumentalities and all
government-owned and controlled corporations, that it may
need. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 28th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-three.
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