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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 373
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 373 -
CREATING A PHILIPPINE HOST COMMITTEE FOR THE 1998 ASEAN TOURISM FORUM,
PACIFIC AREA TOURISM ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE AND WORLD CONGRESS, AND THE
INTERNATIONAL HOTEL AND RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION CONGRESS
WHEREAS, the Philippine Government, in line
with its current thrust of Pole vaulting to the 21st Century aims to
establish the country as "Asia's Next Shopping and Tourism
Capital";
WHEREAS, the Philippines, as
member of the ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF), the Pacific Area Tourism
Association (PATA) and the International Hotel and Restaurant
Association (IHRA), has committed to host the annual gathering of these
organizations in 1998 to highlight the global competitiveness of our
country in the area of tourism and provide worldwide publicity for the
Centennial Celebration of the Philippine Independence in 1998;
WHEREAS, the hosting by the
Philippines of these prestigious international events will contribute
positively to the country's projection as a competitive tourist
destination for leisure/holidays, shopping, business,
meetings/conventions, heritage tours, ecotourism/adventure, special
interest tours, and exhibitions and will ultimately redound to more
substantial economic benefits; and,
WHEREAS, there is need to
constitute an Inter-Agency Committee that will ensure the successful
conduct of these events on 08-15 January 1998 (ATF), 25-28 March 1998
(PATA Conference); 28 March 1998 to 02 April 1998 (PATA Chapters World
Congress) and 22-26 October 1998 (IHRA Congress).
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V.
RAMOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the
powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:
Section 1.
Creation of the Philippine Host Committee for the 1998 ATF , PATA
Conference and World Congress and the IHRA Congress. — There is hereby
created a Philippine Host Committee, hereinafter referred to as the
Committee, to plan, prepare for, oversee and supervise the conduct of
the 1998 ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) in January 1998; the Pacific Area
Tourism Association Conference and Chapters World Congress (PATA) in
March 1998, and the Annual International Hotel and Restaurant
Association Congress in October 1998.
Sec. 2.
Composition of the Committee. — The Committee shall be composed of the
Secretary of Tourism, as Chairperson, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs,
as Co-Chairperson and Private Sector Tourism Industry Representative
(to be designated by the DOT Secretary) as Vice-Chairperson, and the
senior representatives of the following agencies, as members:
a.
Department of the Interior and Local Government
b. Department
of National Defense
c. Department
of Budget and Management
d. Department
of Transportation and Communication
e. Department
of Public Works and Highways
f. Department
of Trade and Industry
g. Department
of Agriculture
h. Department
of Health
i. Department
of Education, Culture and Sports
j. Department
of Social Welfare and Development
k. Department
of Energy
l. Office of
the Press Secretary
m. Bureau of
Immigration and Deportation
n. Manila
International Airport Authority
o. Mactan Cebu
International Airport Authority
p. Bureau of
Customs
The Committee Chairperson shall
designate two (2) other private sector representatives from the tourism
industry as members of the Committee.
Sec. 3.
Functions of the Committee. — The Committee shall exercise the
following functions and responsibilities:
a.
Coordinate with the private sector and various government agencies to
ensure that all the requirements for the events are attended to and
implemented;
b. Ensure that
the economic advantages of the events are maximized through a concerted
and cost-effective country team approach;
c. Negotiate
and conclude contracts relative to the events, including services of
consultants whose term of office is co-terminus with the project;
d. Call upon
the assistance of any department, bureau or office of the Government,
including government-owned and controlled corporations to render such
assistance as the Committee may need in the discharge of its functions;
e. Submit
periodic reports to the President on the status of preparations for the
three (3) international events and post-activity reports after the
conduct of said conferences;
f. Perform
such other functions/tasks as may be directed by the President.
Sec. 4.
Secretariat. — A composite secretariat to be composed of members from
the Department of Tourism and the Philippine Convention and Visitors
Corporation shall provide administrative and technical support to the
committee.
Sec. 5.
Funding. — Funding for the four (4) international conferences shall be
sourced mainly from the Trust Liability Account of the Department of
Tourism and from unreleased appropriation for the hosting of
international conferences from the 1997 International Commitment Fund,
as shall be determined by the Department of Budget and Management. The
funds shall be released to the Department of Tourism, as Chair of the
Committee, subject to regular accounting and auditing procedures.
The Committee is hereby given
authority to solicit donations, grants, contributions, sponsorships
and/or any form of assistance from private and government entities.
Sec. 6.
Term of the Committee. — The Committee shall cease to exist upon
termination of the projects in 1998.
Sec. 7.
Effectivity. — This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately.
DONE
in the City of Manila, this 6th day of January, in the year of Our
Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Eight.
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