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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 83 -
CREATING A TASK FORCE FOR METRO MANILA GREENING PROJECT
WHEREAS, industrialization and urbanization
of various areas like those in Metro Manila and its environs have
resulted in the alteration of life forms, climatic changes, natural
cycles and ecosystems;
WHEREAS, as a consequence thereof, there is an urgent need to enforce a
program to protect the Metropolitan Manila area and the inhabitants
from environmental alterations to ensure proper dispersion of
population and industries, pollution control, prevention of farmland
encroachment, conservation of nature and the improvement of the living
conditions of the people in the Metro Manila; and
WHEREAS, some of these policy measures, which will effectively address
the problem, are on-site landscape development and maintenance, solid
waste utilization program and greening of selected open spaces, public
parks and historic districts in Metro Manila;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby create a "Task
Force for Metro Manila Greening Project" composed of the following:
Secretary, Department of Environment
and Natural Resources
Governor of Metro Manila Commission
All City/Municipal Engineers of Metro Manila
Representatives from the Department of
Public Highways
Representative from Manila Seedling
Bank Foundation
The Task Force shall have the following functions:
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Done in the City of Manila,
this 11th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty-eight.
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