EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 661
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 661 - CREATING
A TASK FORCE ON THE ACCELERATED BLISS DEVELOPMENT OF THE TONDO FORESHORE
WHEREAS, the Tondo Foreshore,
historically the largest and most depressed slum community in the
country, is the venue of the first integrated and comprehensive slum
improvement and resettlement project of the government and serves as
the model for the nationwide Slum Improvement and Resettlement
Program;
WHEREAS, the slum improvement and resettlement program in the Tondo
Foreshore has provided the framework and the foundation for the
development of the community to be pursued to final completion, thereby
achieving the establishment of a human settlement as conceptualized
under the Bagong Lipunan Sites and Services (BLISS) Program;
WHEREAS, the slum improvement and resettlement program has improved the
quality of life of beneficiary families in the Tondo Foreshore, but the
blight and slum-live appearance of the community have continued to
undermine the significance of the developmental effort of the
government in the area;
WHEREAS, the people of Tondo Foreshore have demonstrated their
determined effort to eliminate the remaining blight and slum-like
appearance of their community through self-help housing improvements
and it is the objectives of government to support such community effort
as the basis of an accelerated BLISS development in the area;
WHEREAS, the accelerated BLISS development of the Tondo Foreshore shall
provide the opportunity to create a model for the second stage
development effort that should follow in every slum or blighted
community which is the target of the nationwide slum improvement and
resettlement program;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of
the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby
order:
Section 1. There is hereby created a Task Force on
the accelerated BLISS Development of the Tondo Foreshore which shall be
composed of the Minister of Human Settlements as Chairperson and the
following as Members:
(1)
The Minister of Natural Resources
(2) The
Minister of Trade
(3) The
Minister of Public Information
(4) The
Minister of the Budget
(5) The
Minister of Industry
(6) The
Minister of Public Highways
(7) The
Minister of Public Works
(8) The
Minister of Finance
(9) The
Minister of Agriculture
(10) The
Minister of Social Services Development
Sec. 2. The functions of the Task Force shall be
as follows:
a.
To pursue accelerated development of Tondo Foreshore into a human
settlement as conceptualized under the BLISS Program;
b. To
determine the source and make available such funds needed to support
housing material and construction loans to bona fide beneficiaries and
other corollary and special projects to be undertaken in pursuance of
the objectives of the Task Force;
c. To cause
the immediate resolution of land issues in the Tondo Foreshore leading
to the award to beneficiaries of land titles over their allocated
homelots;
d. To promote
and strengthen community participation and involvement in all aspects
of the development effort;
e. To cause
the design and implementation of an expanded livelihood program;
f. To cause
the completion of on-going works and the construction of major
infrastructure support requirements of the Tondo Foreshore;
g. To
determine and cause the design and construction of special projects
such as the development of the Metro Manila Commission Center in
selected sites of the Tondo Foreshore;
h. To
establish adequate and desirable design and standards for the
redevelopment of housing and related social infrastructure in the Tondo
Foreshore;
i. To submit
periodic report to the President on the program of the accelerated
BLISS development in the Tondo Foreshore.
The members of the inter-ministry committee may designate their
respective representatives, provided, that such representatives are
empowered to decide and/or act on their Minister’s behalf.
The Task Force shall have an Executive Committee which shall be headed
by the Deputy Minister of Human Settlements with the following as
Members:
(1)
The Director, Bureau of Lands
(2) The
Commissioner, National Land Titles and Deeds Registration
Administration
(3) The
Director-General, Technology Resource Center
(4) The
General Manager, National Housing Authority
(5) The Deputy
Minister of Public Works
(6) The Deputy
Minister of the Budget
(7) The
General Manager, Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System
(8) The
Vice-Governor, Metro Manila Commission
(9) The
Chairman, Development Bank of the Philippines
Sec. 3. The National Housing Authority, as
agency-in-charge of the Tondo Foreshore Development Project, is
designated lead agency in the planning and implementation of the
development programs to be undertaken by the Task Force. The Tondo
Foreshore Development Project Office of that agency shall be expanded
to provide the organizational capacity that the accelerated development
programs shall require. Technical personnel from government agencies,
particularly from the Ministry of Human Settlements and its attached
agencies, may be detailed to the Tondo Foreshore Project for the above
purpose.
Sec. 4. To give the Projects the benefit of
experience of both the government and the private sectors, the Task
Force shall seek the participation and involvement of private
individuals with the expertise on specific aspects of the development
program. Specifically, in order to surface and develop the individual
preferences of beneficiary families and provide expression for
authentic Filipino architecture and culture, the Task Force shall
solicit has assistance of the private sector in evolving the design and
standards for housing construction and renovation.
Sec. 5. The following government agencies shall be
primarily responsible for the provision of technical and administrative
support to the National Housing Authority in the planning and
implementation of specific project components as indicated, to wit:
a.
Bureau of Lands — Titling, award and
resolution of land issues
b. Technology
Resource — Design and Implementation
Center of Livelihood Program
c. Development
Bank of — Housing
Material and
Construction the Philippines
Loans
d. National
Housing
— Production of standard
Corporation housing
components
Sec. 6. The Ministry of Public Highways shall
cause the construction of major roads such as the R-10 and C-2 and such
order major road network that future development programs shall
require. In addition, the MPWH shall cause the reclamation of such
areas needed for the development of the Metro Manila Commission Center
within the Project area. For the above purposes, it shall include in
its annual budget the funding requirements for such project components
it has been tasked to undertake.
Sec. 7. The Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage
System shall cause the completion of the water system within the
project area to a level of service that shall make available adequate
water supply to individual households thereat.
Sec. 8. The Metropolitan Manila Commission shall,
in coordination with the National Housing Authority, identify and cause
the design and development of the site for its offices and for other
related agencies providing Metro Manila-wide services.
Sec. 9. The reclaimed area of Vitas Tondo
Foreshore, which pursuant to Letter of Instruction No. 299 dated 29
July 1975 is a component part of the Tondo Foreshore Development
Project, shall be developed as a commercial/industrial estate. For this
purpose, the Bureau of Lands shall title the land in the name of the
National Housing Authority which shall, under the direction of the Task
Force, plan and implement its development.
Sec. 10. In view of the urgency of this project
and in order not to delay its implementation per time table for its
completion, the Task Force shall be exempted from the pertinent
provisions of Presidential Decree No. 1594 and other presidential
issuances, rules and regulations requiring public bidding and instead,
it shall be authorized to enter into negotiated contracts with
prequalified and competent contractors and suppliers for all the work
components of the project covering infrastructure works, supply of
materials, labor and services and other related project components.
Sec. 11. The Ministry of the Budget shall release
to the Task Force the amount of P5 Million from the Special Activities
Fund of the President which amount shall be used to fund its initial
administrative and operational activities. In consultation with the
Ministry of Human Settlements, the Ministry of the Budget shall
likewise identify the source and make available the funds that the
above-cited development program for the Tondo Foreshore shall require.
In this regard, the Ministry of the Budget shall ensure that project
components to be undertaken by each responsible government agency are
included for funding allocation in the yearly budget.
Sec. 12. This executive Order shall take effect
immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 12th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty-one.