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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 55 - OPENING
THE SUB-PORT OF CLARK SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE AS A PRINCIPAL PORT OF
ENTRY TO BE KNOWN AS THE PORT OF CLARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, PURSUANT
TO Sec. 702 OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS
AMENDED, IN RELATION TO THE BASES CONVERSION AND DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1992
WHEREAS,
Republic Act (RA) No. 7227, creating special economic and free port
zones provides that it is the declared policy of the government to
accelerate the sound and balanced conversion into alternative
productive uses of the former US military bases, particularly Clark and
Subic;
WHEREAS, the conversion of the Clark Special Economic Zone into an
airport-led metropolis (aerotropolis) to complement the economic
development of the Subic Freeport and enhance the economic growth of
Central Luzon and eventually make the entire Philippines globally
competitive is in furthermore of said policy;
WHEREAS, the expanding economic activity at the Sub-port of Clark
Special Economic Zone as evidenced by its present collection levels,
demands its upgrading or conversion into a Principal Port of Entry;
WHEREAS, converting and opening the Sub-port of Clark under the Port of
Manila into a Principal Port of Entry will add prestige to the Clark
Special Economic Zone, particularly the Clark International Airport,
improve the administrative efficiency of the Port in attending to the
needs of importers/locators of the Clark Special Economic Zone,
incoming and outgoing passengers and the general public using the Clark
International Airport as their port of entry;
WHEREAS, the Metro Clark Advisory Council has called for the upgrading
of the status of the Clark Special Economic Zone as a sub-port of
Manila into a Principal Port of Entry to be known as the Principal Port
of the Clark Special Economic Zone in view of the full operation of the
Clark International Airport;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic
of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do
hereby order:
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Done in the City of Manila,
this 26th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and One.
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