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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 147 - CREATING
THE NORTH LUZON DEVELOPMENT PLAN MANAGEMENT OFFICE
WHEREAS,
the Updated North Luzon Development Plan (2001-2004), which was
prepared by the North Luzon Growth Commission (formerly the
Northwestern Luzon Growth Quadrangle Commission) created under
Executive Order No. 175 dated April 30, 1994, as amended, seeks to
establish North Luzon as a strategic growth area in the country and
North-East Asia;
WHEREAS, with the abolition of the North Luzon Growth Commission and
its Program Management Office pursuant to Executive Order No. 72 dated
February 11, 2002 rationalizing the agencies under or attached to the
Office of the President, there is no entity, at present, coordinating
and monitoring the implementation of the Updated North Luzon
Development Plan (2001-2004) on a North Luzon-wide scope;
WHEREAS, the Regional Development Councils of Region 1, Region 2 and
the Cordillera Administrative Region, as well as various regional
chapters of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) and
the Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges (PASUC)
in said regions, have requested that a government entity be created to
coordinate and oversee the implementation of inter-regional and
strategic projects on a North Luzon-wide scope;
WHEREAS, there is a continuing need to coordinate and oversee the
implementation of the Updated North Luzon Development Plan (2001-2004)
in order to bring about the integrated development of North Luzon,
particularly in the areas of multilateral economic cooperation,
industrial dispersal, investment and trade promotion, and information
and communications technology;
WHEREAS, under the Administrative Code of 1987 and other pertinent
laws, the President has the continuing authority to create entities,
agencies, instrumentalities and units of the National Government;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby
order:
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Sec. 3.
The DBM shall determine the funding for the initial operations of the
NLDPMO and obtain the same from such available sources as the DBM may
identify. Henceforth, funding for the operations of the NLDPMO shall be
included in the annual appropriations of the Department of Trade and
Industry. Fiscal austerity shall be strictly observed.
Sec. 4.
Sec. 5.
City of Manila, November 9,
2002.
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