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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 730 |
Ministry of Public Works Transportation and
Communications
The General Manager
Philippine Ports Authority
The Minister of the Budget
The Regional Commission, Region XII
WHEREAS, it is essential to promote the smooth flow of commerce, transport and communication in Mindanao in order to hasten the region's rehabilitation and speedy return to normalcy;
WHEREAS, the Cotabato River Wharf in Cotabato City has traditionally been a port for the movement of people and goods in the riparian areas of Central Mindanao, and is expected to continue to be such even after the opening of the new port at Polloc, Parang, Maguindanao;
WHEREAS, in recent years the navigational channel leading to the Cotabato River Wharf has accumulated silt which renders the channel a hazard to navigation, thus hampering the flow of goods and people to Cotabato City and environs;
WHEREAS, this situation has contributed to inundations of farmlands and residential areas along the Mindanao River and the tributaries during the rainy seasons, thus bringing about destruction to crops and properties;
WHEREAS, there is also a need to institute effective systems of flood control so as to minimize, if not eliminate, this destruction thereby assuring the people in the environs of the river and its tributaries the benefit of nature and the fruits of their labors; and
WHEREAS, it is the interest of the government, and the country as a whole, that efforts be extended to accelerate the development of Mindanao;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, hereby issue the following instructions:
1.
The Philippine Ports Authority is hereby tasked to
maintain and operate the Cotabato River Wharf and to dredge the
navigation channel from the wharf downstream to the open sea. For this
purpose, the Philippine Ports Authority is hereby authorized, if
necessary and expedient in the public's interest, to enter into
contract with any reputable firm to dredge the river, subject, however,
to public bidding and other applicable government regulations.
2. The
Ministry of Public Works, Transportation and Communications, through
the Bureau of Public Works, shall be tasked with the establishment of
systems of flood control and the dredging of the river upstream from
the wharf for the two-fold purpose of aiding navigation and preventing
the river from over-flowing its banks. Along this line, the MPWTC is
instructed to hasten the construction of the Simuay River diversion
channel.
3. The
Minister of Budget is hereby directed to allocate from any available
funds the amount necessary for the implementation of these instructions
for my approval.
4. The
Regional Commissioner, Region XII, is hereby tasked to monitor the
development hereof as well as to submit a bi-monthly report of
accomplishment to the Office of the President.
5. The
Ministry of Public Works, Transportation and Communications and the
Philippine Ports Authority shall submit a status report of their
respective accomplishments in the specific tasks assigned to them in
these instructions within six (6) months from the date hereof.
Done in the City of Manila, this 11th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-eight.
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