WHEREAS, the national government budget provided significant amounts for activities important to the countryside;

WHEREAS, the human settlements approach calls for location-specific projects that are consistent with local development strategy and plans and with the eleven (11) basic needs of man;

WHEREAS, the old practice of pork barrel allocations must be discontinued in favor of fund allocations determined on the basis of an overall national development plan;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby direct the following measures in implementation of the CY 1979 budget;

1. The national government project schedules for the various regions/provinces/cities/municipalities of the country, 1 as presented in the attached Document are hereby approved, covering the following areas and to accompany the basic infrastructure and other capital outlays program of the national government:
   
   Medical Services
   
   Construction of rural health units and barrio health stations
   Construction and improvement of hospitals and sanitaria
   Operation and maintenance of existing hospitals
   Opening and establishment of hospitals
   Distribution of drugs and medicines
   
   Education, Culture and Technology
   
   Construction, repair and rehabilitation of school buildings
   Construction and renovation of national high schools and colleges
   Operation and maintenance of national high schools Aid to local schools
   
   Sports and Recreation
   
   Promotion and financing of an integrated physical education Program
   
   Mobility
   
   Construction, rehabilitation and improvement of national provincial, city and municipal roads and bridges
   Construction of barangay roads and bridges
   Repair and maintenance of roads and bridges
   
   Ecological Balance
   
   Reforestation
   
   Shelter
   
   Land home development and improvement Loan assistance
   
   Food
   
   Agricultural development program
   Promotion of home management and rural youth development
   Immunization, control and prevention of animal diseases
   Nationwide  food assistance program
   
   Public Buildings
   
   Repair, rehabilitation and renovation of national government buildings
   Construction of police headquarters, stations, fire stations, jails and training centers
   
   
2. The Minister of the Budget shall release the funds in accordance with the  approved program and  shall inform all local government heads, through Members of the Batasang Pambansa, Provincial Governor and Mayors of Cities and Municipalities, of the projects and the corresponding amounts earmarked for their respective localities.

4. The funds  shall be released in accordance with the implementation schedule contained in the attached Document, subject to availability of cash at the indicated times and to the usual budgetary reserves.  The implementing agencies concerned shall comply with the project listing and implementation schedule and shall not withhold any amounts intended for regional distribution except as may be duly authorized under P.D. No. 1177.

Done  in the  City of Manila,  this 20th day of December, in the year of Our Lord,  nineteen hundred and seventy-eight. the President:

			(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
			President
			Republic of the Philippines
	By the President:
	(Sgd.) JACOBO C. CLAVE
	Presidential Executive Assistant