[ LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 1217, March 26, 1982 ]

TO:
THE MINISTER OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
 
 
THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
 
 
THE CHAIRMAN, CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
AUTHORITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
 
 
THE CHAIRMAN, PHILIPPINE TOURISM AUTHORITY
 
 
THE DIRECTOR, NATIONAL BUREAU OF
INVESTIGATION
 
 
THE GENERAL MANAGER, MANILA INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT

You are hereby directed to constitute yourselves into a Committee with the Minister of Labor and Employment as Chairman to undertake the  following:

1)  Establish a One-Stop Processing Center to simplify and expedite the processing and documentation of work and travel papers of contract workers for deployment overseas, consistent with the basic objectives of the national overseas employment and contracting program; and

2) Establish a Labor Assistance Center at the Manila International Airport to assist and facilitate the deployment and reception of contract workers overseas, monitor such development and provide appropriate advice to workers and foreign principals/employers on employment, travel and recruitment procedures.

You are  also hereby directed to establish these facilities within thirty days abd submit a report on the implementation of this directive.

Done this 26th day of March, 1982

(Sgd.)  FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines