WHEREAS , it is the priority concern of the Government to provide housing to homeless Filipinos in line with the constitutional mandate for the State to protect and advance the right of the people to a balanced and healthful ecology, decent living conditions and social justice;

WHEREAS , the Industrial Technology Development Institute (ITDI), formerly National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) and a line agency of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), owns six (6) parcels of land consisting of an aggregate area of 244,456 square meters located in Brgy. Molino, Bacoor, Cavite;

WHEREAS , the ITDI, through Board Resolution No. 1 dated 09 February 2001, has expressed its intention to dispose these parcels of land as a housing site for the ITDI and DOST employees;

WHEREAS , such initiative showcases this Administration ™s seriousness in its anti-poverty strategies, particularly on assets reform that directs the redistribution of physical assets to the poor.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO , President of the Philippines, do hereby order certain parcels of land covered by TCT Nos. 164916 (Lot 5559-A, Psd-318117), 164918 (Lot 5559-C, Psd-318117), 164919 (Lot 6390-A, Psd-318116), 164921 (Lot 6390-C, Psd-318116), 22857 (Lot 5560), 79924 (Lot 7161-B, Psd-20147) registered under the name of Industrial Technology Development Institute (ITDI), formerly National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST), consisting of an aggregate area of TWO HUNDRED FORTY FOUR THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY SIX (244,456) square meters, more or less, situated in Brgy. Molino, Municipality of Bacoor, Province of Cavite, as housing site for ITDI and DOST Employees.

The properties herein mentioned are subject to private rights, if any there be, and to final survey.

The Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) shall assist the ITDI in the preparation of the Master Development Plan and the disposition of homelots to qualified officials and employees of ITDI and DOST.

IN WITNESS THEREOF , I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 21st day of October, in the year of Our Lord, two thousand and two.

(SGD.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO

By the President:

(SGD.) ALBERTO G. ROMULO
Executive Secretary