WHEREAS , the Western Mindanao State University College of Agriculture is located in Barangay San Ramon, Zamboanga City;

WHEREAS , the said College occupies an area of twenty (20) hectares acquired by virtue of P.D. No. 1427 on June 10, 1978;

WHEREAS , twenty (20) hectares is inadequate and deficient in satisfying the requirements for an agricultural college;

WHEREAS , the University envisions a residential campus for the other allied colleges and that the San Ramon Campus is also planned to be the site of a housing project for all employees of the University;

WHEREAS , finally, there is a tract of idle land consisting of 938 hectares adjacent to the San Ramon Campus known as Lot No. 3895, Cad. 124, now administered by the San Ramon Penal Colony;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order and direct:

SECTION 1. Transfer. The transfer of Two Hundred (200) Hectares from a portion of Lot No. 3895, Cad. 124, located at San Ramon, Zamboanga City, from the administration of the San Ramon Penal Colony to the Western Mindanao State University, more particularly the area immediately adjacent to the northern boundary of the College of Agriculture and the frontage on the eastern boundary towards the seashore.

SEC 2. Purpose. The transferred 200 hectares shall be used by the University for its College of Agriculture and some other colleges that may be transferred to this site, including the development of a housing project for all the employees of the University.

SEC 3. Implementation. The Director of the Bureau of Lands is directed to facilitate the immediate survey and delineation of the said 200 hectares from the area above-mentioned, identify the technical descriptions thereof and prepare all the necessary plans and document to effectively implement the land transfer.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, 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.

(SGD.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA

By the President:

(SGD.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Executive Secretary