WHEREAS , the Port of San Jose de Buenavista has been identified as one of the major ports to be developed in the country;

WHEREAS , there is a need to expand the Port of San Jose de Buenavista to accommodate projected increases in port traffic and to program the development of the necessary port facilities to support the demands of the shipping trade within the region;

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

SECTION 1. The territorial jurisdiction of the Port of San Jose de Buenavista is hereby expanded and particularly described as follows:

œBeginning at point marked 1 on the plan at a distance of 305.49m with bearing S 37 47 ™W from BLLM No. 2, San Jose Cadastre, thence to point 2 at a distance of 800.00m with bearing S 35 00' E, thence to point 3 at a distance of 650.00m with bearing S 55 00' W, thence to point 4 at a distance of 603.34m with bearing N 35 00 ™W, thence to point 5 at a distance of 208.64m with bearing N 39 26' E, thence to point 6 at a distance of 2.85m with bearing N 20 21' E, thence to point 7 at a distance of 8.08m with bearing N 3 50' W, thence to point 8 at a distance of 129.80m with bearing N 34 53 ˜E, thence to point 9 at a distance of 84.83m with bearing N 35 56' E, thence to point 10 at a distance of 20.99m with bearing N 45 15' E, thence to point 11 at a distance of 23.03m with bearing N 38 57' E, thence to point 12 at a distance of 57.76m with bearing N 5 40' E, thence to point 13 at a distance of 46.15m with bearing N 42 46' E, thence to point 14 at a distance of 20.77m with bearing N 40 48' E, thence to point 15 at a distance of 7.88m with bearing N 50 21' E, thence to point 16 at a distance of 29.28m with bearing N 52 41' E, thence to point 17 at a distance of 14.74m with bearing N 62 58' E, thence to point 18 at a distance of 5.31m with bearing N 79 28' E, thence to point 19 at a distance of 21.91m with bearing N 63 35' E, thence to point 1, the point of beginning at a distance of 16.82m with bearing N 65 47 ™ E, all in all comprising a total area of 463,238.00 sq. m. more or less. 

SEC. 2. The San Jose de Buenavista Port Zone, as expanded, is hereby placed under the administrative jurisdiction of the Philippine Ports Authority, which shall, consistent with the regional industrial plans of the Government, implement a program for the proper zoning, planning, development and utilization of the port.

SEC. 3. All other orders, proclamations and issuances or portions thereof which are inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 4. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this, 27th day of October in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety nine.

(SGD.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(SGD.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Executive Secretary