WHEREAS , the Port of Estancia in the Province of Iloilo 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 Estancia 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 Estancia is hereby expanded and particularly described as follows:

œBeginning at point marked 1 on the plan, thence to point 2 at a distance of 200.00m with bearing S 50 00' W, thence to point 3 at a distance of 1,240.00m with bearing S 53 00' E, thence to point 4 at a distance of 395.00m with bearing N 37 43' E, thence to point 5 at a distance of 1,200.00m with bearing N 53 00' W, thence to point 1, the point of beginning at a distance of 200.00m with bearing S 37 00' W, all in all comprising a total area of 477,235.95 sq. m. more or less. 

SEC. 2. The Estancia 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orders, proclamations and issuances or portions thereof which are inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.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 10th day of August, 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