WHEREAS, the Tagaytay-Taal Presidential Commission was created pursuant to Executive Order No. 84, series of 1993, to enable the government to undertake measures to conserve the natural resources and promote the accelerated socio-economic development of Tagaytay City, its environs and the Taal Volcano Island, consistent with the concept of sustainable development;

WHEREAS, the Secretary of Tourism was named Chairman of the Commission with the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources as the Vice-Chairman;

WHEREAS, there is a need to amend the constitution of the Commission in view of the over-riding need for the protection of the environment, waste management, lake conservation and logical land use;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law do hereby amend Section 1 of Executive Order No. 84, series of 1993, by naming the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources as Chairman and the Secretary of Tourism as Vice-Chairman of the Tagaytay-Taal Presidential Commission.

All executive issuances, orders, rules and regulations, or parts thereof inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby revoked or modified accordingly.

This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of the Manila, this 6th day of May in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Seven.

(SGD.) FIDEL V. RAMOS

By the President:

(SGD.) RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary