WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 66, Republic Act No. 6975, the Philippine Public Safety College (PPSC), under the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), is mandated to serve as the premier educational institution for the training, human resource development and continuing education of all members of the Philippine National Police, Bureau of Fire Protection and the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology;

WHEREAS, the PPSC System aims to promote and pursue state-of-the-art knowledge and methodologies in the sphere of public safety education and training;

WHEREAS, the PPSC, in the pursuit of its mandate, is establishing linkages with local, regional and international allied agencies to enhance its status as a public safety education and training institution;

WHEREAS, the PPSC in cooperation with the International Managers of Police Academy and College Training (IMPACT) Section of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), will host the First Asia-Pacific Conference on Police Education and Training on November 16-20, 1998 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Makati City, Philippine; and

WHEREAS, the holding of the above-mentioned conference is timed with the historic commemoration of the First Centennial Celebration of Philippine Independence and will afford both foreign and local participants the rare opportunity to share and experience the highlights of this milestone in the annals of the Philippines as a sovereign democratic nation.

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 as follows:

SECTION 1. Attendance of Government Personnel. Personnel from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), State Universities and Colleges (SUC ™s) and other government agencies involved in public safety education and training are authorized to attend on official time the First Asia-Pacific Conference on Police Education and Training on November 16-20, 1998 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Makati City, Philippines.

SECTION 2. Incidental Expenses. Registration fees, billeting, travel and other incidental expenses may be charged against agency funds by participants and by PPSC as host agency, subject to the usual accounting and auditing rules and regulations.

SECTION 3. Effectivity. This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 7 day of August, in the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety Eight.

(Sgd.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA
President of the Philippines

By the President:
(Sgd.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Executive Secretary