I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. The third sentence of the first paragraph of Administrative Order No. 504, s. 1986, is hereby amended to read as follows:

œAll such applications, however, shall be screened and evaluated by a Committee which is hereby created composed of the Secretary, Department of Environment and Natural Resources or his duly designated representative, as Chairman, and the Director, Lands Management Bureau and the City Mayor of Baguio as Members, to:

a)	determine the suitability of the area applied for the purpose for which the same is intended, including the qualifications and capability of the applicants to underwrite the project and to put the said land into beneficial use, to preclude the acquisition of such lands by speculators;
b)	grant clearance to all public land applications in the City of Baguio;
c)	monitor compliance by applicants with all legal requirements regarding construction of the improvements appropriate for the purpose for which the land has been applied for, including payment of the purchase price and all other legal fees.

SECTION 2. The second paragraph of Administrative Order No. 504, s. 1986 is hereby amended to read as follows:

œThe Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall accept and process public land applications in Baguio only upon prior clearance from the Committee.

SECTION 3. This Administrative Order is issued in the public interest and shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-eight.


By the President:
(Sgd.) CATALINO MACARAIG, JR.
Executive Secretary