WHEREAS, the Freedom Valley Resettlement Area in Sitio Boso-Boso, Barangay San Jose, Antipolo City, Rizal is being developed by the government as resettlement site for informal settlers in Metro Manila and Antipolo City, Rizal, with 20% of the generated lots within the said site to be allocated to qualified informal settlers within the territorial jurisdiction of Antipolo City;

WHEREAS, a Special Committee (chaired by the Executive Director of the MARILAQUE Commission Secretariat) was created to ensure the provision and availment of affordable homelots in the Freedom Valley Resettlement Area to qualified and deserving informal settlers of Antipolo City;

WHEREAS, the MARILAQUE Commission was renamed and reorganized into the RIZLAQUE Commission pursuant to EO No. 42 issued on 25 November 1998;

WHEREAS, there is a need to reconstitute the Special Committee and designate new members to expedite the formulation of a Socialized Housing Program Integration for qualified informal settlers within the territorial jurisdiction of Antipolo, Rizal;

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 amend Administrative Order No. 294 dated 2 October 1996 and order the following:

Section 1. Reconstituting the Special Committee to Ensure the Resettlement of Informal Settlers of Antipolo City to the Freedom Valley Resettlement Area. The Special Committee shall be composed of the following government officials or their duly authorized representatives:

Executive Director, RIZLAQUE Commission Secretariat	- Chairman
Chairman, Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor	- Co-Chairman
General Manager, National Housing Authority	- Member
Regional Director, DILG Region IV	- Member
Governor, Province of Rizal	- Member
Mayor, Antipolo City	- Member

Section 2. Functions of the Special Committee. The Special Committee shall have the same tasks, functions and activities as defined in AO No. 294 dated 2 October 1996.

Section 3. Technical and Secretariat Support. The RIZLAQUE Commission Secretariat shall provide technical and secretariat assistance to the Special Committee.

Section 4. Repealing Clause. All issuances, orders, rules, and regulations or parts thereof which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Administrative Order are hereby repealed and/or modified accordingly.

Section 5. Effectivity. This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE, in the City of Manila, on 28^th day of February, 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