[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 209, March 21, 1970 ]

CREATING A COMMITTEE TO IMPROVE FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC TRAVEL INFORMATION SYSTEM



WHEREAS, there is a need for the national government to improve its Foreign and Domestic Travel Management Information System in the promotion of Tourism in the country; and

WHEREAS, this task calls for the coordinated action of different agencies and instrumentalities of the government;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby create a Committee for this purpose to be composed as follows:

Executive Secretary ........................................................................................................................ Chairman
Commissioner, Bureau of Immigration ............................................................................................. Member
Commissioner, Board of Travel and Tourist Industry....................................................................... Member

In the performance of its functions, the Committee shall be guided by the following:
  1. The Bureau of Immigration shall make available the Embarkation and Debarkation Cards to the PES-DND Computer Center for computer processing and shall provide the personnel necessary for the efficient manual processing of said documents;

  2. The PES-DND Computer Center shall provide computer facilities and computer expertise for the efficient data processing of the system;

  3. The Board of Travel and Tourist Industry shall provide input machines and operators necessary for the efficient processing of input data related to the System; and

  4. The Board of Travel and Tourist industry and the Bureau of Immigration shall shoulder the direct expenses incurred in connection with the development and operation of the Foreign and Domestic Management Information System.
To ensure the expeditious scheduling, planning and operation of the Foreign and Domestic Travel Management Information System, the Committee may issue implementing instructions for the purpose.

Done in the City of Manila, this 21st day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Acting Executive Secretary