By virtue of the powers vested in me by law, I, RAMON MAGSAYSAY, President of the Philippines, do hereby create a committee composed of the following:

Mr. Anselmo T. Alquinto, Director of Planning ..................................................		Chairman
Mr. Andres O. Hizon, Director of Coast and Geodetic Survey ............................		Member
Mr. Juan Nakpil, Architect ..............................................................................		"
Mr. Oscar Arellano, Architect .........................................................................		"
Mr. Carlos Da Silva, Architect ........................................................................		"

to study the conditions obtaining in the Walled City in Manila, otherwise known as Intramuros, and to make recommendations as to the best method of dealing with the said place in connection with the city planning and improvement, taking into consideration the best possible way of utilizing the same to advantage under present circumstances, without totally obliterating its historical and cultural significance.

The Committee shall submit its report and recommendations within the shortest possible time.

Done in the City of Manila, this 23rd day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the ninth.

(Sgd.) RAMON MAGSAYSAY
President of the Philippines

By the President:
(Sgd.) FRED RUIZ CASTRO
Executive Secretary