WHEREAS, the national budget for CY 1981 has been authorized under Batas Pambansa Blg. 80, the General Appropriations Act, and various continuing and automatic appropriations;

WHEREAS, integrated efforts of the various agencies of the government, including government-owned or controlled corporations, will facilitate the effective and efficient implementation of regional development activities;

WHEREAS, government effort must focus on basic human needs in reaffirmation of the New Society ™s commitment to improve the life of the common man;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby direct the following measures in implementation of the CY 1981 budget:

1. The project schedules of the national government agencies and government owned or controlled corporations for the various regions, provinces, cities, and municipalities of the country, as presented in the attached document are hereby approved, covering the following areas and to accompany the infrastructure program of the national government:

Medical Services

Purchase and distribution of drugs and medicines
Operation and maintenance of sanitaria and skin clinics
Operation and maintenance of hospitals, including regional mental hospitals
Construction, rehabilitation and improvement of health center buildings

Education, Culture and Technology

Implementation of programs for general secondary fishery, trade, industrial arts and vocational education courses
Implementation of programs for Higher Education
Aid to provincial, municipal, barangay and city high schools
Construction, rehabilitation and improvement of school buildings, including priority school buildings 

Mobility 

Repair and maintenance of national roads and bridges
Construction, rehabilitation and improvement of national roads and bridges, including priority national roads and bridges
Construction of new provincial, city and municipal roads and bridges
Construction of barangay roads and bridges Repair and maintenance of provincial and city roads and bridges
Repair and maintenance of municipal roads and bridges
Repair and maintenance of barangay roads and bridges
Repair and ™ maintenance of airport horizontal facilities
Repair and maintenance of airports, air navigation facilities, buildings and installations

Ecological Balance

Fish seed production and dispersal
Reforestation and afforestation, including Forest Ecosystem Management (ProFEM)
Reforestation and afforestation activities of local government units
Erosion control and watershed management

Food

Promotion of improved farm management practices
Supplemental feeding program for malnourished pre-school children  

Water  

Construction, rehabilitation and improvement of artesian wells and springs
Construction, rehabilitation and improvement of communal irrigation systems
Expansion of the Barangay Irrigators ™ Service Association (BISA) Program and Farm Systems Development  
Water supply improvement projects for urban centers outside Metro Manila  
Water supply, sewerage and sanitation program for Metro Manila 

Construction and rehabilitation of National and Communal Irrigation Projects/Systems

Pump Irrigation Projects
Groundwater Development Projects

Shelter

BLISS projects
Construction of new housing units
Improvement of sites and services
Urban and rural upgrading
Urban renewal projects
New Town development and related projects

Community Development

Construction of police stations and jails
Construction, rehabilitation and improvement of public buildings and facilities

Power

Electrical Distribution Systems
Mini-hydro power plants through electric cooperatives
Power generation and transmission projects
Power generation by reservoir projects
Power generation by mini-hydros in national irrigation systems;

2. The various implementing agencies shall prepare the necessary work and financial plans to expeditiously and efficiently implement the approved projects in accordance with standard budgetary procedure, after deducting approved budgetary reserves;

3. The Minister of the Budget shall release-the funds in accordance with the approved program and shall inform all local government heads through Members of the Batasang Pambansa, Provincial Governors, and Mayors of cities and municipalities, of the projects .and the corresponding amounts earmarked for their respective localities;

4. The release of funds shall be in accordance with the implementation schedule contained in the attached document, subject to availability of cash at the indicated times and the usual budgetary reserves. The implementing agencies concerned shall comply with the project listing and implementation schedule and shall not withhold any amounts intended for regional distribution except as may be duly authorized under P.D. No. 1177.

Done in the City of Manila this 30th day of  October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty.

(Sgd.)  FERDINAND E. MARCOS

By the President:

(Sgd.) JOAQUIN T. VENUS, JR.
Presidential Assistant