WHEREAS, the Port of Jose Panganiban is one of the major ports in the country;

WHEREAS, there is a need to expand the Port of Jose Panganiban to accommodate projected increases in port traffic and to program the development of the necessary port facilities to support the demands of shipping trade within the region;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. The territorial jurisdiction of the Port of Jose Panganiban is hereby expanded and particularly described as follows:

œBeginning at point marked 1 on the plan, thence to point 2 at a distance of 1,150.50 meters with bearing  S 60 00 ™W, thence to point 3 at a distance of 392.08 meters with bearing N 29 07 W, thence to point 4 at a distance of 1,135.00 meters with bearing N 60 00 ™E, thence to point 5 at a distance 247.81 meters bearing S 29 45 ™E, thence to point 6 at a distance of 10.58 meters with bearing S 34 10 ™E, thence to point 1, the point of beginning at a distance of 134.02 meters with bearing S 34 10 ™E, all in all comprising a total area of 446,609.18 square meters more or less. 

SEC. 2. The Jose Panganiban Port Zone, as expanded, is hereby placed under the administrative jurisdiction of the Philippine Ports Authority, which shall, consistent with the regional industrial plans of the Government, implement a program for the proper zoning, planning, development and utilization of the port.

SEC. 3. All other orders, proclamations and issuances or portions thereof which are inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 4. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 5^th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Six.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines

By the President

(Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary