I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby further amend Section 1 of Executive Order No. 175, dated 30 April 1994 as amended by EO 223, dated 7 February 1995. Executive Order No. 229, dated March 19, 1995, and Executive Order No. 259, dated July 11, 1995 which created a Northwestern Luzon Growth Quadrangle Commission, to include the Province of Abra in its coverage and to include the Governor of the Province of Abra as a member of the Northwestern Luzon Growth Quadrangle (NWLGQ) Commission.

This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 10th day of October, 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