WHEREAS, the Port of San Jose (Occidental Mindoro) is one of the major and busiest ports in the country;

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

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President 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 San Jose (Occidental Mindoro) is hereby delineated and particularly described as follows:

œBeginning at point marked 1 on the plan, thence to point 2 at a distance of 303.00 m with bearing S 66 30 E, thence to point 3 at a distance of 652.00 m with bearing N 24 30 E, thence to point 4 at a distance of 612.45 m with bearing N 65 40 W, thence to point 5 at a distance of 685.00 m with bearing S 24 30 W, thence to point 1, the point of beginning at a distance of 310.00 m with bearing S 70 57 E, all in all comprising a total area of 405,467.91 sq. m. more or less.

SECTION 2. The San Jose (Occidental Mindoro) Port Zone, as delineated, 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.

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orders, proclamations, and issuances, or portions thereof, which are inconsistent with this Executive Order, are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 4. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 4th day of June, in the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety Seven.

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

By the President

(Sgd.) LUIS C. LIWANAG II
Acting Executive Secretary