WHEREAS, the Port of Basco has been identified as one of the major ports to be developed in the country;

WHEREAS, there is a need to construct the Port of Basco to accommodate the projected increases in port traffic and to program the provision of the necessary port facilities to meet the demands of maritime commerce and 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 Basco is hereby delineated and particularly described as follows:

œBeginning at point marked 1 on the plan, thence to point 2 at a distance of 300.00 m. with bearing N 50 00 ™W., thence to point 3 at a distance of 110.00 m. with bearing N. 75 00 ™W., thence to point 4 at a distance of 590.00 m. with bearing N. 45 00 ™W., thence to point 5 at a distance of 1,000.00 m. with bearing S. 50 00 ™W., thence to point 6 at a distance of 1,437.36 m. with bearing S. 10 00 ™E., thence to point 7 at a distance of 1,450.18 m. with bearing N. 50 00 ™E., thence to point 8 at a distance of 265.00 m. with bearing N. 59 00 ™E., thence to point 9 at a distance of 167.00 m. with bearing N. 5 00 ™W., thence to point 10 at a distance of 177.00 m. with bearing N. 15 00 ™W., thence to point 1, the point of beginning at a distance of 16.00 m. with bearing N. 30 00 ™W., all in all comprising a total area of 1,768.00 hectares more or less. 

SECTION 2. The Basco Port Zone 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orders, proclamations, and issuances, or portions thereof, which are inconsistent with this Executive Order, are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.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