WHEREAS, shipping and ports development are correlated, complementary and inseparable undertakings requiring an integrated and coordinated planning and strategies for the attainment of an efficient and viable water transportation network;

WHEREAS, the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) and the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA), the government agencies charged with the above responsibilities, can more effectively pursue their objectives if they are to be properly represented in each other ™s governing boards;

WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 1416 grants continuing authority to the President of the Philippines to reorganize the national government, including government-owned and controlled corporations;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution do hereby order and ordain the following:

SECTION 1. Sections 7 of both Presidential Decree No. 474 and Presidential Decree No. 857, as amended, are hereby further amended to include the Philippine Ports Authority General Manager and the Maritime Industry Authority Administrator, in the boards of the Maritime Industry Authority and the Philippine Ports Authority, respectively.

SECTION 2. As regular board members of the Maritime Industry Authority and the Philippine Ports Authority, the Philippine Ports Authority General Manager and the Maritime Industry Authority Administrator, respectively, or their duly designated alternates, shall be entitled to such per diems and allowances as may be authorized by law.

SECTION 3. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 16th day of March in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty two.


By the President:

(SGD.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Executive Assistant