WHEREAS, there is a need to increase the membership of the Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System to enable it to take greater responsibility in the formulation of the System ™s policies, plans and programs;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and Presidential Decree No. 1416, do hereby order and direct:

SECTION 1. The composition of the Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) is hereby amended as follows:

The Minister of Public Works and Highways	Chairman
The General Manager of the MWSS	Vice-Chairman
One (1) Representative of the Labor Union representing majority of the rank and file of the employees of the System	Member
Four (4) others appointed by the President of the Philippines	Members

SEC. 2. Section 4 of republic Act No. 6234 is hereby modified accordingly.

SEC. 3. This Order shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 6th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-two.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) JOAQUIN T. VENUS, JR.
Deputy Presidential Executive Assistant