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[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 829, August 25, 2009 ]
FORMING A TASK FORCE ON THE MANILA BAY CLEANUP
WHEREAS, the abovementioned cost is close to the estimate given some years ago by the Manila Water and Sewerage System for a sewage treatment facility that could address ninety percent (90%) of bay pollution;
WHEREAS, President Fidel V. Ramos created a Pasig River Rehabilitation Committee;
WHEREAS, the Supreme Court has ordered the Manila Bay cleanup;
NOW THEREFORE I, GLORIA M. ARROYO, President of the Philippines, by the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:
Section 1. – There is hereby created a Task Force on the Manila Bay Cleanup under the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to fast-track the bay cleanup project, similar to the Pasig River Rehabilitation Committee, so that it could be bid out before June 2010.
Section 2. – The Philippine Gaming Corporation shall take the project on as part of its project to build a waterfront leisure center, so that the bay cleanup project does not have to get funding from the General Appropriations Act.
Section 3. – This order shall take effect immediately.
DONE in Manila on the 25th day of August in the Year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Nine.
(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO By the President:(Sgd.) EDUARDO R. ERMITA Executive Secretary