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[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 749, November 26, 1981 ]

DECLARING THE VITAS AREA AS PART OF THE NORTH HARBOR PORT ZONE UNDER THE PHILIPPINE PORTS AUTHORITY



WHEREAS, the Vitas Area in Tondo, City of Manila was declared as part of the North Harbor Custom Zone by virtue of Executive Order 297 dated March 4, 1971;

WHEREAS, the operation and administration of the Manila North Harbor were later transferred to the Philippine Ports Authority from the Bureau of Customs on December 23, 1975 by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 857;

WHEREAS, on March 12, 1981, the Vitas Area was subsequently declared to be titled under the National Housing Authority by virtue of Section 9 of Executive Order 661 which created the Task Force to accelerate the Bliss Development of the Tondo Foreshore Project; and

WHEREAS, the Vitas Area is vital for the proper and effective development of the Manila North Harbor.

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

SECTION 1. The whole of Vitas Area bounded by Pier 18 on the north, the proposed Radial Road R-10 on the east, the Marine Shipway Area in the south and the Vitas rock bulkhead on the west, is hereby transferred and placed under the administration of the Philippine Ports Authority.

SEC. 2. Executive Order No. 297, series of 1971, Executive Order No. 661, series of 1971, Letter of Instructions No. 299 dated July 29, 1975 and all other Executive Orders, Letter of Instructions and other Presidential issuances inconsistent with this Order are hereby repealed, amended, or modified accordingly.

SEC. 3. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 26th day of November in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-one.

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

By the President:

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