WHEREAS, the basic and primordial aim of the Government is
the economic development of the entire country;
WHEREAS, the Government has realigned its efforts towards
trade promotion and tourism development;
WHEREAS, tourism properly deserves the Government's
immediate and preferential attention in the form of capital investments in
private corporations engaged in the operation and development of tourist
spots;
WHEREAS, there are government-owned and controlled
corporations with idle resources and assets;
WHEREAS, the Mindanao State University has idle assets and
resources which could he used for economic development; and
WHEREAS, the corporate powers of the Mindanao State
University as provided for in Republic Act Numbered Thirteen hundred
and eighty-seven, as amended, are not flexible enough to allow the investment of
these idle resources to endeavors geared towards, trade and tourism
development;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as
Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to
Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972 continued in Proclamation No.
1104, dated January 17, 1973, and General Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972,
as amended, do hereby order and decree: