WHEREAS, the Housing and Urban Development Team created
under Memorandum Order No. 643, in cooperation with other government
agencies such as the DAP and the PPDO and in consultation with the World
Bank, has identified the Dagat-dagatan lagoon and its adjacent areas as
a permanent relocation site for families affected by the Tondo
Foreshore Urban Renewal Program;
WHEREAS, the Dagat-dagatan lagoon and the adjacent areas are
planned to be developed into a residential area and an
industrial/commercial complex to guarantee the economic upliftment of
the residents in these areas and to provide socio-economic support to
other government plans along its periphery;
WHEREAS, an initial amount of P30 million has been released
to the Bureau of Public Works to start reclamation of the area;
WHEREAS, a large percentage of the areas in Dagat-dagatan
lagoon is owned by private individuals;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, by virtue of the
powers in me vested by the Constitution do hereby decree and order the
creation of a Committee to Expropriate the Dagat-dagatan lagoon and its
adjacent areas;
The Committee shall be composed of the following:
1.
Representative
—Chairman
Office of the Solicitor General
2.
Gen. Gaudencio V. Tobias
—Vice-Chairman
National Housing Corporation
3.
Representative
—Member
Department of National Defense
4.
Representative
—Member
Bureau of Lands
5.
Representative
—Member
Department of Agrarian Reform
6.
Representative
—Member
Land Registration Commission
7.
Representative
—Member
Bureau of Public Works
8.
Representative
—Member
Provincial Assessor's Office, Rizal
9.
Representative
—Member
Assessor's Office, Caloocan City
10.
Representative
—Member
Register of Deeds, Rizal and Caloocan City
The Committee shall have the following functions:
To conduct negotiations with the Dagat-dagatan property
owners.
To secure offers from the owners for the properties involved and
deliberate upon such offers.
To recommend to the Executive Secretary the manners
of payment for the properties whose owners are willing to negotiate.
To initiate and institute necessary steps to expropriate
certain private properties in the Dagat-dagatan lagoon not amenable to
negotiation, according to the approved plans as denned by the Tondo
Foreshore Urban Renewal Project Team.
To subpoena owners or their representatives to appear before
the Committee whenever necessary.
To request any representative of any government agency to its
instrumentalities to attend the Committee hearings or secure any
relevant materials from them for the furtherance of the Committee's
objectives.
The Committee shall submit its report to the Executive Secretary
within forty-five (45) days upon effectivity of this order.
Done in the City of Manila, this 30th day of October, in the
year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.
(Sgd.)
FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.)
ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary