Preamble
WHEREAS, it is a policy of the Government to promote the integrated development of agriculture, natural resources, infrastructure and social services in underdeveloped regions to solidify the economic and social structure of our society; WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 805 reconstituted the Cabinet Coordinating Committee on Intergrated Rural Development Projects constituted under Letter of Instructions No. 99; WHEREAS, an integrated rural development program has been adopted for the Bicol River Basin; WHEREAS, the success of the program requires that the management and planning of the basin area can be comprehensive, decentralized, and framed within regional and national plans; WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to enhance the organizational framework and system capability for planning and monitoring of this integrated multi-project area development program; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested, in me by the Constitution, in order to insure the success of this program, do hereby order and decree the following: