Preamble
WHEREAS, the Secretary of Natural Resources has recommended a re-classification of portions of the foreshore land in (1) Lo-oc, Lapu-Lapu City Island of Mactan, (2) Barrio Sasa, City of Davao, Province of Davao, (3) Barrio Punta, Municipality of Aparri, Province of Cagayan, (4) Barrio Banago, Bacolod City, Province of Negros Occidental and (5) Sitio of Miputak Poblacion, City of Dipolog, Zamboanga del Norte, as land for commercial and industrial purposes under Chapter IX, Title III of Commonwealth Act No. 141 as amended, otherwise known as the Public Land Act, as the same have ceased to be foreshore land; WHEREAS, Section 9 of the Public Land Act empowers the President, upon recommendation of the Secretary of Natural Resources, to classify or reclassify from time to time or at any time all alienable or disposable lands of public domain; WHEREAS, the National Development Company, under Presidential Decree No. 668, dated March 7, 1975 is authorized to acquire, hold, develop and dispose all lands acquired by citizens of the United States under the Laurel-Langley Agreement before its expiration on July 3, 1974; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree that the following reclaimed foreshore areas described hereunder shall be reclassified as industrial lands: