SECTION 1
SECTION 1.
Department, bureaus, offices, agencies and instrumentalities of the Philippine Government, including National Government Agencies, State Universities and Colleges, Government Owned and Controlled Corporations, Government Financial Institutions, and other Government Corporate Entities, are hereby encouraged to use the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) facilities in their regular and periodic national, regional, and international meetings, seminars, workshops, symposiums, conferences, conventions, exhibitions and other special events that relate to their mandate for purposes of governance, public administration, skills development, capability-building, training and exchange of information and ideas.
SEC. 2
SEC. 2.
In the selection of the venue for any of the aforementioned undertakings and special events, the concerned government bodies are encouraged to make PICC as their venue of preference when booking such activities.
SEC. 3
SEC. 3.
The PICC shall develop special packages for various activities to be hosted by any government body, which should be competitive; provided that, such will not be detrimental to the continuous business operations of PICC
SEC. 4
SEC. 4.
All orders, circulars, rules and regulations and other issuances or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Administrative Order are hereby amended, modified or repealed accordingly.
SEC. 5
This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately
SEC. 5.
This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I
have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.
Done, in the City of Manila this 27th day of December in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Five.
(Sgd.)
GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.)
EDUARDO R. ERMITA
Executive Secretary