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Administrative Order No. 214
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 214 CREATING AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO OVERSEE THE BOT/BOO IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROPOSED SILANGAN EXPRESS 2000 RAILWAY SYSTEM CONNECTING METRO-MANILA AND QUEZON PROVINCE
SECTION 1. Creation of an Executive Committee . An Executive Committee, hereinafter referred to as the “Committee”, is hereby created to oversee the implementation of the proposed Silangan Express 2000 Railway System.
SEC. 2. Composition . The Committee shall be chaired by the Chairman of the MARILAQUE Commission and Co-chaired by the CORD for Region IV, with the following as members: a. Secretary – Department of Transportation and Communications; b. Secretary – Department of Environment and Natural Resources; c. Secretary – Department of the Interior and Local Government; d. Director General – National Economic and Development Development Authority; e. Head – Presidential Management Staff; f. Chairman – Philippine National Railways; g. Executive Director – Coordinating Council for the Philippine Assistance Program; h. Governor – Quezon Province; and i. Governor – Rizal Province.
SEC. 3. Functions . The Committee shall have the following duties and functions: a. oversee the preparation of a feasibility study of the proposed Silangan Express 2000 Railway System; b. determine the implementation scheme for the project either through Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Build-Own-Operate (BOO) scheme; and c. facilitate the resolution of issues and concerns affecting the timely and effective implementation of the railway project. The Committee may create such sub-committees as may be necessary to ensure the efficient performance of its designated tasks. Further, the Committee is authorized to call upon agencies of the government to assist it in the discharge of its functions.
SEC. 4. Secretariat . The MARILAQUE Commission shall provide technical and administrative staff support to the Committee.
SEC. 5. Reporting . The Committee shall submit regular reports on its activities and status of the project to the Office of the President.
SEC. 6. Effectivity . This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately. DONE in the City of Manila, this 30th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Five. (Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES Executive Secretary