WHEREAS, the port of Liminangcong is one of the busiest port in the country particularly at the northwestern areas of the province of Palawan which includes Malampaya Sound, the fish bowl of the Philippines and other related areas;

WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to accelerate the development of a seaport in Sitio Pangulatan, Barangay Liminangcong, Municipality of Taytay, Palawan which will serve as a hub of a sea borne commerce and trade in northern Palawan, the gateway to other municipalities, cities, provinces and other countries and to accommodate projected increases in port traffic and program the development of the port facilities to support the increasing demands of the shipping trade within the region;

WHEREAS, the existing port of Liminangcong has a very narrow maneuvering and anchorage areas for calling vessels and cannot accommodate, bigger, longer and deeper drafted vessels which may call in the area, and its back up areas are surrounded and occupied by unaccounted informal settlers hence, there is a need to have an alternative site for port of Liminangcong to be developed;

WHEREAS, the areas in Sitio Pangulatan in Barangay Liminangcong, Taytay, Palawan, a three (3) kilometer distance from the existing port of Liminangcong is an aidel are to be developed and to be constructed with bigger port facilities as it has a naturally all weather protected harbor , deeper entrance and exit channel, has an existing access road leading to the other municipalities and deeper draft to accommodate bigger and luxury liner vessels.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

SEC 1. The territorial jurisdiction of the port of Malampaya in Sitio Pangulutan, Liminangcong, Taytay, Palawan is hereby defined, declared and delineated and particularly described as follows:

"Beginning at the point marked 1 on the plan, thence to point 2 at a distance of 2,450.00 meters with bearing at North 45 degrees West, thence to point 3 at a distance of 850.00 meters with bearing at North 45 degrees East, thence to point 4 at a distance of 5,300 meters with bearing at South 45 degrees East, thence to point 5 at a distance of 850 meters with bearing at South 45 degrees West, thence to point 6 at a distance of 2,650.00 meters with bearing at North 45 degrees West, thence to point 6 at a distance 2,650.00 meters with bearing at North 45 degrees West, thence to point 7 at a distance of 450.00 meters with bearing at South 45 degrees West, thence to point 6 at a distance of 2,650.00 meters with bearing at North 45 degrees West thence to point 7 at a distance of 450.00 meters with bearing at South 45 degrees West thence to point 8 at a distance of 200 meters with bearing at North 45 degrees West, thence to point 1 or the beginning at a distance of 450 meters with bearing at North 45 degrees East, all in all comprising a total area of 4,595.000 square meters more or less".

SEC 2. The Malampaya Port Zone as defined is hereby placed under the administrative jurisdiction of the Philippine Ports Authorirty, which shall, consistent with the regional industrial plans of the government, implement a program in the proper zoning, planning development and utilization of the port.

SEC 3. All orders, proclamations and issuances or portions thereof which are inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby amended, repealed or modified accordingly.

Sec. 4. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 22^nd day of March in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand Five.

(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL – ARROYO

By the President: