ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 228, January 02, 1957

CREATING A COMMITTEE TO STUDY CERTAIN TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THE PROPOSED RECLAMATION OF COASTAL SEA AREA BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IN THE CAÑACAO BAY, CAVITE, SOUTHWEST OF THE VARADERO DE MANILA SHIPYARD, TO BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH THE MODERNIZATION PROGRAM OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, SANGLEY POINT, CAVITE CITY.

A committee is hereby created to study certain technical aspects of the proposed reclamation of coastal sea area by the United States Government in the Cañacao Bay, Cavite, southwest of the Varadero de Manila shipyard, to be used in connection with the modernization program of the United States Naval Station in Sangley Point, Cavite City. The committee shall be composed of the following:

A representative of the Armed Forces of the Philippines	Chairman
A representative of the Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey	Member
A representative of the Division of Ports and Harbors, Bureau of Public Works	"
A representative of the National Shipyards and Steel Corporation	"

The Committee shall, among other things, make a study of and report on the following:

1. The possible effect of the proposed reclamation on the depths of the water in the Cañacao Bay needed by the Varadero de Manila in the operation of its ship repair facilities, due to silting;

2. Whether the guarantee of the United States Government to maintain the depths as shown in the survey of June 30, 1956, can be complied with so as not to hamper or interrupt the operation of the Varadero de Manila shipyard;

3. The feasibility of providing a schedule of periodic checking of the depths of the water area in question;

4. Whether the sunken vessels sought to be removed are stored within the area granted to the Varadero de Cañacao (now Varadero de Manila) under the Royal Order of July 23, 1884; and

5. Whether the proposed reclamation and the other United States installations northwest of the Varadero de Manila shipyard (like the seaplane ramps) will directly or indirectly curtail or hamper the operation of the shipyard and eventually choke out of existence the ship repair facilities of the Varadero de Manila.

The Committee is authorized to call upon or request any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the Government, including corporations owned or controlled by it, for such assistance or information as it may need in the performance of its functions and duties.

The Committee shall meet immediately and submit within two (2) weeks its reports and recommendations so that the same may be made available to the Department of Foreign Affairs for its consideration and future action.

Done in the City of Manila, this 2nd day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the eleventh.

(Sgd.) RAMON MAGSAYSAY

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) FORTUNATO DE LEON

Executive Secretary