Assignment, Transfer and Conveyance in Fee Simple to the NHA of Parcels of Land of the Public Domain in Manila

December 31, 1985

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 503

ASSIGNING, TRANSFERRING AND CONVEYING IN FEE SIMPLE TO THE NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY PARCELS OF LAND OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN, SITUATED IN THE CITY OF MANILA

WHEREAS, pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 757 dated July 31, 1975, the National Housing Authority is mandated to undertake the physical and socio-economic upgrading and development of the Tondo Foreshore Development Project, the technical boundaries of which are defined in LOI No. 299 dated July 29, 1975; ECDaTI

WHEREAS, the Tondo Foreshore Development Project and its periphery have been upgraded and developed, thereby demonstrating the total concept of communal living in an integrated community;

WHEREAS, in the course of upgrading and development of the project, certain parcels of public land which are adjacent thereto, happen to be included in and made part of the project components, the improvement and development of which had been undertaken by the National Housing Authority with funding assistance from the World Bank;

WHEREAS, the National Housing Authority has caused the boundary and subdivision survey of said parcels of public land, the survey returns of which shall be submitted to the Bureau of Lands for approval.

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 as follows:

SECTION 1. The title to and ownership of certain parcels of land of the public domain, situated in the District of Tondo, City of Manila, bounded on the NE., and SE., along lines 1-47, by Varona St., along lines 47-48 by Perla St., along lines 48-58, by Sta. Maria St., along lines 58-110 by Cad. 13, Manila Cadastre and Claro M. Recto; on the W., along lines 110-531-1 by SWO-04-000879. Beginning at a point marked "1" on plan being N. 31 deg. 07'W., 1521.94 m. from B.L.L.M. No. 7, Cad. 13, Manila Cadastre; containing an area of One Hundred Fifty Five Thousand Two Hundred Forty Four (155,244) square meters, more particularly described in the technical description consisting of fourteen (14) pages and attached as Annex "A" hereof is hereby assigned, transferred and conveyed in fee simple to the National Housing Authority for disposition and sale to their bonafide occupants.

SECTION 2. The above-described parcels of land of the public domain shall form part of the Tondo Foreshore Dagat-Dagatan Urban Development Project owned by the National Housing Authority and the rights and obligations of the project beneficiaries therein shall be governed by P.D. No. 1314 promulgated on March 20, 1978.

SECTION 3. The parcels of land herein granted shall be subject to private rights, if any there be. SAHITC

SECTION 4. This Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 31st day of December, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five.