Implementation of the Joint Venture To Set Up a Dockyard in Cabangan Point, Subic Bay, Zambales ( Letter of Instructions No. 516 )

March 11, 1977

LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 516

In order to ensure the smooth implementation of the Letter of Intent entered into between the Government of the Philippines and the Kawasaki Heavy Industries on August 22, 1975 for a joint venture to set up a dockyard in Cabangan Point, Subic Bay, Zambales, I hereby direct that steps be taken to effect the implementation of such joint venture as soon possible. cd i

For this purpose, the board of Investments is directed to accept and evaluate the application of the above project for registration under its Investment Priorities Plan under the listed activity of "ocean-going vessels", on the basis that the government is committed in the said Letter of Intent to providing incentives to this project, that a government corporation will be the majority owner thereof, that the repair dock facility for this project will be the largest in the country, accommodating supertankers up to 300,000 dwt capacity, and that the project shall inhibit itself from undertaking repair of inter-island ships and any other vessels less than 11,000 DWT.

Immediate compliance with these Instructions is enjoined.