Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 304)
Executive Order No. 304 concerns the transfer of 200 hectares of land from a portion of Lot No. 3895, Cad. 124, located at Barangay San Ramon, Zamboanga City, from the administration of the San Ramon Prison and Penal Farm to the Western Mindanao State University.
The land is intended to be used by the University for its College of Agriculture and some other colleges that may be transferred to this site, including the development of a housing project for all employees of the University.
Two hundred hectares from a portion of Lot No. 3895, Cad. 124, located at Barangay San Ramon, Zamboanga City, specifically the area immediately adjacent to the northern boundary of the College of Agriculture and the frontage on the eastern boundary towards the seashore.
The existing 20 hectares occupied by the College of Agriculture was deemed inadequate and deficient in satisfying the requirements for an agricultural college, and the University also plans for a residential campus and housing for employees.
The Director of the Bureau of Lands is directed to facilitate the immediate survey, delineation, and preparation of necessary plans and documents for the land transfer.
Lot No. 3895, Cad. 124 is a tract of idle land consisting of 938 hectares administered by the San Ramon Penal Colony, from which 200 hectares are being transferred to the University.
The land is also planned to be the site of a housing project for all employees of the Western Mindanao State University and possibly for other allied colleges.
Yes, the land shall be used specifically for the College of Agriculture and other possible colleges transferred to the site, as well as for the housing project for University employees.