Vitas Area under Philippine Ports Authority

The preamble recognizes that Executive Order No. 297 dated March 4, 1971 declared the Vitas Area as part of the North Harbor Custom Zone.
The preamble states that the operation and administration of Manila North Harbor were transferred to the Philippine Ports Authority on December 23, 1975 by Presidential Decree No. 857.
The preamble states that on March 12, 1981, the Vitas Area was declared to be titled under the National Housing Authority by virtue of Section 9 of Executive Order No. 661, which created a task force related to the Bliss Development of the Tondo Foreshore Project.
The preamble declares the Vitas Area vital for the proper and effective development of the Manila North Harbor.

The order’s operative action is anchored on the declared need for the proper and effective development of the Manila North Harbor, treating the Vitas Area as essential to that development.
The order is framed to align the Vitas Area’s status and administration with the development requirements of the Manila North Harbor.

Section 1 covers the whole of Vitas Area as defined by specific boundary markers.
The northern boundary is Pier 18.
The eastern boundary is the proposed Radial Road R-10.
The southern boundary is the Marine Shipway Area.
The western boundary is the Vitas rock bulkhead.

Section 1 transfers and places the whole of Vitas Area under the administration of the Philippine Ports Authority.
The transfer applies by reason of the defined boundaries and the directive to place the area under PPA administration.

Section 2 repeals, amends, or modifies Executive Order No. 297 (series of 1971), as far as inconsistent with this order.
Section 2 repeals, amends, or modifies Executive Order No. 661 (series of 1971), as far as inconsistent with this order.
Section 2 repeals, amends, or modifies Letter of Instructions No. 299 dated July 29, 1975, as far as inconsistent with this order.
Section 2 also repeals, amends, or modifies all other Executive Orders, Letter of Instructions, and other Presidential issuances that are inconsistent with this Order.
The repeal/amendment/modification is directed accordingly, to the extent of inconsistency with Executive Order No. 749.