Implementation of Tondo Foreshore Housing Project

Legal basis and policy intent

The government commits to establishing, maintaining, and ensuring adequate social services in housing and guaranteeing enjoyment by the people of a decent standard of living.
Presidential Decree No. 757 provides for a comprehensive and integrated housing program, and the National Housing Authority (NHA) is designated as the sole agency for its effective implementation.
The instruction recognizes that the Tondo Foreshore Development Authority and its legal successor, the NHA prepared a comprehensive and integrated plan to improve the quality of life in Tondo Foreshore in line with the Metro Manila Government development plan.
The instruction recognizes that the project is financed with the assistance of the World Bank, and that its magnitude requires the involvement and participation of multiple government departments and agencies to ensure proper financing, administration, operation, and maintenance of project components.

Covered project areas and scope

The instruction covers the Tondo Foreshore and Dagat-Dagatan areas as the project’s sites for upgrading and development.
The instruction directs coordinated government participation for the Tondo Upgrading and Dagat-Dagatan Component and for major and supporting components including Major Roads, Traffic Improvement, Small Business Loans, and Other Programs.
The instruction covers housing and urban service delivery elements including sites and services, roads and pathways, storm drainage system, and community and socio-economic facilities and programs.

Role of the National Housing Authority

The National Housing Authority must provide and facilitate the upgrading, renovation, expansion, and construction of sites and services.
The NHA must install and construct water and sewer lines inside the Tondo Foreshore and Dagat-Dagatan areas and must determine the alignments of major roads and bridges therein.
The NHA, together with cooperating agencies, must jointly implement the socio-economic programs by sharing the cost incurred for staffing, training, and the provision of supplies and materials.
The NHA must be responsible for building the extension of the community skills training center.
After the development period of five (5) years, the NHA must turnover the administration of the socio-economic development programs to concerned agencies for sustained implementation, with the concerned agencies assuming the full operating and maintaining costs thereafter.
The NHA remains responsible for housing materials loan program implementation in coordination with the lending administration described under Small Business Loans.

Inter-agency implementation of component programs

Department of Public Works, Transportation and Communications (DPWTC) through its Bureau of Public Works must, when requested by the NHA, undertake construction of all buildings such as schools, health centers, playgrounds, etc. on land provided for but not otherwise funded under the NHA program.
DPWTC must construct and maintain the required waterways (esteros) in Dagat-Dagatan in accordance with the design agreed upon with the Authority.
DPWTC must pursue transportation and land use development study and financing and delivery of public services for Metropolitan Manila, carry out transportation planning and coordination and operational studies, conduct National Transport System studies, and revise the 4-year transportation investment program; DPWTC must program adequate funds for this purpose.
Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) must construct the project’s required sewerage outfalls and must operate and maintain the sewerage and water system, including the stabilization pond, with adequate funds programmed from its budget.
Department of Education and Culture (DEC) must operate and maintain school facilities and provide technical assistance staff and logistic support for the joint education and cultural advancement program; DEC must program adequate funds.
Department of Health (DOH) must shoulder the cost of equipment for the X-ray laboratory unit, the two 25-bed capacity clinics, and the ambulance service, and must provide technical assistance, staff, and supplies (including equipment and medicine) and logistic support to operate and maintain the health centers/clinics and implement health, nutrition, and family planning programs; DOH must program adequate funds.
Department of Local Government and Community Development (DLGCD) must provide technical assistance and logistic support for implementing the Community Organization and Development Program and Community Training Program, including organization and development of cooperatives, leadership and citizenship training, and barangay affairs; DLGCD must program adequate funds.
Department of Labor (DOL), particularly the National Manpower and Youth Council, together with DSW and the NHA, must implement the Manpower Skills Training and Job Placement Program for Tondo Foreshore and Dagat-Dagatan and must include adequate funds in the DOL budget.
Department of Social Welfare (DSW) must provide equipment for the community skills training centers, operate and maintain the integrated social and welfare units in Tondo Foreshore and Dagat-Dagatan, and implement social and welfare services including income-generating activities, manpower development program, social referral cases, and the day-care center program.
DSW must assist Project Tulungan and the Philippine National Red Cross in the movement of households from Tondo Foreshore to Dagat-Dagatan, including conducting training programs and giving direct services, with adequate budgeted funds for these activities and programs.
Department of Industry (DOI) (particularly the MASICAP Team), Department of Trade (DOT) Technical Assistance Center, and the University of the Philippines Institute of Small Scale Industries (UPISSI) must jointly promote and implement the small industries development program, including identification of viable industries, and organization, management, and marketing assistance and consultancy in implementation and evaluation; each must program adequate funds.
Project Tulungan (Malacañang) must shoulder costs for upgrading Tulungan Centers and for equipment for rehydration clinics and staff, and must maintain and operate health centers/clinics, the X-ray laboratory, and sputum microscopy in coordination with the Metro Manila Government, DOH, and NHA, with adequate budgeted funds.
The National Nutrition Council must provide food supplies and other nutrient supplements and must jointly implement an integrated and comprehensive nutrition program, including a food assistance program and nutrition education, with adequate budgeted funds.
The Commission on Population must provide contraceptive supplies for family planning services and, together with the Department of Public Information, must provide Information and Education Campaign (IEC) materials to the different centers in Tondo Foreshore, and provide technical assistance in planning, implementation, and evaluation, with adequate budgeted funds.
The Bureau of Agricultural Extension, Bureau of Plant Industry, and Bureau of Animal Industry must provide technical support and coordinate with other agencies to implement the nutrition program and other income-generating projects, each with adequate budgeted funds.
The Philippine National Volunteers Service Coordination Office must, together with DOH and the Department of Education, implement the volunteer service training program, particularly Barangay Volunteer Medics, Volunteer Nurses, Teachers, and other related training programs, with adequate budgeted funds.
The Philippine Port Authority must assist in implementing the relocation program for International Port residents, with adequate budgeted funds.

Major roads and traffic systems

The Department of Public Highways must construct, operate, and maintain national roads, highways, and bridges in Tondo Foreshore and Dagat-Dagatan, including the spine road in Dagat-Dagatan, plus other highway projects required in the program, with adequate budgeted funds.
For traffic improvement, the Department of Public Highways with cooperation from the DPWTC and other agencies must construct junction and bus shelters and must provide signals, signal linking equipment, and mobile radios to improve the use of existing infrastructures.

Small business loan administration

The Development Bank of the Philippines must provide complete banking services, including sharing of credit risk.
The Development Bank of the Philippines must administer the funds of the small business loan program of the project.
The Development Bank of the Philippines must assist the NHA in implementing the housing materials loan program.
The Development Bank of the Philippines must undertake project evaluation upon request of the National Housing Authority.

Turnover, budget control, and foreign loan coordination

Completed public buildings and utilities must be turned over for maintenance and operation to the Government of Metropolitan Manila under whose jurisdiction the site falls, and the cost of operation and maintenance must be included in the normal budget of the municipality/city or agency.
The Commissioner of the Budget must ensure that the budgetary requirements of each department/agency for the project components—including the peso counterpart of any technical assistance agreed upon with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development—are included in their respective budgets annually or in the budgetary account item the Commissioner may find proper.
The Department of Finance must administer the foreign loan obtained from the IBRD by the National Government.
The Secretary of DPWTC must form a coordinating unit that must monitor, supervise, and handle all communications to and from the IBRD, including other transactions necessary to comply with the foreign commitment of the National Government in the project.

Signature and date of effect

The instruction is done in the City of Manila on May 13, 1976.
It is signed by Ferdinand E. Marcos, President of the Philippines.