MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 192, October 6, 1999 ]
CREATING AND DESIGNATING A CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SITUATED IN NONOC ISLAND, SURIGAO CITY AS A SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE PURSUANT TO REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7916, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8748
WHEREAS, a proposal has been filed for the release of a parcel of land situated in Nonoc Island, Surigao City from the Surigao Mineral Reservation established under Proclamation No. 391 dated March 13, 1939, for the purpose of establishing a Special Economic Zone;
WHEREAS, Nonoc Mining and Industrial Corporation and Pacific Nickel Philippines, Inc., interpose no objection to the release of such parcel of land from the Surigao Mineral Reservation;
WHEREAS, the Surigao City Government has manifested its support for the release of the same parcel of land from the Surigao Mineral Reservation and expressed its intention to acquire the same by donation and thereby enabling it to host the special economic zone;
WHEREAS, the Director of Mines and Geosciences has recommended the exclusion of the same parcel of land from the Surigao Mineral Reservation after due public hearing and publication of his written recommendation in a newspaper of general circulation in accordance with the procedure for the disestablishment or modification of boundary of a mineral reservation provided for under the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Philippine Mining Act of 1995;
WHEREAS, the National Government recognizes Region XIII or the CARAGA Region, which includes Surigao City, as a major development area to spur economic growth in Mindanao, and that the possible establishment of a special economic zone in this area is considered as a strategic approach to attain such goal;
WHEREAS, a Deed of Donation between the National Government and the City Government of Surigao on the donation of the 106.473 hectares segregated from the Surigao Mineral Reservation has been submitted for approval of the President;
NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the powers vested in me under Republic Act No. 7916, otherwise known as the Special Economic Zone Act of 1995, as amended by Republic Act No. 8748 and upon the recommendation of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Philippines, do hereby create and designate as a special economic zone, subject to the provisions of Republic Act No. 7916, as amended by Republic Act No. 8748, its Implementing Rules and Regulations, and Resolution No. 96-413 dated 23 December 1996 of the Board of Directors of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority, an area located in Nonoc Island, Surigao City to be known as Philnico Industrial Estate, containing an area of One Million Sixty Four Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty (1,064,730) square meters, which is more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a point marked “1” on the attached Plan, being N 41°13 W, 2,045.90 meters from BLLM No. 27, Surigao Cadastre, thence:
| LINE |
DISTANCE |
BEARING |
| 1–2 |
400.18 m. |
N. 64° 58" E. |
| 2–3 |
181.13 m. |
S. 20° 56" E. |
| 3–4 |
161.25 m. |
S. 16° 40" E. |
| 4–5 |
161.26 m. |
N. 73° 13" E. |
| 5–6 |
99.19 m. |
S. 56° 39" E. |
| 6–7 |
346.98 m. |
S. 16° 53" E. |
| 7–8 |
366.65 m. |
N. 74° 07" E. |
| 8–9 |
264.56 m. |
S. 13° 48" E. |
| 9–10 |
56.38 m. |
N. 78° 40" E. |
| 10–11 |
457.18 m. |
S. 14° 04" E. |
| 11–12 |
53.29 m. |
S. 74° 07" W. |
| 12–13 |
199.64 m. |
S. 13° 58" E. |
| 13–14 |
174.22 m. |
N. 87° 34" E. |
| 14–15 |
28.79 m. |
N. 37° 40" E. |
| 15–16 |
116.13 m. |
N. 29° 44" E. |
| 16–17 |
93.86 m. |
S. 69° 27" E. |
| 17–18 |
31.01 m. |
S. 08° 44" E. |
| 18–19 |
31.53 m. |
S. 17° 25" W. |
| 19–20 |
8.00 m. |
S. 39° 04" E. |
| 20–21 |
19.42 m. |
S. 61° 15" W. |
| 21–22 |
7.06 m. |
N. 48° 41" W. |
| 22–23 |
17.54 m. |
S. 70° 18" W. |
| 23–24 |
89.39 m. |
S. 22° 15" W. |
| 24–25 |
29.84 m. |
S. 67° 06" W. |
| 25–26 |
70.83 m. |
N. 58° 07" W. |
| 26–27 |
85.92 m. |
S. 58° 20" W. |
| 27–28 |
12.98 m. |
S. 34° 27" W. |
| 28–29 |
45.12 m. |
S. 05° 20" W. |
| 29–30 |
39.38 m. |
S. 18° 58" W. |
| 30–31 |
26.29 m. |
S. 28° 22" E. |
| 31–32 |
46.57 m. |
S. 31° 17" W. |
| 32–33 |
62.82 m. |
S. 03° 53" E. |
| 33–34 |
38.98 m. |
S. 23° 54" W. |
| 34–35 |
28.03 m. |
S. 17° 33" W. |
| 35–36 |
20.98 m. |
S. 51° 41" W. |
| 36–37 |
15.28 m. |
S. 80° 05" W. |
| 37–38 |
53.06 m. |
N. 76° 42" W. |
| 38–39 |
51.44 m. |
S. 88° 51" W. |
| 39–40 |
42.34 m. |
N. 58° 22" W. |
| 40–41 |
37.15 m. |
S. 40° 03" W. |
| 41–42 |
62.22 m. |
S. 36° 46" W. |
| 42–43 |
56.75 m. |
S. 35° 55" W. |
| 43–44 |
219.48 m. |
N. 57° 24" W. |
| 44–45 |
266.98 m. |
N. 33° 09" E. |
| 45–46 |
86.80 m. |
N. 69° 33" E. |
| 46–47 |
464.87 m. |
N. 45° 18" W. |
| 47–48 |
94.08 m. |
S. 43° 32" W. |
| 48–49 |
139.03 m. |
S. 20° 37" E. |
| 49–50 |
116.83 m. |
S. 21° 35" E. |
| 50–51 |
112.96 m. |
S. 76° 16" W. |
| 51–52 |
61.94 m. |
N. 14° 23" W. |
| 52–53 |
62.00 m. |
N. 04° 03" E. |
| 53–54 |
146.24 m. |
N. 27° 53" W. |
| 54–55 |
47.24 m. |
N. 67° 34" W. |
| 55–56 |
78.01 m. |
N. 17° 00" W. |
| 56–57 |
46.07 m. |
N. 24° 21" W. |
| 57–58 |
118.52 m. |
N. 36° 59" W. |
| 58–59 |
484.36 m. |
N. 14° 25" W. |
| 59–60 |
303.21 m. |
S. 76° 03" W. |
| 60–61 |
152.40 m. |
N. 17° 12" W. |
| 61–62 |
172.86 m. |
N. 12° 04" E. |
| 62–63 |
86.57 m. |
N. 24° 41" W. |
| 63–64 |
86.62 m. |
N. 74° 39" W. |
| 64–1 |
105.18 m. |
N. 12° 48" W. |
containing an area of approximately 106.473 hectares.1aшphi1
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and cause the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 6Th day of October in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety nine.
(Sgd.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA
By the President:
(Sgd.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Executive Secretary
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