MALACAÑANG

MANILA

PROCLAMATION NO. 198

TRANSFERRING THE JOHN HAY AIR STATION TO THE BASES CONVERSION DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, RENAMING IT AS CLUB JOHN HAY, AND DECLARING IT FOR TOURISM, HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT CENTER AND MULTIPLE USE FOREST WATERSHED RESERVATION PURPOSES

Pursuant to the powers vested in me by law,

I, FIDEL V. RAMOS,

President of the Republic of the Philippines, do hereby transfer the ownership, administration and control over the John Hay Air Station covering an area of Five Hundred Seventy (570) Hectares, more or less, to the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA). Subject to provisions of law, the adjacent areas now occupied by the Voice of America and the United States Ambassador’s residence shall be transferred to the BCDA upon the turn over of these properties to the Republic of the Philippines.

The foregoing area, hereinafter called

Club John Hay

, is hereby declared for tourism, human resource development center and multiple use forest watershed reservation purposes.

The BCDA shall be the governing body for

Club John Hay

. The BCDA through the operating and implementing arm it shall establish for

Club John Hay

shall promulgate and implement rules and regulations governing the conversion, development and conservation of natural resources within the area in consultation with pertinent national and local government offices, such as, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), to effectively carry out the sustainable development plans for

Club John Hay

. Such rules and regulations shall include the procedure for setting existing claims within the area in accordance with pertinent laws.

The boundaries of the

Club John Hay

shall be subject to actual survey contracted by BCDA and verified and approved by DENR.

DONE

in the City of Manila, this 29th day of June in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Three.

(Sgd.)

FIDEL V. RAMOS

By the President:

(Sgd.)

ANTONIO T. CARPIO


Chief Presidential Legal Counsel