Office of the President
of the Philippines
Malacañang

MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 458

There is hereby created an Investigation Committee to conduct a formal inquiry into the alleged involvement of Presidential Assistant Jose B. Alejandrino in the nefarious activities of a certain Mr. Shig Katayama, a U.S. citizen of Japanese ethnicity, owner of the UHI Systems, Inc. and Chairman of the Philippine-based First Women’s Credit Corporation.

The Investigation Committee shall be composed of Deputy Executive Secretary Renato C. Corona, as Chairman, with Presidential Assistant Fulgencio Lagustan, Justice Undersecretary Presbitero Velasco, Labor Undersecretary Cresenciano Trajano, and BID Associate Commissioner Jose Cabochan, as Members.

The Committee shall submit its report and recommendations to the Office of the President, thru the Office of the Executive Secretary, not later than 28 February 1998.

By authority of the President:
(Sgd.) ALEXANDER P. AGUIRRE
Executive Secretary

Manila, 12 January 1998