MALACAÑANG
RESIDENCE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
MANILA

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1701

TRANSFERRING, CEDING AND CONVEYING TO THE PHILIPPINE TOURISM AUTHORITY CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN OF THE GOVERNMENT LOCATED IN TERNATE, CAVITE, FOR TOURISM DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES

By virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, do hereby transfer, cede and convey to the Philippine Tourism Authority (PTA) for tourism development purposes a certain parcel of land of the public domain of the government located in Ternate, Cavite, which parcel of land is generally described as follows:

“A parcel of land (Lot 4) being a portion of SWO-000145 situated in Barrio Zapang, Municipality of Ternate, Province of Cavite. Bounded on points 1-20 by SWO-04-000145, Calumpang Naval Reservation, points 21-26 by Lot SWO-04-000496. Beginning at point marked 1 on plan being S70-01 W, 7450.46 meters from BLBM #1 Zapang, Ternate, Cavite:

Thence S 65-53 W 481.81 m. to point 2
Thence N 01-49 E 145.24 m. to point 3
Thence N 27-52 W 113.50 m. to point 4
Thence N 27-52 W 47.60 m. to point 5
Thence N 22-18 W 43.27 m. to point 6
Thence N 29-10 W 83.59 m. to point 7
Thence N 25-00 W 28.15 m. to point 8
Thence N 12-55 W 27.13 m. to point 9
Thence N 05-25 W 45.61 m. to point 10
Thence N 03-17 E 26.77 m. to point 11
Thence N 11-06 E 35.80 m. to point 12
Thence N 16-35 E 139.09 m. to point 13
Thence N 81-14 W 23.28 m. to point 14
Thence N 15-18 W 142.46 m. to point 15
Thence N 07-21 W 83.55 m. to point 16
Thence N 50-14 E 64.21 m. to point 17
thence N 27-34 E 174.63 m. to point 18
Thence N 21-54 W 123.31 m. to point 19
Thence N 27-37 E 234.30 m. to point 20
Thence N 66-11 E 56.30 m. to point 21
Thence S 01-10 W 47.42 m. to point 22
Thence S 06-42 E 332.84 m. to point 23
Thence S 01-02 E 152.44 m. to point 24
Thence S 01-02 E 400.00 m. to point 25
Thence S 81-05 E 325.32 m. to point 26
Thence S 00-05 W 279.93 m. to point 1

Containing an area of THREE HUNDRED NINETY SEVEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHT (397,808 sq. m.) SQUARE METERS more or less.”

The PTA may not alienate the land or any portion thereof without the prior authority of the President of the Philippines, although it may encumber the same with any government financing institution for development purposes.

All laws, Proclamation No. 307 dated November 20, 1967, orders and regulations inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed and modified accordingly.

This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 16th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) JOAQUIN T. VENUS, JR.
Presidential Assistant

Source: National Library