MALACAÃANG
MANILA
MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 313
CREATING THE INTER-AGENCY COMMITTEE FOR DOCUMENTING AND ESTABLISHING DATA BASE ON THE JULY 1990 EARTHQUAKE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, various government agencies are gathering data on the recent earthquake and its associated phenomena independently of one another relative to their respective areas of concern;
WHEREAS, there is a need to create a multi-sectoral body that shall undertake a unified, systematic and scientific documentation of information on the recent earthquake for future planning and research;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:
SECTION 1. There is a hereby created the Inter-Agency Committee for Documenting and Establishing Date Base on the July 1990 Earthquake, to be composed of the following:
The Secretary of Environment
and Natural Resources
Chairman
The Secretary of Science
and Technology
Co-Chairman
The Chairman of National
Disaster Coordinating Council
Member
The Secretary of Public Works
and Highways
Member
The Secretary of Social Welfare
and Development
Member
The President of the University
of the Philippines
Member
The Director of the Philippine
Institute of Volcanology
and Seismology
Member
The President of the Philippine
Institute of Civil Engineers
Associations
Member
The President of the Association
of Structural Engineers of the
Philippines
Member
The President of the Philippine
Contractors Association Board
Member
The President of the Philippine
Institute of Architects
Associations
Member
The Executive Director of the
Philippine Social Science
Council
Member
The Director of the Philippine
Institute of Development
Studies
Member
The Chairman/Executive Director
of the National Historical
Institute
Member
SECTION 2. The Committee shall have the following functions:
(a) Develop a systematic, unified and integrated system for scientific documentation, gathering, collating and storing information, including photographic and video data on the impacts of the July 1990 earthquake and its associated phenomena;
(b) Establish a data base on the earthquake disaster;
(c) Organize study teams to analyze various aspects of the earthquake (seismological, geological, engineering, environmental and socio-economic);
(d) Conceptualize and draft a proposal for the establishment of a Disaster Management Center to serve as the depository of scientific data gathered regarding the recent earthquake;
(e) Organize conferences or venues for presentation and discussion of the findings of the study teams; and
(f) Prepare a comprehensive report to the President on the July 1990 recent earthquake.
SECTION 3. The amount as may be necessary for the operations of the Committee and the study teams organized shall be taken from any lump sum fund in the 1990 CY Budget as may be determined by the Department of Budget and Management.
SECTION 4. This Memorandum Order shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 9th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety.
(Sgd.) CORAZON C. AQUINO
By the President:
(Sgd.) CATALINO MACARAIG, JR.
Executive Secretary
Source: CDAsia
