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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Executive Order No. 105, July 2, 1993 ]

INSTITUTIONALIZING THE TRANSPORT TRAINING CENTER AS A REGULAR UNIT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES

WHEREAS, through Letter of Instructions No. 428, dated 12 July 1976, the Transport Training Center (TTC) was jointly established, managed and operated by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the University of the Philippines (UP);

WHEREAS, under Letter of Instructions No. 1080, dated 11 November 1980, the TTC became jointly managed, operated and developed by the then Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) and the UP with the long term view of upgrading the academic and research capabilities of the TTC.

WHEREAS, LOI 1080 likewise directed the Advisory Committee of the TTC to plan for the development of the TTC into a regular unit of the UP;

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 125, dated 30 January 1987, and Executive Order No. 292, dated 25 July 1987, otherwise known as the Administrative Code of 1987, have included the TTC among the attached agencies of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC);

WHEREAS, the TTC Advisory Committee during its meeting on 19 November 1992 have resolved to effect the institutionalization of the TTC as a regular unit of the UP;

WHEREAS, the UP, as part of an agreement with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) concerning the Japanese Technical Cooperation for the National Center for Transportation Studies Project, has committed to take the necessary steps to integrate the TTC into its organization; and

WHEREAS, the continuing existence of the TTC is vital to the human resource development efforts of the Government in the field of transportation and traffic.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

Section 1. The Transport Training Center is hereby institutionalized and restructured as a regular unit of the University of the Philippines.1aшphi1

Section 2. The institutionalization and restructuring of the TTC shall include the consolidation of the TTC functions, appropriations, funds, records, equipments, facilities, choses in action, rights, other assets, and personnel as may be necessary to the proper discharge of its functions exclusively in the UP. The liabilities, if any, that may have been incurred in connection with the discharge of its consolidated functions shall be treated in accordance with the usual auditing procedures and other pertinent laws, rules and regulations.

Section 3. The new position structure and staffing pattern of the TTC shall be approved by the President of UP in consultation with the Department of Budget and Management within sixty (60) days from the approval of this Order, and the authorized positions created thereunder shall be filled with regular appointments in accordance with the rules and procedures of UP. In the meantime, the officers and employees of the TTC shall, in a holdover-capacity continue to perform their respective duties and responsibilities and receive the corresponding salaries and benefits.

Section 4. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 2nd day of July, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Three.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) ANTONIO T. CARPIO
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel

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