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The corporate powers of the Authority shall be vested in a Board of Directors, which shall consist of the following member:

• THE MINISTER (Now Secretary) of Transportation and communications, who shall act as chairman (as provided by Executive Order No. 710 dated 27 July 1981)
• The General Manager of the Authority, who shall act as Vice-Chairman.
• The Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority
• The Minister (Now Secretary) of Public Works and Highways (As amended by Executive Order No. 546 dated 23 July 1979 and further amended by Executive Order No. 710 dated 27 July 1981)
• The Minister (now Secretary) of Finance
• The Minister (now Secretary) of Natural Resources
• The Minister (now Secretary) of Trade and Industry
• The Administrators of the Maritime Industry Authority (pursuant to Executive Order No. 783 dated 16 March 1982)
• One (1) other person who shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines, representing the private sector, who by reason of the knowledge or experience is, in the opinion of the President, fit and proper person to be Director of the Board.

	Department of Transportation and Communications	DOTC
	Philippine Ports Authority Head Office PDO Southern Mindanao PDO Southern Luzon PDO Manila PDO Visayas PDO Northern Mindanao	PPA
	National Economic and Development Authority	NEDA
	Department of Public Works and Highways	DPWH
	Department of Finance	DOF
	Department of Environment and Natural Resources	DENR
	Department of Trade and Industry	DTI
	Maritime Industry Authority	MARINA

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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 857
(As amended)

PROVIDING FOR THE REORGANIZATION OF PORT ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATION FUNCTIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES, REVISING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 505 DATED JULY 11, 1974, CREATING THE PHILIPPINE PORTS AUTHORITY, BY SUBSTITUTION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

WHEREAS, there is a recognized need to integrate and coordinate port planning, development, control and operations at the national level, and at the same time promote the growth of regional port bodies responsive to the needs of their individual localities;

WHEREAS. harbors and tributary areas have their own peculiar potentialities to be considered in port planning and development;

WHEREAS, hitherto, the concept of port administration in this contry has been focused on the traditional functions of revenue collection, harbor maintenance and cargo handling, to the exclusion of the port's fuller utilization and development as a spur for regional growth;

WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 505 was promulgated on July 11, 1974 to carry out these stated objective;

WHEREAS, it was found necessary in the national interest to amend Presidential Decree No. 505 so as to enable the Philippine Ports Authority to exercise all the proper powers and functions of a port authority and in order to better carry out the desired objectives;

HOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution in order to effect desired changes and reforms in the social, economic and political structure of our society, do hereby decree and order the revision of Presidential Decree No. 505 by substitution with this Decree which is hereby adopted and made part of the laws of the land;

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