May 1, 1983

LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 1319

ESTABLISHING A ONE-STOP DOCUMENTATION AND PROCESSING CENTER

WHEREAS, the competitive advantage of the Filipino manpower in the international job market must be preserved through faster documentation and processing of overseas workers; cdt

WHEREAS, present services leading to deployment of overseas workers are now housed in seven separate offices causing undue delay and unnecessary expenses that prejudice our lead position in the international job market;

WHEREAS, a One-Stop Documentation and Processing Center will consolidate all existing services and enable the faster deployment of Filipino workers;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the

1. The Minister of Labor and Employment establish within one month the One-Stop Documentation and Processing Center for overseas workers;

2. The Minister of the Budget to allow the POEA to use its income for at least one year to be deposited as a trust liability account for the acquisition of a suitable lot and building to house the One-Stop Documentation and Processing Center and the POEA offices. Further, to allow the POEA to enter into appropriate financing arrangements with the PNB or any other government funding institution to achieve this purpose. acd

DONE in the City of Manila, this 1st day of May, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Three.