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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Quezon City

17 Congress
First Regular Session

House Bio. 4833

Introduced by REP. MICHAEL L. ROMERO and ENRICO A. PINEDA

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Rizal Memorial Coliseum is one of two indoor sporting arenas located inside
the Rizal Memorial Sports Complexin Manila, Philippines, the other being
the Ninoy Aquino Stadium. The capacity of the coliseum is 8,000.

The Art Deco building within the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex was designed
by Juan Arellano and was built in 1934,

The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) unveiled plans for the conversion of the
Rizal Memorial Coliseum into a Philippine Sports Museum and the Asian Games
Museum which houses the memorabilia of Philippine and Asian sports icons and
hall of famers. The current location of the PSM Is located at the 2nd floor of the
PSC building inside the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex. There was a plan to
demolish the site before the PSC's announcement.

In November 22 2016, Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada announced that the city
government is making a move to convert the facility into a commercial center
which will include a mall and cinemas. The plan was criticized by the Heritage
Conservation Society questioning if Manila needs another shopping mall.

This House Bill seeks to promote the holistic development for Culture and the
Arts, also to rehabilitate a very dignified sports venue to cooperate with the
government body oncultural conservation and to facilitate sophisticated
training grounds.

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Approval of thyé bill is therefore sought.

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Quezon City

17 Congress
First Regul Session

4833

House | i No.

Introduced by REP. MICHAEL L. ROMERO and ENRICO A. PINEDA

AN ACT

CONVERTING THE RIZAL MEMORIAL COLISEUM TO A TRAINING CENTER
FOR THE PHILIPPINE SPORTS COMMISSION (PSC) ATHLETES, PROVIDING
REHABILITATION FUNDS, ASSURING CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines In
Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. DECLARATION OF POLICY - the state shall hereby
provide a center for training, facilitate a holistic program for our Philippine
Sports Commission (PSC) athletes. To promote the development of Culture
and Arts.

The state shall hereby provide a funding of One billion pesos
(P1,000,000,000.00) for the rehabilitation of the Rizal Memorial Coliseum.
To create a dignified sporting grounds to enable our skilled athletes to
compete in the highest level.

There is hereby authorize to appropriate the necessary funds to cary-out
the provisions of this act

SECTION 2. CONTINUING APPROPRIATION — from the current year of
the enactment of this act, the Department of Budget and Management


(DBM) shall provide an annual funding of two hundred fifty million pesos
(P250,000,000.00) to facilitate the mandates of this act.

Thereafter the amounts necessary for the successive and continuous
implementation of this act including the operations and maintenance
shall be automatically appropriated in the General Appropriations Act
(Gaa)

SECTION 3. IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS ~ the PSC shail
formulate the necessary guidelines and protocol to foster the immediate
enactment of this act.

SECTION 4. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE - If any provision or section of this
Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held
invalid, the other provisions or sections of this Act shall remain valid, and
the application of such remaining provisions or sections to the other
persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.

SECTION 5. REPEALING CLAUSE - All provisions and any other
provisions inconsistent with the provision of this Act are hereby amended
accordingly.

SECTION 6. EFFECTIVITY — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days

from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2)
newspapers of general circulation.

Approved