Briefs | ZAPE sewage pipeline to be constructed in 2021

A section of Avenida da Amizade will undergo construction for a sewage pipeline project starting in the first quarter of 2021. The section is near the sewage pumping station near the Macau UNESCO Center and the sewage treatment plant of the Macau peninsula. The pipeline is approximately 2.4 kilometers in length and two meters in diameter. Yesterday, the Land, Public Works and Transport (DSSOPT) opened the bids for the project. DSSOPT expects to start the project during the first quarter of next year at the earliest, with a maximum construction period of 883 working days. DSSOPT stated that the construction will not affect ground transportation and facilities.

Recycling subsidy program extended for a year

In accordance with the dispatch of the Secretary for Transport and Public Works, the application period of the “Recycling Industry Equipment and Vehicle Subsidy Scheme” was extended by one year to November 25, 2021, according to a statement released yesterday by the Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA). The funding method, application conditions and procedures, funding scope, monitoring and supervision mechanism remain unchanged. In order to promote the healthy and sustainable development of the recycling industry in Macau, the SAR government launched the “Recycling Industry Equipment and Vehicle Subsidy Scheme” on November 26, 2018. The scheme subsidized the recycling industry to purchase some of the equipment needed for business activities in order to enhance the industry’s technical capabilities and promote the industry’s continued growth. Since April, the maximum of the subsidy was increased from 1.5 million patacas to 3 million patacas, and the scope of funding was extended to include 29 types of equipment and vehicles, including heavy trucks, truck accessories, excavators and their accessories.

Ella Lei asks about criminalizing fake marriages

Lawmaker Ella Lei has asked the government to reveal their progress on criminalizing fake marriages. In Lei’s interpellation to the government, Lei said she believes that current fake marriages are being processed in court under the charge of forging documents for special value. Lei believes that there are gray areas if the authority charges the accused fake marriage suspects with forging documents, and that charging the suspects with forging documents will make it impossible to reflect the nature of fake marriage and its harm to society. Lei pointed out that the authorities intend to criminalize the act of obtaining residence through a fake marriage, but the legislative work has been taking a long time and is still not ready. Lei also asked the government whether it will create special measures to combat false employment involving non-local employees.