Gov’t to pay MOP4.3mln for water treatment study

The government will pay MOP4.3 million to local association Instituto para o Desenvolvimento e Qualidade (Macau) to monitor the quality of the facilities for water treatment and solid residue in the Special Administrative Region, it was announced yesterday in Macau’s Official Gazette. The contract runs for 2014 and 2015, with the Portuguese Institute receiving MOP2.15 million per year, totalling MOP4.3 million by the end of the agreement. The dispatch was signed by Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On on October 14.