General Policy/Bidding Begins for Third Environmental Science and Technology Park

摘要

The first and second Environmental Science and Technology Parks (ESTP) in Taiwan are situated in Kaohsiung and Hualien Counties, and have already commenced the stages of inviting firms and undertaking environmental impact assessments, respectively. Encouraging all counties and cities to compete for the bid to establish the third ESTP, the EPA will welcome applications from local governments from the end of August. Except for outlying islands and Kaohsiung and Hualien Counties, which have already been chosen, all localities are on an even par to apply for this opportunity, and as long as proposed locations meet site condition requirements, all have hope for eligibility. Since September of last year, the EPA began actively promoting Environmental Science and Technology Parks (ESTP) with a total budget of 5 billion NT dollars, looking to set up three parks, one each in northern, central and southern Taiwan. After approval of establishment plans for the southern and northern regions in March, each became actively involved in the work of seeking firms and making modifications to the land. (For details, see EPM Volume VI, Issues 2 and 5.)