According to Macao Water Executive Director Nacky Kuan Sio Peng, the “Water Subsidy for Households and Businesses” will be launched on July 1 for six months, adding that around 230,000 residential units will benefit with a maximum amount of 100 patacas per month while around 30,000 business establishments will be granted 500 patacas a month.
Kuan made the remarks yesterday after a Macao Water Convenes Customer Liaison Group Meeting at MGM Macau in Nape.
Kuan said that although the water subsidy scheme will last for six months, residents and businesses can use the money for 12 months, which means they can use the subsidies until June 31 next year, if the amount has not been finished within the designated period. However, the subsidies are not applicable to water supply contracts with casinos, three-, four- and five-star hotels, and government entities.
Meanwhile, when reporters asked about the number of the buildings that have signed up for the Subsidy Programme for Repairing Service Connections of Low-Rise Buildings, Kuan said that 250 buildings have joined the programme, the repairs on over 100 of which have already been completed, comprising 14,500 units that will benefit, adding that the programme will run for three years so as to improve the water facilities in the city’s low-rise buildings while minimising any inconvenience that could be caused to the units’ residents.
According to the Subsidy Programme for Repairing Service Connections of Low-Rise Buildings, those buildings that are older than 20 years and low-rise condominiums of up to seven floors, or Macao Water-approved emergency cases will be offered the chance by Macao Water to have their water facilities replaced free of charge. However, customers can take the initiative to contact Macao Water in order to request the replacement.
When reporters asked about Macao Water’s plans for the rest of the year, Kuan replied that the company will focus on facility maintenance, such as its programme of installing new water meters, adding that plumbing improvements will be carried out in the old quarters in the peninsula, Taipa and Coloane.
Macao Water Executive Director Nacky Kuan Sio Peng (left) introduces this year’s “Water Subsidy for Households and Businesses” scheme yesterday to reporters after a customer liaison group meeting at MGM Macau in Nape. Photo: Yuki Lei
