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The 22 finalists for the 18th Private Participation in Infrastructure Projects Golden Thumb Awards

Publish Authority：Department for the Promotion of Private Participation, MOF Publish Date：2020/07/29

A total of 34 private participation in infrastructure project cases applied for the 18th Private Participation in Infrastructure Projects Golden Thumb Awards. Among them, 22 finalists were selected following the preliminary selection meeting on June 29, 2020. The selection committee convened by the Ministry of Finance includes elites from the private sector, government, and academia with related professional knowledge and experience.
This year’s finalists include 9 cases for the “Award for Private Team,” 9 for the “Government Agency Award,” and 4 for the “Award for the Consultant Team.” The projects cover sewage facilities, transportation construction, culture and education, tourism and recreation, health care facilities, and other public infrastructure categories. The categories of sewage facilities and health care facilities were not among the finalists last year. The wide range of diversity in this year’s finalist list shows that PPP has effectively been promoted in everyday life.
This year, due to the severe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, many industries have been affected. The authority in charge and private institution manage to adhere to the core value of promoting private participation in public infrastructure projects. Through the joint efforts and cooperation between both sides, the quality of public infrastructure service remains sound, continuing to provide good public services to the general public. At this year’s Private Participation in Infrastructure Projects Golden Thumb Awards, the authority in charge and private institution with concrete contributions in relief measures have been awarded certificates to commend their spirit of public-private partnership and effective extension of relief measure beneficiaries. Additionally, in order to implement the 2030 bilingual national policy, the Bilingual Excellence Award was added. Private operation teams with outstanding performance in promoting the bilingual national policy and included in the list of finalists will be awarded the Bilingual Excellence Award as encouragement.
According to the Ministry of Finance, in order to gain insight into the actual implementation, operation, supervision, and contract management situations of the finalists, the selection committee shall conduct on-site inspections. A second selection meeting is scheduled to be held in early September 2020 to select exceptional superior, superior, honorable mention, welfare, bilingual excellence award winners, and teams that have achieved sound relief measures. The awards ceremony will be held on November 13, 2020, at the Taipei International Convention Center.
The latest updates will be simultaneously posted on the MOF’s Promotion of Private Participation (https://ppp.mof.gov.tw/WWW/index.aspx) Golden Thumb Awards area.
Press Contact:Mei-jing Hong, Section Chief.
Telephone:(+886)2-322-8460.

Appendix: The List of Finalists for the 18th Private Participation in Infrastructure Projects Golden Thumb Awards (In order of case acceptance)

Award application category	Name of Agency (Institution)	Name of Case
Award for Private Team (9 Cases)	Guanwu Villa Co., Ltd.	Operation Transfer Project for Guanwu villa
	Blue Whale Water Technologies Corporation	Private Participate in BTO(Build-transfer-Operate)Projects for Wastewater Reclamation and Reuse of Fengshan River Wastewater Treatment Plant,Kaohsiung City
	Guan Hua Co.,Ltd	Promotion of Private Participation in the Rehabilitate-Operation-Transfer project of Nangang Station Shopping Mall
	East Forest Development Enterprise Corporation	Yilan Luodong Area Sewerage System Construction and Operation Transfer Project
	I-Mei Gourmet Supplier Co.	The Rehabilitate-Operate-Transfer Case of Living Plaza in Taipei Veterans General Hospital
	SANITAS HEALTH MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.	Operate-Transfer Project of Taipei Beitou Medical Tourism and Health Care Center
	Muliangou Gulf Construction Co., Ltd.	DUSING Cultural and Creative Park (ROT)
	Howard Civil Service International House	The OT Project of CSDI Facilities Management and Operation
	Kao Ming Container Terminal Corp.	The Port of Kaohsiung Intercontinental Container Terminal Project,Phase 1 (BOT)
Government Agency Award (9 cases)	Freeway Bureau, MOTC	National Freeway No.3 Qingshui service area operate-transfer project
	Yilan County Government	Yilan County Luodong Area Sewerage System Construction and Operation Transfer Project
	New Taipei City Government High Riverbank Construction Management Office	New Taipei City SanChong District Tamsui Riverside Highland (OT)
	Taiwan Railways Administration, MOTC	Promotion of Private Participation in the Rehabilitate-Operation-Transfer project of Nangang Station Shopping Mall
	Bureau of Transportation, Tainan City Government	Tainan City Roadside Smart Parking System Build-Operate-Transfer
	Water Resources Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government	Private Participate in BTO(Build-transfer-Operate)Projects for Wastewater Reclamation and Reuse of Fengshan River Wastewater Treatment Plant,Kaohsiung City
	Yilan County Government	The Yuanshan Park Hot Spring Resort (BOT) Franchise Agreement
	Hsinchu Forest District Office, Forest Bureau, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan	Operation Transfer Project for Guanwu villa
	Ministry of Education	The Operate-Transfer Project of Kaohsiung International Youth Hall (Education Culture Hotel)
Consultant Team Award (4 Cases)	Vision City Development Consulting	The Operate-Transfer Project of Kaohsiung International Youth Hall (Education Culture Hotel)
	Stantec Consulting Services Inc., Taiwan Branch (USA)	Private Participate in BTO (Build-transfer-Operate) Projects for Wastewater Reclamation and Reuse of Fengshan River Wastewater Treatment Plant, Kaohsiung City
	Vision City Development Consulting	The Rehabilitate-Operate-Transfer (ROT) Project of Kaohsiung Municipal Cijin Hospital
	Urbanet Consulting Group	Tainan City Roadside Smart Parking System Build-Operate-Transfer