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Introduction Assessing and managing the environmental impacts of major construction, infrastructure and industrial projects is essential to protecting Timor-Leste's environment, the health and safety of our citizens, and the ability of farmers, fishers and other people to support themselves and their families. Article 6(f) of the RDTL Constitution defines a fundamental State Objective "To protect the environment and to preserve natural resources", while Article 61 spells out people's right to a "human, healthy and ecologically balanced environment" and the state's responsibility to "protect the environment." To implement these goals, Timor-Leste has enacted several environmental laws, including a Basic Environment Law (Decree-Law no. 26/2012), a Law on Environmental Licensing (Decree-Law 5/2011), and the Legal Regime for Protection and Conservation of Biodiversity (Decree-Law no. 6/2020), and other regulations listed below. The Environmental licensing law was revised in June 2022 to include climate change and gender issues (Decree-Laws 39-40/2022). Unfortunately, implementation of these laws has been intermittent, with many large public and private projects violating the licensing requirement, and others taking a long time and complicated process. Transparency and consultation are often lacking. La'o Hamutuk has raised these issues publicly many times, including several submissions on draft legislation, Environmental licensing – who needs it? (2014), an open letter to the Provedor (2016), Who should grant environmental licenses for mining and petroleum? (2018) and Lisensiamentu Ambientál – hodi proteje ita hotu (2018) and Without the Enforcement of Environmental Laws, Petroleum Infrastructure Projects in TL Come at a Cost (2019) and a pamphlet Kumpre Lisensamentu Ambientál sei Hamenus Risku ba Ambiente no Komunidade sira nia Moris (Complying with Environmental Licensing will Reduce Risks to the Environment and Communities' Lives, 2020). We also use other media to share information, including our radio program, blog articles, and Surat Popular. For close to a decade, La’o Hamutuk has been building a cooperative relationship with government officials involved in environmental licensing, both at the technical and decision-making levels. We appreciate this collaboration, which have included the exchange of information and ideas. In this spirit of cooperation and promoting a transparent process in Timor-Leste, DNCPIA has provided documents that should be publicly available according to Article 38 of Decree-Law 5/2011, including lists of Licenses issued as of March 2018, as well as Category A projects (those with the most serious impact) and Category B projects whose licensing procedures are in process. In 2018, La’o Hamutuk was asked by DNCPIA (now ANLA) to join their Ad-hoc Committee on Environmental Impact Evaluation, led by the Secretary of State for Environment (SEA) to work on evaluating Category A projects in Timor-Leste. In order to help ANLA overcome their political, technical and personnel limitations, La'o Hamutuk has created this web page to make information and licensing-related documents more widely available to the public, as a sort of unofficial, partial version of the legally-required public "register of environmental assessment procedures ... and related documents." The register below only includes Category A projects, and only the documents we have received, as we are a civil society organization with no power to compel transparency or compliance with the law. Nevertheless, we hope that this will help affected individuals, communities and others know more about the impacts of projects being planned, built or operated in Timor-Leste. During 2019, SEA changed its internal structure, and DNCPIA was divided into the Center for Environmental Information and Education and the National Authority for Environmental Licensing (ANLA). La’o Hamutuk continues to coordinate with Executive Director Antonio Lelo Taci, and we cooperate to receive and distribute information and documents linked to environmental licensing. ANLA became a Public Institute in June 2022 (Decree-Law 41/2022). Unfortunately, almost all of the documents presented by project proponents (TOR, EIS, EMP) are in English only. By law, proponents are to make a summary document available in a locally accessible language; we continue to push for this often overlooked requirement to be upheld. In the table below, we have noted when a document is available in other languages. We encourage our Government leaders to take the process of environmental licensing seriously, to ensure transparency and public consultation, and look forward to our national Environmental Authority having their own website on which this information – including in Tetum - will be available to all and updated on an ongoing basis. In 2023, Timor-Leste began public discussions about a proposed new law on Climate Change. La'o Hamutuk has posted drafts, documents and commentary on this website. We will update this page as we receive new information and documents. Please send corrections or additions to environment@laohamutuk.org. |
Introdusaun Avalia no halo Jestaun Impaktu Ambientál ba projetu boot konstrusaun infrastrutura no projetu indústria sira, ne’e importante tebes nune’e bele proteje Timor-Leste nia Meiu-ambiente, saúde no seguransa ba sidadaun sira hotu, abilidade toos na’in sira, peskadór sira inklui mós sira ne’ebé esforsu maka’as hodi sustenta rasik sira nia família. Artigu 6(f) Konstituisaun RDTL define kona ba objetivu fundamental nasaun ninian "Proteje didi’ak meiu-ambiente no boli nafatin riku-soin rai nian," enkuantu iha Artigu 61 mós temi katak "ema hotu-hotu iha direitu atu moris iha ambiente ema moris nian ne’ebé moos, nabelun-di’ak ho natureza, no iha obrigasaun atu proteje no halo di’ak ba jerasaun loron ikus nian" no estadu nia responsabilidade atu "defende natureza." Atu implementa objetivu hira ne'e, Governu estabelese ona lei importante sira hanesan Lei Báze ba Ambiente, Dekretu-Lei Lisensiamentu ambientál, Dekretu-Lei kona ba Protesaun no Konservasaun bio-diversidade no mós regulamentu sira seluk ne’ebé lista iha kraik. Iha Junu 2022, Governu altera Dekretu-Lei Lisensiamentu ambientál atu inkorpora mudansa klimatika no jeneru (Dekretu-Lei 39-40/2022). Infelizmente, lei hirak seidauk implementa ho rigorozu nune’e, projetu boot sira tantu iha setór públiku no privadu barak mak viola obrigasaun legal ne’ebé temi ona iha prosesu lisensiamentu, no sira seluk barak mak demora no mós liu husi prosesu ne’ebé komplikadu. Prosesu konsultasaun públiku no transparénsia sei menus tebes. Dala barak ona La’o Hamutuk foti asuntu ne’e ba públiku, inklui hakerek submisaun balu ba ezbosu lejizlasaun sira, Environmental licensing – who needs it? (2014), no karta aberta ba Provedor (2016), Se mak loloos iha kompeténsia atu fó lisensa ba atividade minerais no petróleu? (2018) no Lisensiamentu ambientál – hodi proteje ita hotu (2018), Without the Enforcement of Environmental Laws, Petroleum Infrastructure Projects in TL Come at a Cost (2019) no Kumpre Lisensamentu Ambientál sei Hamenus Risku ba Ambiente no Komunidade sira nia Moris (2020). Media seluk ne’ebé ami uza hodi fahe informasaun sira mak hanesan programa radio, artigu sira iha blog, inklui mós Surat Popular. Kuaze dékada ida ona, La’o Hamutuk harii kooperasaun no relasaun di’ak ho ofisiál Governu hodi involve iha lisensiamentu ambientál, tantu iha tékniku no mós iha nivel foti desizaun. Ami apresia ba kolaborasaun ida ne’e, ne’ebé inklui ona mudansa iha informasaun no hanoin sira. Ho espíritu ba kooperasaun no promove prosesu transparénsia iha Timor-Leste Diresaun Nasionál Kontrolu Poluisaun no Ambiente (DNCPIA) uluk agora transforma ba Ajénsia Nasionál Lisensiamentu Ambientál (ANLA) hodi fornese dokumentu sira ne’ebé bele asesu publikamente bazeia ba Artigu 38 husi Dekretu Lei 5/2011, inklui lista sira husi Asuntu Lisensiamentu hanesan iha Marsu 2018, no mós projetu sira ne’ebé tama iha kategoria A (hirak ne’ebé ho impaktu boot) no projetu sira kategoria B, hirak ne’ebé prosedimentu lisensiamentu sei iha prosesu hela. La’o Hamutuk mós hetan fiar husi DNCPIA/agora ANLA iha tinan 2018 atu hola parte iha kompozisaun Komisaun Ad-hoc (Komisaun ba Avaliasaun Impaktu Ambientál), ne’ebé lidera husi Sekretáriu Estadu Ambiente (SEA) atu halo servisu hodi avalia projetu boot kategoria A ne’ebé hala’o sira nia atividade iha Timor-Leste. Hodi ajuda ANLA atu bele hadi’ak sira nia sistema, polítika, tékniku no mós limitasaun ba sira nia servisu na’in sira, La’o Hamutuk kria pájina web ida ne’e ho objetivu atu kompila informasaun sira no arkiva dadus sira relasiona ho lisensiamentu ambientál atu públiku bele asesu. Tanba ne’e konsidera hanesan publikasaun la ofisiál, versaun parsial husi legalmente tenke publika “rejistu iha prosedimentu ba Avaliasaun Impaktu Ambientál no dokumentu relevante sira.” Lista sira iha okos inklui de’it projetu Kategoria A, no inklui de’it dokumentu hirak ne’ebé ami hetan ona, nudár organizasaun sosiedade sivíl ami la iha forsa atu obriga ba transparénsia ka obriga atu haktuir lei. Maske nune’e, ami hein katak ida ne’e bele ajuda no fó efeitu ba ema ida-idak, komunidade no sira seluk atu hatene barak liu kona ba impaktu husi projetu sira ne’ebé planu tiha ona, harii ka implementa ona iha Timor-Leste. Iha tinan 2019, internalmente SEA re-estrutura fila fali sira nia estrutura uluk nune’e DNCPIA transforma ba Diresaun Centru Edukasaun no Informasaun Ambientál no seluk mak Ajénsia Nasional Lisensiamentu Ambientál (ANLA). La’o Hamutuk hato’o mós karta pedidu audiénsia no hetan responde di’ak husi Diretór Ezekutivu Sr. Antonio Lelo Taci no to’o ohin loron nafatin iha koordenasaun di’ak ba servisu sira liga ho asuntu ambiente ninian hodi simu no fahe informasaun no dokumentu sira liga ho lisensiamentu ambientál. Iha tinan 2022, ANLA sai ona Institutu Públiku ida (Dekretu-Lei 41/2022). Infelizmente informasaun no dokumentu sira ne’ebé aprezenta husi proponente projetu (hanesan TOR, EIS no EMP) ho lian Ingles de’it. Tuir lei, proponente projetu iha obrigasaun atu halo sumáriu iha lian Tetum ka lian lokál ne’ebé ema bain-bain bele asesu. Ami kontinua dudu asuntu ida ne’e tanba sai rekerimentu ba proponente projetu ida ne’ebé sira ignora atu hala’o. Ami enkoraja ita nia lideransa ka governante sira atu tau matan ba prosesu lisensiamentu ambientál ho sériu, nune’e atu garante transparénsia no konsultasaun públiku, no tenke tau matan ba Autoridade Nasionál Ambiente iha futuru atu sira bele iha sítiu (website) rasik ne’ebé fornese informasaun sira hanesan ne’e – inklui iha lian Tetum – sei disponivel ba ema hotu no sei nafatin kontinua atualiza. Iha tinan 2023, Timor-Leste hahú diskusaun públiku kona-ba proposta lei foun kona-ba Mudansa Klimátika. La'o Hamutuk publika ezbosu, dokumentu no komentáriu iha website ida ne'e. Ami sei atualiza pájina ida ne’e bainhira ami simu ona informasaun foun sira ka dokumentu sira. Favor ida, bele haruka koresaun ka buat ruma atu inklui ba environment@laohamutuk.org. |
Project / Projetu |
Location / Fatin |
Project proponent |
TOR (Terms of Reference / ) |
EIS (Environmental Impact Statement / Avaliasaun Impaktu Ambientál) |
EMP (Environmental Management Plan / Planu Jestaun Ambientál) |
License or status |
Related information / Informasaun seluk |
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Dili Drainage system |
Dili, Dili |
Directorate of Sanitation (DNSB) (public) |
May-18 |
Mar-20 (Chapters
1-3,
Chapters 5-17) |
More info on Oasis website, including over 100 documents (or download 1.1 GB Zip file) | ||||
Tibar Port |
Tibar, Liquica |
RDTL-Bolloré (PPP) |
Licensed Mar-18, Event
Renova fali lisensa iha Mar-20.
Under construction. |
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Tibar dumpsite rehabilitation and upgrading (Rehabilitasaun no melloramentu mterru Tibar) |
Tibar, Liquica |
Dili Municipality (public) |
Aprezenta TOR Jun-20 |
Mar-21 Non-Tech
Summary (En/Te) |
Mar-21 Non-Tech
Summary (En/Te) |
More info on Oasis website | |||
Pelican Paradise Resort |
Tacitolu, Dili |
Pelican Paradise Holdings (private) |
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Draft
ExecSumm,
Maps
(27MB),
Non-tech summ. Jun-17 (The full document is 664 MB) |
Draft
ExecSumm,
Maps
(85MB),
Non-tech summ. Jun-17 (The full
document is 205 MB) |
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TL Cement Plant, Jetty, Conveyor Belt and Infrastructure (Fabrika sementi, Kais no infrastrutura) |
Baucau |
TL Cement (public/private) |
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Vol.1
(14MB), |
Licensed
Feb-17 |
Prosesu ba lisensiamentu ambiental hotu iha ANPM la'os iha SEA |
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TL Cement Clay extraction (estrasaun tahu-nurak) |
Baucau |
TL Cement (public/private) |
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In process |
Prosesu ba lisensiamentu ambiental hotu iha ANPM la'os iha SEA |
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TL Cement Limestone extraction (estrasaun fatuk-ahi) |
Baucau |
TL Cement (public/private) |
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Vol.1
(14MB), |
In process |
Prosesu ba lisensiamentu ambiental hotu iha ANPM la'os iha SEA |
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Heineken brewery |
Hera, Dili |
Heineken (private) |
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Licensed; renewed in Jan-19. In operation. |
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Gota beverage processing plant | Ulmera, Liquica | GOTA (private) | Nov-17 | Nov-17 |
In process |
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Tsuneishi Shipyard | Laleia, Manatuto | Tsuneishi Timor Shipbuilding (private) | Oct-24 | ||||||
ETO oil storage & jetty (Armazén kombustivel no kais) |
Hera, Dili |
ETO (private) |
Licensed; renewed in Apr-19 |
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Global Fuel storage & jetty (Armazén kombustivel no kais) |
Caitehu, Liquica |
Global Fuel (private) |
Licensed in Jan-16. Expired in 2018, renewed Jan-21. Eval.Comm. report Jan-21. |
First license from SEA; renewal issued by ANPM. |
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Lai-Ara fuel storage (Armazén kombustivel) |
Mota-ulun, Liquica |
Lai-ara Nikmat Mujur/Ramiro Dias Quintas (private) |
Aug-18 | Aug-18 |
Licensed Nov-18 |
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PITSA Fuel storage (Armazén kombustivel) |
Pantai Kelapa, Dili |
Pertamina (Indonesian public) |
Jun-18 |
In operation since 1981. Licensed Sep-18 |
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Tasi Mane project |
South coast |
TimorGAP (public) |
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Strategic EIA: ExecSumm, Vol.1 (18MB), Vol.2 (14MB), Vol.3, Vol.4 (11MB) Jun-12 |
see below |
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Suai Supply Base and airport (aeroportu) |
Covalima |
TimorGAP (public) |
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Licensed Jun-13, renewed 2015, expired. |
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Betano Refinery, water pipe |
Manufahi |
TimorGAP (public) |
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Prosesu ba lisensiamentu ambiental hotu iha ANPM la'os iha SEA. LH web page and submission |
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Onshore oil pipeline |
Suai-Betano |
TimorGAP (public) |
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Prosesu ba lisensiamentu ambiental hotu iha ANPM la'os iha SEA |
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Nova Betano |
Manufahi |
TimorGAP (public) |
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Prosesu ba lisensiamentu ambiental hotu iha ANPM la'os iha SEA. LH web page |
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Highway part 1 (auto-estrada) |
Suai-Zumalai |
RDTL (public) and COVEC |
In process |
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Highway parts 2-5 |
Zumalai-Beaçu |
RDTL (public) |
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Not yet submitted |
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Undersea gas pipeline |
Sunrise-Beaçu |
TimorGAP (public) |
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In process |
Prosesu ba lisensiamentu ambiental hotu iha ANPM la'os iha SEA. LH web page |
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LNG Plant |
Beaçu, Viqueque |
TimorGAP (public) |
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Not yet submitted |
Prosesu ba lisensiamentu ambiental hotu iha ANPM la'os iha SEA. LH web page |
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Onshore oil drilling
TL-OT-17-08 |
Covalima |
Timor Resources (private) & TimorGAP E.P. |
Sep-19 | Draft Feb-20 Mar-20 |
Draft Feb-20. Appendices: Waste mgmt (A), Rehabilitation (B), Redress (C), Oil spill response (D), Traffic mgmt (E), Noise mgmt (G), Incident reporting (H), Community consultation (I), Air quality (J) Draft Mar-20. Appendices: Waste mgmt (A), Rehabilitation (B), Redress (C), Oil spill response (D), Traffic mgmt (E), Inspection schedule (F), Noise mgmt (G), Incident reporting (H), Community consultation (I), Air quality (J) Rev.1 Dec-20. Appendices: Waste mgmt (A), Rehabilitation (B), Redress (C), Oil spill response Jan-21 (D), Traffic mgmt (E), Inspection schedule (F), Noise mgmt (G), Incident reporting Sep-20 (H), Community consultation (I), Air quality (J) |
License issued by ANPM in July 2021. |
LH Buletin: Konsultasaun iha perfurasaun mina no gás iha Covalima |
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Onshore oil drilling TL-OT-17-09 |
Manufahi and Ainaro |
Timor Resources (private) & TimorGAP |
Sep-20 |
Rev.1 Jun-21. Appendices: Waste mgmt (A), Rehabilitation (B), Redress (C), Oil spill contingency (D), Traffic mgmt (E), Inspection schedule (F), Noise mgmt (G), Incident reporting (H), Community consultation (I), Air quality (J), Soil erosion (K), Surface water (L) |
License issued by ANPM 1 February 2022. |
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Onshore oil drilling
TL-OT-21-17 (Perfurasaun ba mina iha rai laran) |
Pualaca (Manatuto, Manufahi, Viqueque) | TimorGAP E.P. |
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Buffalo offshore oil drilling TL-SO-19-14 |
Timor Sea |
Carnarvon Energy (private) & Advance Energy |
Jun-19 summary of Environment Plan (approved by NOPSEMA in Australia) |
In 2019, ANPM told the companies that no TL license was required. |
In January 2022, after drilling one test well, the companies decided that Buffalo is not commercially viable. |
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Chuditch offshore oil drilling TL-SO-19-16 |
Timor Sea |
Sunda Energy (private, formerly Baron Oil) & TimorGAP |
Draft Jun-2024 | ANP consultation web page | |||||
Decomissioning Bayu-Undan Floating Platform |
Tibar port |
Santos |
Production-Sharing Contracts | ||||||
Many projects which are
financed by international institutions have documents on the
institutional websites. |
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Baucau to Viqueque Highway 2018- |
Baucau- Viqueque |
MTK (with Asian Development Bank) |
$44 million loans from ADB |
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Dili to Baucau Highway 2016- |
Dili-Baucau |
MTK (with ADB) |
$50 million loans from ADB |
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Road Network Upgrading Sector Project (2) 2013- |
Manatuto-Natarbora and many others |
MTK (with ADB) |
$257 million loans from ADB |
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Road Network Upgrading Sector Project (1) 2012- |
Dili, Manatuto, Tacitolu-Liquica, Tibar-Gleno, others |
MTK (with ADB) |
$92 million loans from ADB |
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Road Network Development Sector Project 2009-2018 |
Liquica-Maubara, Karimbala-Atabae |
MTK (with ADB) |
$46 million loan from ADB |
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Branch Roads Project 2019- |
Dili-Gleno-Maubisse |
MTK (with World Bank) |
$59 million loan from WB | |||||
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Road Climate Resilience Project 2011- |
Dili-Ainaro |
MTK (with WB) |
$90 million loans from WB |
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Water Supply and Sanitation Project 2020- |
Baucau |
MTK (with WB) |
Project documents here |
$18 million loan from WB |
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N. Lobato Airport Expansion |
Dili | MTK (with ADB) |
Draft
Mar-21 Main
EIA Report,
Appendices
part 1,
part 2,
part 3,
part 4 More documents on ADB project website |
LH web page |
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The following projects were built without licenses, in violation of the law: |
LH 2014 blog (English) LH 2018 blog (Tetum) |
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Timor Plaza | Comoro, Dili | Dili Development Company / Tony Jape (private) | Built without license | ||||||
Hera power plant (sentrál eletrika) |
Dili | EDTL/MOP (public) | Built without license | ||||||
Betano power plant (sentrál eletrika) |
Manufahi | EDTL/MOP (public) | Built without license | ||||||
Ministry of Finance Building | Kampung Alor, Dili | MOF (public) | Built without license | ||||||
Palm Business and Trade Center | Surik Mas, Dili | Jackson Lay (private) | Built without license |
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Pacific Beach Resort | Dolok-oan, Dili | Dili Development Company / Tony Jape (private) | Under construction without license |
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We have not been able to get documents or information on the following projects |
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Road construction (Konstrusaun dalan) |
Dili | MTK | Roads which are not funded with loans; see above for others. |
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Li Tjien Hotel Timor Fortuna complex |
Comoro, Dili | Hao Kiun Foo(private) | |||||||
ZEESM |
Oecusse | RAEOA (public) |
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Power plant, temporary jetty |
Oecusse | RAEOA, MPWTC (public) |
In process |
La iha informasaun ba SEA |
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Aeroportu |
Palaban Oecusse | RAEOA (public) |
Built without license |
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Offshore oil
drilling |
Timor Sea (several oil projects) |
TimorGAP and foreign oil companies (public / private) |
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Information not available |
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Notes:
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Nota balu:
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Relevant laws | Lei sira ne’ebé relevante |
Links to related topics on La'o Hamutuk's website and blog in English | Liga ba tópiku sira ne’ebé relevante iha website no blog La’o Hamutuk iha Tetum |
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