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Environmental groups turn up the heat on polluting chip packager ASE (2013/12/13)

Environmental groups picketed near Houjing Creek in Kaohsiung as well as in front of the Ministry of Economic Affairs today. They are urging the government to recover preferential tax breaks and other incentives given to ASE, a world-leading semiconductor packaging firm that was found to be illegally dumping toxic waste water.
creek

n. stream, brook; cove, inlet

toxic / poison/ venom / pollution / contamination

fog / mist / smog
These environmentalists are gathered at Houjing Creek to protest ASE’s failure to treat waste water effluent . They called for immediate suspension of plant operations. Another group in Taipei picketed the Ministry of Economic Affairs over the same issue.

The Taiwan Environmental Protection Union called upon the Ministry of Economic Affairs to immediately cancel all preferential rent and tax breaks offered to this polluting enterprise.

Andy Tung
Taiwan Environmental Protection Union
Tax incentives are actually money taken from tax revenues. These funds will simply line their pockets with more profits. This is wrong.
criticism / critique / critic
ASE has increasingly come under criticism for its polluting ways. Ironically, ASE was awarded a "Corporate Sustainability Award" this year, and embarrassed organizers have already revoked the honor. The EPA also promises to come down hard on the company by recovering illegal profits. (promise / premise / premises )
substantiality / sustainability
The Ministry of Economic Affairs says if it finds the company purposely flaunted restrictions, it could move to cancel preferential benefits.

抗議日月光

日月光偷排廢水，越查問題越多！也讓這家全球半導體封測龍頭，創首例，被拔除了"企業永續獎"資格。今天，南北兩地更有環保團體分別跑到後勁溪及經濟部抗議！要政府嚴格監督黑心廠商。

環保人士集結在後勁溪、大聲抗議日月光，且要求偷排廢水的廠房，立即停工！同樣不滿日月光污染環境生態，下午經濟部前，也有環團跑來舉牌抗議。

環保聯盟呼籲經濟部對於污染環境的黑心企業、應該取消租稅優惠。

[[台灣環保聯盟秘書長 董建宏]]
“租稅優惠其實是人民的納稅錢，那他把這些納稅錢，全部放進他們口袋裡面， 放在他們自己的利潤，這是不對的”

隨著負面輿論升高，今年日月光才獲頒的「企業永續獎」，創首例立即被主辦單位撤銷，環保署也祭出鐵腕，決定追討日月光的不法利得。

此外，經濟部傍晚發布新聞稿表示，如果證實日月光惡意重大違規，將對日月光未來的投資和相關優惠申請給予限制！