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Hong Kong security chief launches task force to combat bid-rigging

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Hong Kong's security chief, Chris Tang Ping-keung, is confident that a new joint task force will eliminate bid-rigging. This task force will integrate intelligence and enforcement capabilities from the police, the Independent Commission Against Corruption, and the Competition Commission. The initiative aims to gather intelligence and intervene in owners' corporation meetings where bid-rigging is suspected, with new legislation to criminalize the practice expected by April next year. AI

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Hong Kong security chief launches task force to combat bid-rigging

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Lo Hoi-ying ·

    Security chief vows his task force will root out bid-rigging in Hong Kong

    Hong Kong’s security chief has expressed confidence that a new joint task force led by him will eradicate the decades-long problem of bid-rigging, while denying that the reforms came too late after the deadly Tai Po fire. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung also said on …

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