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Criminalising bid-rigging to bring ‘revolutionary overhaul’ to sector: minister

Secretary for Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok says proposed legislative amendments will raise standards and strengthen oversight.

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Hong Kong's Secretary for Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok said proposed legislative amendments aim to bring a 'revolutionary overhaul' to building maintenance by cracking down on bid-rigging.

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The government unveiled measures in response to an independent committee report on the Tai Po fire.

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The Hong Kong government’s reforms to crack down on bid-rigging are intended to bring about a “revolutionary overhaul” of the city’s building maintenance ecosystem, the justice minister has said.

Three days after the government unveiled a range of measures in response to an independent committee report on the Tai Po fire, Secretary for Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok said on Sunday the proposed legislative amendments aimed to raise standards and strengthen oversight.

“The market currently offers too lucrative a piece of ‘fat meat’ that has been monopolised by bad people,” he told a radio programme.

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Criminalising bid-rigging to bring ‘revolutionary overhaul’ to sector: minister

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