Hong Kong charges alleged members of building cartel in HK$700m bid-rigging case

By Yonnex Li ( March 26, 2026, 02:50 GMT | Insight) -- Hong Kong's competition regulator filed charges against six building-maintenance companies and 12 individuals accused of rigging bids worth HK$700 million ($90 million) across 11 housing projects, including Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po, where a fire last November killed 168 people and exposed lapses in building safety and oversight. The syndicate, operating between April 2022 and September 2023, sought to corner a quarter of Hong Kong’s building maintenance market, Competition Commission CEO Rasul Butt said.Hong Kong's competition regulator has charged alleged members of a building maintenance cartel accused of rigging bids worth about HK$700 million ($90 million) across 11 housing projects, escalating a crackdown on collusion in the city’s construction sector....

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Hong Kong charges alleged members of building cartel in HK$700m bid-rigging case

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