Joint task force to combat bid-rigging in building maintenance and renovation projects successfully dismantles bid-rigging syndicate in first joint operation

Led by the Security Bureau and joined by the Hong Kong Police Force, the Independent Commission Against Corruption and the Competition Commission, the joint task force to combat bid-rigging in building maintenance and renovation projects conducted a joint operation codenamed "Operation UNITEDEDGE" in the past two days (November 5 and 6), successfully neutralising a bid-rigging syndicate and arresting a total of 66 persons. The investigation revealed that a bid-rigging syndicate with links to triad groups had attempted to "catch the last train" before the relevant reforms were implemented. They sought to exploit fluctuations in material prices and the urgent need to commence works as pretexts to induce property owners to sign contracts before the Government introduced the "pre-qualified lists" mechanism, thereby selecting building works consultants and contractors controlled by the syndicate. The joint operation codenamed "Operation UNITEDEDGE" conducted by the task force successfully neutralising the bid-rigging syndicate and arresting a total of 66 persons (54 men and 12 women, aged between 29 and 79, including seven board members and six staff members from six contractor companie

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