Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (Amendment of Schedule 1) Order 2026 gazetted

The Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (Amendment of Schedule 1) Order 2026 (the Order) was gazetted today (November 6) to subject the Hung Shui Kiu Industry Park Company Limited (Park Company) to more stringent anti-corruption control than a private organisation through having it being specified as a public body defined in the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (Cap. 201) (POBO). The Order specifies the Park Company as a public body. Consequentially, all directors of the Board of Directors and employees of the Park Company will become public servants under the POBO, who will be subject to more stringent controls in the dealings relating to their work in the Park Company including prohibition from soliciting or accepting any advantage. Furthermore, persons having dealings with the Park Company will be subject to the relevant sections of the POBO which make bribery and corrupt dealings in connection with public bodies and public servants under various circumstances an offence. A spokesperson for the Development Bureau said, "The Park Company is wholly owned by the Government through the Financial Secretary Incorporated, and is responsible for the development and operation of the Hung Shui

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