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Economy & Trade April 30, 2026 395 stories in this edition

Tai Po fire: tendering system can’t stop firms manipulating market, inquiry hears

SCMP Asia / Asia / 1m ago / Brian Wong,Leopold Chen
Tai Po fire: tendering system can’t stop firms manipulating market, inquiry hears

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An official tendering system designed to curb anti-competitive conduct is powerless to combat engineering firms colluding to manipulate Hong Kong’s lucrative building maintenance market, a public inquiry into the city’s deadliest fire in decades has heard. Testifying on the 21st day of an independent committee’s hearing, three Urban Renewal Authority (URA) officials said on Thursday that the statutory body had neithe...

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An official tendering system designed to curb anti-competitive conduct is powerless to combat engineering firms colluding to manipulate Hong Kong’s lucrative building maintenance market, a public inquiry into the city’s...

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