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Bar Association Proposes Double Track Approach Criminalising Bid Rigging
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- Hong Kong Bar Association proposes criminalizing bid-rigging with up to 7 years imprisonment.
- Proposal follows Tai Po fire in November 2022 that killed 168 and displaced 5,000.
- Current Competition Ordinance only imposes fines for serious anticompetitive acts.
- Double-track approach would add criminal track to existing civil regime from 2015.
- Chairman Jose-Antonio Maurellet says less consultation needed than a full overhaul.