No guarantee building contractor lists can be ‘100% clean’: Chris Tang

Hong Kong’s security chief has conceded that keeping pre-qualified lists of building repair contractors completely free of criminal elements will be challenging, even with a new government measure to combat bid-rigging through background vetting by enforcement agencies. Discussing the administration’s response to a report on the deadly Wang Fuk Court fire in Tai Po – which found the Fire Services Department bore responsibility alongside three other government bodies – Secretary for Security...