{
  "id": 17554646,
  "title": "Criminalising bid-rigging to bring ‘revolutionary overhaul’ to sector: minister",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/criminalising-bid-rigging-to-bring-revolutionary-overhaul-to-sector-17554646",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-01T06:49:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post-hong-kong",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3372872/criminalising-bid-rigging-bring-revolutionary-overhaul-sector-minister"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Hong Kong government’s sweeping reforms to crack down on bid-rigging are intended to bring about a “revolutionary overhaul” of the city’s building maintenance ecosystem, the justice minister has said. Three days after the government unveiled a range of measures in response to an independent committee report on the Tai Po fire, Secretary for Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok said the proposed…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}