1 |
Airport Railway
Hong Kong Station Works |
The ICAC commenced
investigations upon receiving a report of
suspected corruption in early 1998. 13 persons
were arrested in July 1998. |
May - November
1997 |
This incident
involved corruption connected with the construction
of short piles. Eighty-three out of the 87
piles constructed were shorter than the prescribed
length by 1 m to 15 m. Twelve persons were
charged. Eight of them, including a commercial
diver, were sentenced to jail terms ranging
from 12 to 44 months. |
2 |
Tung Chung Area
30 Shopping Arcade site Phase 4 |
The ICAC conducted
an investigation in early 1999 after receiving
a report from HD. Ten persons were arrested
in January 1999. |
December 1998
- January 1999 |
Four persons
were charged with deceiving HD by accepting
advantages, falsifying pile lengths, swapping
steel bar samples for testing, falsifying
test reports and concealing the non-compliant
piling foundations of a shopping arcade and
a car park. Three persons were acquitted and
one was jailed for eight months. |
3 |
Tung Chung Station
Development Project Stage 2 Site No. 4 |
The ICAC conducted
an investigation upon receiving a report from
a consultancy company. Eight persons were
arrested in October 1999. |
July 1997 -
May 1998 |
The site engineer
had accepted advantages from the contractor,
including free trips and entertainment at
nightclubs, in an elaborate conspiracy to
deceive. Seventy-two out of 76 piles were
found to be short. Three persons were sentenced
to imprisonment, ranging from 6 to 21 months.
On appeal, the site engineer's sentence was
increased to 45 months. |
4 |
Central and
Wanchai Pumping Station and Screening Plants
|
The ICAC conducted
an investigation upon receiving a report from
HD. Six persons were arrested in November
1999. |
May 1997 - January
1998 |
An employee
of a subcontractor and its company director
were sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging
from 27 to 48 months. |
5 |
Yuen Chau Kok
HOS Site |
Upon receiving
a complaint from HD in December 1998, the
ICAC conducted an investigation and arrested
eight persons in January 2000. |
April - December
1998 |
A settlement
monitoring survey discovered severe short
piling in the foundation works. Two HOS buildings
that had already reached well above 30 floors
and had to be demolished. One site agent
was jailed for 42 months and two company directors
were jailed for 12 years (later reduced by
two years on appeal.) |
6 |
Yuen Long Industrial
Estate |
The first short
piling scam discovered on a private development
site. The ICAC conducted an investigation
after receiving a complaint. Three persons
were charged in May 2000. |
February - September
1998 |
Having been
found guilty of offering and accepting bribes,
having conspired to use H-piles instead of
bored piles, and having failed to drill piles
down into the bedrock, a director and an engineer
of the main contractor were jailed for 60
months and 48 months respectively. |
7 |
Tung Chung Area
30 Phase III HOS Site |
The ICAC conducted
an investigation upon receiving a corruption
report. Six persons were arrested in May 2000.
|
January - May
1999 |
An engineer
and an engineering manager used unqualified
steel bars to defraud HD. They were sentenced
to jail for 21 months and 42 months respectively. |
8 |
Tung Chung Area
30 Phases 1 and 3 sites |
The ICAC carried
out an investigation upon receiving a corruption
report. Three persons were charged in July
2000. |
September 1997
- July 1998 |
In this case,
34 out of 84 piles failed to meet the prescribed
length. It was shown that the engineering
staff used a rigged measuring tape to assist
them in providing HD with false records of
pile lengths. One person was sentenced to
jail for 21 months. |
9 |
Tin Shui Wai
Tin Chung Court HOS project |
HD referred
the case to ICAC in 1999 after discovering
the short piles. ICAC arrested 20 persons
in February 2001. |
September 1996
- October 1997 |
HD discovered
short piles after observing unusual settlement
at the site after it had proved very difficult
to install lift shafts. Two persons were sentenced
to jail for 58 months. The necessary remedial
works carried out by HA cost some $250 million,
thus tripling piling costs. |