Ex-Hong Kong logistics head stripped of award, 3 staff face action in water scandal

Hong Kong authorities will hold three officers from the logistics department accountable over their roles in a bottled water procurement scandal, while its former head had his Silver Bauhinia Star nomination rescinded despite being cleared of direct oversight. Civil service chief Ingrid Yeung Ho Poi-yan said on Tuesday that a probe into the scandal involving the HK$166 million (US$21.3 million) bottled water procurement contract last year found that two staff members from the Government...