A Housing Department Chief Building Services Engineer was today convicted by jury at the Court of First Instance of accepting $3 million in bribes from contractors and suppliers.

Chan Kau-tai, 58, was found guilty of 10 counts of accepting an advantage.

Nine of the charges said Chan accepted $2.8 million from a number of Housing Authority-approved contractors and suppliers for rendering them assistance in business transactions with the authority and the department, and their performance of works.

The remaining bribery charge said Chan accepted $200,000 from an authority supplier for helping the supplier's son in his application for a Government contract engineer post.

The offences took place between April 1999 and August 2001.

Sentencing was adjourned to January 5, pending a background report. The defendant was remanded in custody.