Two people have been convicted at Kowloon City Magistracy of bribery in securing consultancy and renovation contracts. Magistrate Peter Law adjourned sentencing to March 7 pending background reports.

Cheung Man-tak, 40, a construction company sales manager, was found guilty on one count of conspiracy to offer advantages to an agent. Chow Siu-hung, 50, a property management company former senior manager, was convicted of offering an advantage to an agent.

Also charged in the case was Yeung Wai-wah, 33, Century Architects sales manager, who earlier pleaded guilty to two charges of offering an advantage to an agent and one of perverting the course of public justice.

Magistrate Law remanded the trio in the Correctional Services Department custody.

Between August 2003 and December 2005, Yeung was responsible for promoting renovation and maintenance consultancy services of Century to buildings, the court heard.

In August 2003, Yeung and Cheung together offered a sum between $20,000 and $50,000 to a part-time clerk of the Incorporated Owners of Wing Shing House in Tsz Wan Shan as reward for assisting Century in securing a canopy-maintenance consultancy contract. Chow was found to have offered $4,000 to the part-time clerk in July 2004.

In April 2004, Yeung offered tens of thousands of dollars to a property-management company employee for helping Century boost the extent of a renovation project at On Hong Mansion in Tsz Wan Shan.

The court also heard on December 21 last year, after being charged by the ICAC and while on court bail, Yeung approached the property-management company employee and persuaded the person not to testify against him or speak favourably for him.