Fire Services Department Senior Divisional Officer Tung Tung-san has been charged for alleged misconduct over his involvement in the implementation of the department's 3rd Generation Mobilising System.

Tung, 48, has been released on bail and will appear at Kowloon City Magistracy Friday to face a count of misconduct in public office and two alternative charges. He allegedly committed the offence between February 2001 and May last year.

The charge alleges he dishonestly caused the award of a contract by Singapore Engineering Software (SES) and MediAdvertising (HK) (MAL) for organising a contract-signing ceremony marking the launch of department's 3rd Generation Mobilising System project.

Tung allegedly failed to declare to the department and SES a conflict of interest arising from his sibling relationship with Ronny Tung, a shareholder and director of MAL, and falsely represented to SES that MAL had previously organised similar events for the department. He also allegedly unlawfully kept for himself two computers and an LCD monitor which had been given for his temporary use by SES in relation to the project.

The defendant is alleged to have improperly authorised the full release of the fourth milestone payment to SES for the project's sub-system, knowing that only 70% of the works had been completed and without obtaining the necessary approval for variation of contract payment terms. The charge alleges Tung solicited and accepted from the vice president of SES, employment for his daughter at their headquarters in Singapore.

Tung also faces an alternative charge of misconduct in relation to the contract-signing ceremony for the launching of the system. Another alternative charge alleges Tung accepted two computers and an LCD monitor from the vice president of SES without the general or special permission of the Chief Executive.