Appeals 2025
Appeals received by the Competition Appeal Board (CAB) in 2025.
Appeals 2025
Appeal Number: 1/2025
Appeal Title: Notice of Appeal by Flex Connect Pte. Ltd. (“FL”) against the calculation of the financial penalty imposed by the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore’s (“CCS”) on FL in the Infringement Decision (“ID”), in relation to anti-competitive agreements and/or concerted practices involving bid-rigging in connection with the supply of interior fit-out construction services for non-residential properties in Singapore
Date Received: 19 February 2025
CAB's Decision: In Progress
Appeal Number: 1/2025
Appellant: Flex Connect Pte. Ltd.
Date Received: Notice of Appeal received on 19 February 2025
Summary of CCS Decision that Appeal Relates:
The Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (“CCS”) issued an Infringement Decision against Flex Connect Pte. Ltd. (formerly known as Facility Link Pte Ltd) and Tarkus Interiors Pte Ltd for infringing Section 34 of the Competition Act by engaging in bid-rigging conduct regarding tenders for interior fit-out construction services in non-residential properties across Singapore.
CCS has imposed the following financial penalties on the undertakings:
Flex Connect Pte. Ltd.: $4,885,263
Tarkus Interiors Pte Ltd: $5,113,918
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Relief Sought by Appellant:
Reduction in quantum of the financial penalty imposed
Respondent to pay the Appellant’s costs of this appeal
Appeal Number: 2/2025
Appeal Title: Notice of Appeal by Trust-Build Engineering & Construction Pte Ltd against the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore’s Infringement Decision, in respect of bid rigging conduct relating to three invitations to tender called by the People’s Association
Date Received: 22 July 2025
CAB's Decision: In Progress
Appeal Number: 2/2025
Appellant: Trust-Build Engineering & Construction Pte Ltd
Date Received: Notice of Appeal received on 22 July 2025
Summary of CCS Decision that Appeal Relates:
The Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (“CCS”) issued an Infringement Decision against two undertakings for contravening section 34 of the Competition Act 2004 by engaging in bid-rigging in relation to three invitations to tender called by the People’s Association (“PA”).
The CCS has imposed the following financial penalties on the undertakings:
Trust-Build Engineering & Construction Pte Ltd: S$4,295,059
Hunan Fengtian Construction Group Co., Ltd: S$349,350
Read the full text of the Infringement Decision
Relief Sought by Appellant:
(a) For the CCS’s Infringement Decision, and the directions contained therein relating to the payment of the specified financial penalty, to be set aside;
(b) Alternatively, for the financial penalty imposed on the Appellant to be reduced; and
(c) For the CCS to pay the Appellant’s costs of this appeal.
Appeal Number: 3/2025
Appeal Title: Notice of Appeal by ZGR Global Pte. Ltd. against the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore’s Infringement Decision in respect of the illegal exchange of information on outward remittance rates for the Chinese Yuan
Date Received: 30 September 2025
CAB's Decision: In Progress
Appeal Number: 3/2025
The Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore issued an Infringement Decision against two undertakings for contravening section 34 of the Competition Act 2004 through the illegal exchange of information on each other’s outward remittance rates for the Chinese Yuan.
CCS imposed the following amounts of financial penalties on the undertakings:
ZGR Global Pte. Ltd.: S$2,793,700
Hanshan Money Express Pte. Ltd.: S$2,571,307
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Relief Sought by Appellant:
Liability & quantum of financial penalty
