ABSTRACT
Since the 1980s, triads have been found to be participating in the interior decoration business of new residential housing estates, especially those in the Home Ownership Scheme (HOS). The 1986 Fight Crime Committee (p. 15) reports:
S y n d i c a t e s c o n t r o l d e c o r a t i o n o n s o m e H o m e O w n e r s h i p Scheme es ta tes to the extent tha t they only a l low t r iad backed compan ies to do bus iness in the e s t a t e . Non-t r i ad decora to r s wi l l be warned off . Few wil l ignore the warning and rare ly are repor t s made to the po l i ce .
